PSYC 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fortean Times, Mammography, Outpatient Surgery

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 365
• Professor: David Cox

Document Summary

Psych 365 ch 6 (hospital stays and medical procedures) Ie laser surgery for cataracts: dif admission patterns- waiting for it (and postponed, never happens, scared, happy to have it done, etc) or emergency (may even be unconscious, a hospital patient"s loss of control: Ppl feel they let go of ctrl when they"re in a hospital (internal, external and powerful other ctrl) Increase in powerful other scores during hospital stay. 3 factors affecting satisfaction w/hospital stay are respect thru communication, maintenance of dignity and day to day ctrl. Surgical patients feel better when receive adequate info, stronger the need for ctrl (in patient), the more they value info received. Total institution: any institution, such as a hospital, that takes control of virtually every aspect of a person"s day to day life. When facing end-of-life situations ppl react differently (along continuum of how much ctrl they still want)