PSYCH-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Clinical Death, Advance Healthcare Directive, Brainstem
Document Summary
Management of pre-death and after-death plans including body disposition, memorial services and asset distribution. Clinical death lack of heartbeat and respiration. Whole-brain death technical definition of passing away with specific criteria created in 1981. Situation in which a person"s cortical functioning ceases while brainstem activity continues. Euthanasia practice of ending life for reasons of mercy. Active euthanasia activity designed to end an individual"s life, often to end their suffering. Passive euthanasia practice of allowing a person to die by withholding available treatment. Physician-assisted suicide: process of providing terminal patients with a fatal dose of medication that the patient self-administers. Feeling of nervousness and fear of passing away. Hospice approach to assisting dying individuals that emphasizes pain management, palliative care, and death with dignity. Palliative care service that is focused on providing relief from pain and other symptoms of disease. Document in which an individual states their wishes about life support and other treatments.
