HDFS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Biopsychosocial Model
12 Feb 2019
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6 states (ca, co, or, vt, wa, mt) legalized physician-assisted suicide via legislation. 1 state (mt) has legal physician-assisted suicide via court ruling. 37 states have laws prohibiting assisted suicide. 3 states (al, ma, wv) and dc prohibit physician-assisted suicide by common law. 4 states (nv, nc, ut, wy) have no specific laws regarding assisted suicide. A site or program that provides medical and supportive services for dying patients. Allows patients to have pain control and symptom management, avoid extended period of dying, achieve a sense of personal control, reduce burden on others, and strengthen ties with those close on them. Bereavement is best understood from a biopsychosocial perspective! Loss of child is most stressful of all forms of bereavement. Psychological range of negative emotions & impaired attention and memory. Sociocultural altered position in family and community, financial burden, change in support network. Grief that goes on for more than a year is abnormal.
