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| In industrialized countries.. |
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| opportunities to witness the physical aspects of death are less available today than in the previous generations. |
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| benefit profoundly in their last days and hours from social support responsive to their needs for emotional and spiritual closure |
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| Knowing his last days were near, Harrison chose to die at home. He was clear-minded during his final hours, allowing him to review his life and say farewell. Like Harrison, |
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| about 20 percent of people experience a gentle death. |
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| In the days or hours before death... |
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| the hands and feet feel cool. |
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| When the transition from life to desth is imminent, a person often moves through which of the following three phases? |
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| agonal phase, clinical death, mortality |
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| During the clinical death phase... |
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| heartbeat, circulation, breathing and brain functioning stop. |
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| In most industrialized nations today, doctors rely on _______ to signify death. |
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| Mr. Johnson was in a skiing accident. He suffered traumatic head injuries when he came in contact with a tree. Mr. Johnson's cerebral cortex no longer registers electrical activity, but his brain stem remains active. Mr. Johnson... |
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| has entered a persistent vegetative state. |
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| The greatest dignity in death is in... |
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| overcoming pain without complaint. |
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| Which of the following statements about helping a loved one die a "good death" is true? |
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| It is best to be candid about death's certainty. |
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| We can ensure the most dignified exit possible by... |
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| offering the dying person care, affection, companionship and esteem. |
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| Which of the following statements about contemporary attitudes toward death is true? |
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| Death anxiety--fear and apprehension of death--is widespread. |
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| In a study of devout ________, certain factors that appear repeatedly in Westerners' responses to death, such as fear of body decaying and of the unknown, are absent. |
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| Death anxiety is especially low in adults... |
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| with deep faith in some form of higher force or being. |
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| Which of the following individuals will likely experience the lowest level of death anxiety? |
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| Queenie, age 95, sees death as an opportunity to pass a legacy to her grandchildren and their grandchildren. As a result, she does not fear death. Queenie has a sense of... |
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| Which of the following statements about gender differences in death anxiety are true? |
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| IN both Eastern and Western cultures, women appear more anxious about death than men do. |
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| In diverse cultures, people who are _______ report less death anxiety. |
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| good at emotional self-regulation. |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, a terminally ill person first reacts to the news that he or she is dying... |
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| by denying the seriousness of the illness. |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, recognition that time is short promotes... |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, the underlying cause of a terminal person's anger is... |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, the terminally ill person who reaches bargaining... |
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| grasps the inevitability of death. |
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| Dying of cancer, janice promises God that she will devote her life to the church if He lets her live. According to Kubler-Ross, Janice is exhibiting which of the five typical responses to the prospect of death? |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, when denial, anger, and bargaining fail to postpone the illness, the terminally ill person... |
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| According to Kubler-Ross, most people who reach a state of peace and quiet about upcoming death do so... |
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| only in the last weeks or days before death. |
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| Kubler-Ross's five typical responses to the prospect of death... |
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| are best viewed as coping strategies. |
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| The most serious drawback to Kuber-Ross's theory is that... |
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| it looks at dying patients' thoughts and feelings outside the contexts that give them meaning. |
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| Before her death, Irene contacted her estranged sister and made amends. She took control of the time she had left, and confronted and prepared for death. Her death made sense in terms of her pattern of living and values. Irene experienced a(n) ____________ death. |
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| Which of the following statements about a dying person's reactions is true? |
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| About one-third of cancer patients experience sever depression. |
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| Carl is dying. he says, "In a way, I feel like I'm already dead." Carl views dying as... |
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| Ruth regards death as a mandate to live ever more fully. In discussing her images of dying, Ruth is most likely to say... |
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| "I've looked death in the eye, and now I'm really living." |
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| Whe he was dying of cancer, Jesse said, "Whenever I think I cannot stand the pain, I imagine riding my motorcycle along Route 66." Jesse views dying as... |
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| an experience to be transformed. |
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| Which of the following ethnic groups does not believe in telling terminally ill patients about their condition partly because dying disrupts important interdependent relationships? |
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| Mr. Martinez is dying. Because of their cultural beliefs, his Mexican-Amercan family will probably... |
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| avoid informing him of his condition because they believe doing so hastens death. |
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| Dying patients who feel they have unfinished business to attned to are... |
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| more anxious about impending death. |
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| As they move through a hope trajectory, many dying patients first hope for... |
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| Once patients near death stop expressing hope... |
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| those close to them must accept this. |
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| In many Native American groups... |
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| death is met with stoic self-control. |
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| For many African Americans... |
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| a dying loved one signals a crisis that unites family members in caregiving. |
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| When Maea lay dying, relatives and friends gathered around him to give spiritual strength and comfort. Older adults and other experts conducted a karakia ceremony, reciting prayers asking for peace, mercy, and guidance from the creator. Maea is most likely a(n)... |
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| member of the Maori tribe. |
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| Compared with survivors of other sudden deaths, people grieving a suicidal loss are more likely to... |
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| conclude that they could have prevented the death. |
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| The death of a _______, whether unexpected or foreseen, is the most difficult loss an adult can face. |
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| Parents who have lost a child often report... |
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| considerable distress many years later. |
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| the individual passes into permanent death. |
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| Which of the following statements about children grieving the loss of a parent or sibling is true? |
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| Many children say they actively maintain mental contact with their dead parent or sibling, dreaming about and speaking to them frequently. |
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| Grief-stricken school-age children are... |
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| usually more willing than adolescents to confide in parents. |
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| Geraldine's husband died two years ago, just after she turned 81. Which of the following statements about Geraldine is most likely true? |
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| After a period of intense grieving, Geraldine is fairing well. |
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| When Tom's husband, Joe, died, Joe's relatives barred Tom from attending the funeral. Tom is at risk for... |
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| disenfranchised grieving. |
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| When a person experiences several deaths in close succession, __________ may occur. |
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| research suggests that group bereavement intervention sessions are best suited for ___________, whereas an individually tailored approach works best for ___________. |
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| confronting grief; reorganizing daily life |
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| Bereavement interventions... |
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| typically encourage people to draw on their existing social network. |
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| Most bereaved individuals... |
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| do not participate in bereavement interventions. |
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