1. The study of death and dying is known as: |
c. thanatology. |
2. Which of the following statements is a way that death today is different from 100 years ago? |
d. Death has been removed from daily life. |
3. One hundred years ago, most people died _____, while today they most often die in a hospital. |
a. at home |
4. Which of the following is TRUE about memorials to the dead? |
b. It is a Western practice that is antithetical to most Eastern cultures. |
5. A century ago, the average lifespan worldwide was _____ years. |
a. 40 |
6. Children as young as _____ have some sort of understanding of death, though they may not understand that the person will not come back to life. |
b. 2 |
7. Children who are terminally ill fear that death means they will be: |
a. abandoned. |
8. According to _____, adolescents and emerging adults engage in high-risk behaviors in order to cope with their fear of death. |
b. terror management theory |
9. The fact that more people fear flying than driving illustrates that attitudes about death tend to be: |
d. largely irrational. |
10. In late adulthood, attitudes about death shift. Anxiety _____ while hope _____. |
a. decreases; increases |
11. Many developmentalists believe that one sign of mental health in older adults is: |
c. accepting mortality. |
12. Across cultures, a result of near-death experiences is: |
d. a sense of hopefulness. |
13. A patient’s heart stopped and he almost died. As he healed, he discussed having the sense of floating in light and experiencing a sense of peace. He seems to have had a: |
b. near-death experience. |
14. In what way has modern medicine made a good death more likely? |
b. by increasing the general levels of health so that most deaths occur in old age |
15. According to Kübler-Ross, the first stage of dying is: |
b. denial. |
16. The work of _____ has been used to describe dying as a movement from a focus on physical needs through needs for love, safety, respect, and self-actualization, and finally to the acceptance of death. |
b. Abraham Maslow |
17. Researchers who have subsequently investigated Kübler-Ross’s stages have found that: |
a. some stages disappear and reappear. |
18. About what percentage of individuals admitted to hospice die before the end of the first week of hospice care? |
b. 33% |
19. Which of the following statements regarding hospice care is true? |
b. Patients can only be admitted if death is likely within 6 months. |
20. A patient has just entered a hospice. She can expect: |
a. pain management. |
21. Hospice care is expensive because it: |
c. provides individual care day and night from highly skilled workers. |
22. Which of the following is a common barrier to hospice care? |
a. Patients and their families must accept death. |
23. Palliative care: |
d. provides relief from physical pain. |
24. The goal of palliative care is to: |
a. relieve patients from pain and suffering. |
25. Medications for pain relief were once underprescribed for the terminally ill primarily because: |
d. they are addictive. |
26. Medication that relieves pain and also hastens death has a: |
a. double effect. |
27. Juanita has just been evaluated by medical professionals. She cannot move any part of her body except for her eyes, but brain waves are still apparent. The doctor explains that Juanita is not dead, but: |
d. has locked-in syndrome. |
28. A person is in a state of deep unconsciousness from which he or she cannot be aroused has: |
b. a coma. |
29. The definition of death that has been used by professionals around the world for the past several decades states that death occurs when: |
d. brain waves cease. |
30. After an extensive review of studies on end of life brain functioning, researchers confirmed two indicators of death: |
d. no spontaneous breathing and eyes not responding to pain. |
31. A person in a state characterized by prolonged cessation of all brain activity, with a complete absence of voluntary movements, has: |
a. brain death. |
32. Mikal entered a state of deep unconsciousness after a serious accident. His cognitive functions have ceased though he is still breathing. His family and friends notice that his eyes have occasionally opened and he has made a few irregular sounds. Mikal: |
c. is in a vegetative state. |
33. A person with which of the following conditions is considered dead? |
b. brain death |
34. The average person today lives ______ as long as the average person did a century ago. |
a. twice |
35. In _____, a seriously ill person is allowed to die naturally, without any medical intervention. |
b. passive euthanasia |
36. Which of the following is an example of passive euthanasia? |
d. A doctor does not resuscitate a man who stops breathing after seeing that he had a DNR order. |
37. A DNR order: |
b. allows a natural death. |
38. An example of active euthanasia is when: |
c. someone turns off a patient’s respirator. |
39. George is terminally ill and in constant pain. He has asked his doctor for a prescription he can use to end his life. If the doctor gives the prescription and George uses it to die, it is considered: |
b. physician-assisted suicide. |
40. In countries where it is legal, _____ terminally ill individuals choose assisted suicide. |
a. few |
41. Oregon’s law regarding assisted suicide requires the: |
c. dying person to request the lethal drugs twice orally and once in writing. |
42. When Oregon residents’ reasons for requesting physician-assisted suicide were assessed, which reason was identified as the least common? |
c. pain |
43. A major argument against legalizing euthanasia is a concern that it may lead society to condone the killing of those who are not ready to die, creating a: |
c. slippery slope. |
44. In Oregon, which of the following groups is MOST likely to use physician-assisted suicide? |
c. European Americans |
45. Some people designate a _____, or another person who can medical decisions for them if they are unable to do so. |
a. health care proxy |
46. A living will is written to identify: |
d. what medical intervention should be used if the person not conscious when a decision needs to be made. |
47. A person whom a dying person designates to make his or her medical decisions is a(n): |
b. health care proxy. |
48. Which of the following statements about living wills is TRUE? |
d. Even the most extensive living will cannot answer every question that may emerge. |
49. The deep sorrow that people feel after the death of another is called: |
a. grief. |
50. The type of grief that impedes a person’s future life is called _____ grief. |
a. complicated |
51. Melina’s father just died. She was very close to him, and simply cannot face the reality of his death. To those around her, it appears that Melina is not grieving at all. Melina is experiencing _____ grief. |
c. absent |
52. The type of grief in which people are not allowed to mourn publicly because of cultural customs or social restrictions is called: |
b. disenfranchised grief. |
53. Ted’s ex-wife died suddenly. Although their two children were included in the memorial service, Ted was intentionally excluded. Because he still cared about his ex-wife, he experienced: |
c. disenfranchised grief. |
54. Estelle’s husband was flying a small plane when it disappeared above a wooded mountainside. His body was never recovered. In this loss, it is likely that Estelle is experiencing: |
b. incomplete grief. |
55. Which of the following conditions may hinder the healing and affirmation of the bereaved? |
a. experiencing a delay in recovering the body of the deceased |
56. An important function of the mourning process is to: |
b. allow expression of grief publicly. |
57. Older adults who were securely attached in childhood are more likely to experience _____ grief when a loved one dies. |
c. normal |
58. In Western culture, viewing the deceased as a role model is seen as a healthy form of: |
a. a continuing bond. |
59. In a longitudinal study of older married adults in Detroit, almost all widows and widowers _____ their marriage. |
b. idealized |
60. A study on responses to the death of a spouse found that the majority of widows and widowers: |
a. were, within 6 months, about as happy and productive as they had been before their spouse’s death. |
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