PSYC 2070 Chapter : Test4 Ch 19 Studyguide
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Clinical death refers to the few minutes after the heart has stopped pumping, when breathing has stopped and there is no evident brain function, but during which resuscitation is still possible. Social death occurs at the point when the deceased person is treated like a corpse by others. Hospice care an approach to caring for the dying that emphasizes individual and family control of the process: hospice care emerged in england in the late 1960s and in the u. s. in the early. They decide what types of medical treatment they will ask for or accept; they decide whether the patient will remain at home or be hospitalized: medical care should be primarily palliative care rather than curative treatment. The emphasis of palliative care is controlling pain and maximizing comfort, not on invasive or life-prolonging measures: 3 different types of hospice programs have been developed following these general guideline, one: home-based programs are the most common.
