PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Terminal Illness, Advance Healthcare Directive, Extraordinary Measures

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2301
• Professor: Tarry Ahuja

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*all content belongs to tarry ahuja & where cited in lecture slides* Death across our life span: *charts in lecture slides* Death from infectious disease = much lower today. Avg life span in canada: 81 yrs. Death in middle age: more realistic & fearful, may be triggered by death of parent or friend, premature death: Death in old age: *graphs in lecture slides: typically die of degenerative diseases, elderly women financial & psychological distress, elderly men lower education & widowhood, women live longer than men. Patients hope for good death: free from avoidable suffering for pts, family, caregivers, some factors to consider include: Clear decision making, prep for death, completion. Euthanasia ending life of person who"s suffering from painful terminal illness. Patients request euthanasia or aid of dying when: they"re experiencing distress and/or fatigue, they"re in pain or suffering, they feel they"re burden to their fam. Physician-aid in dying (pad) legal in 3 states in us.