MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN DISORDERS
The caregiving role for the chronically ill is usually assigned to this gender
Who are women?
The type of care that emphasizes the relief of suffering rather than curing an illness
What is hospice care?
Kids like playing with this device at their pharmacies to check their blood pressure
What is a sphygmanometer
Type of provider that helps to create informed health care consumers
Who are health psychologists?
This disorder involves a delicate balance between insulin production and insulin responsiveness
What is Type 2 diabetes?
The evaluation of whether one feels good or bad about themselves
What is self-esteem?
Those people that study death and dying
Who are thanatologists
Intervention used to treat hypertension
What is CBT
This country spends more on healthcare, than any other country in the world
Who is the United States?
Accidents are the major cause of death for individual under this particular age
What is age 15?
The stable set of beliefs about one's qualities and abilities
What is a self-concept?
The Kubler Ross stage where people may seem bitter about their illness
What is the denial stage?
This coping style is used when a person searches for potential threats in the environment
What is vigilant coping?
This type of support benefits the giver and the receiver
What is social support?
Most terminally ill patients prefer this type of care
What is home care?
Psychotherapy with medical patients typically involves these people, and not just the patient
Who are the patient's family and physician?
The Kubler Ross stage where people try and trade good behavior for good health
What is the bargaining stage?
This disease is is caused by the narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heard
What is coronary heart disease?
Since the 1990's the death rates for these two chronic diseases has declined
What is heart disease and cancer?
This predicts adherence to chronic disease regimens
What is knowledge and understanding of the treatment regimen?
Depression exacerbates the course of this chronic condition
What is coronary heart disease
The document indicating the patient's request that life sustaining procedures don't get used
What is a living will?
The problems associated with left-brain damage following a stroke
What are communication problems?
Programs designed to inoculate people against bad health habits
What is a behavioral immunization?
The infant mortality rate is higher in this country than in most western European countries
What is the United States