NURS 1260 Lecture Notes - Death Certificate, Vital Signs, Prolonged Grief Disorder
18 Dec 2013
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No vital signs or electrical activity in brain. Most people with progressive disease die here (aids, cancer or heart attack) Death with dignity in home like setting. Canadian virtual hospice gives contact with health care professionals. Don"t understand that it happens to everyone and is irreversible. Switch from time since birth to time until death. Adults who think about past are fearful of death. Stems from finality, uncertainty, non-existence, loss, pain+lonliness, failing to complete life"s work. Deeply religious and non-religious people less scared. Those who achieved goals, or believe their life had purpose are less scared. People near death less emotional more conventional. Not all patients go through all stages at that order. Schneiderman says there are themes to dying not stages. Women"s attitudes 3 months after cancer diagnosis. Denial, fighting spirit, stoic acceptance, helplessness, anxious. If initial reaction was denial more likely to die of cancer. Gives transcendent meaning by placing it in philosophical framework.
