Psychology 5-3 Guided Reading

Finally, patients ______ the inevitability of death. Not all patients progress through these stages in order.

accept

At the second stage of psychological adjustment, ________ is often expressed with questions such as "Why me?"

anger

The third stage of psychological adjustment is usually brief and involves ______ with fate.

bargaining

The first stage of psychological adjustment is

denial

When it becomes evident that his or her condition is not improving, the dying person often enters a state of

depression

Kubler-Ross also noted that most terminal patients maintain a degree of _______.

hope

A movement to restore dignity to the process of dying centers around the concept of ______. They seek to make the patient as comfortable as possible.

hospices

Those around the dying person should be willing to

listen

During the depression stage, the person becomes aware of his or her

losses

Hospices do use tranquilizers and other drugs to relieve

pain

Hospices to not seek to _____ life.

prolong

During the denial stage, the person often seeks a

second opinion

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is a pioneer in working with the

terminally ill

Among her contributions has been establishing ______, the study of dying and death. She identified five stages of psychological adjustment to impending death.

thanatology