HLSC 2P40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Assisted Suicide, Sue Rodriguez, Healthcare Proxy
13 Apr 2017
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In 65 years of age it"s mostly cancer, heart disease (and other causes). There is a difference between death and dying death is the physical death, and cease of physical functions. Dying is the process and it is more than just the biological changes. Kubler-ross model of grief: denial not me , anger why me , bargaining just let me live one more year , depression i am so sad , acceptance. People often can skip stages or not follow them in order depending on the treatment and illness. But this is important for identifying the need for a patient to enter the acceptance stage. Often a slow decline with intense crises at the end. Can include pain, loss of mental functioning and other forms of discomfort. Dying in old age makes special demands on . Care designed for the end of life is needed.
