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Diseases
100
Describes life that is shortened because of serious illness
What is terminal or life threatening?
100
Prefix meaning two
What is bi?
100
Stage of grief that attempts to negotiate an event or experience
What is bargaining?
100
First stage of grief
What is denial?
100
Virus that causes Aids
What is HIV?
200
Term that describes pain that comes and goes
What is intermittent?
200
Prefix meaning kidney
What is nephr?
200
Last stage of grief
What is acceptance?
200
Strongest influence on a patient with a life-threatening illness
Who is the family?
200
Category that includes emphysema
What is COPD?
300
Type of care that focuses on quality of life while relieving symptoms of pain and suffering
What is palliative?
300
Prefix meaning small
What is micro?
300
Known for developing the stages of grief
Who is Kubler-Ross?
300
Document that allows a patient to appoint a person or agent to make health care decisions in the event that the patient is unable to do so
What is health care directive?
300
First reaction patients with cancer usually have
What is fear of the loss of life?
400
Serious illness which results from loss of kidney function
What is ESRD (end stage renal disease)?
400
Prefix meaning under
What is sub?
400
Number of stages of grief
What is 5?
400
Has large effect on one's feelings/actions regarding life-threatening illness
What is culture?
400
Another name for dementia
What is Alzheimer's disease?
500
Legal form that allows a designated person to act on another's behalf in regard to health care choices
What is durable power of attorney for health care?
500
Prefix meaning self
What is auto?
500
Most widely known treatments for cancer
What is surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation?
500
Two treatments for kidney failure
What is dialysis or kidney transplant?
500
Name one of the three terminal illnesses listed in your book.
What is cancer, ESRD, and AIDS?