Question 1

People diagnosed with terminal illnesses are the primary population that ______.

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A)   benefit from hospital treatment
B)   Kübler-Ross's stages are limited to
C)   receive surgical interventions
D)   Bowlby's stages do not apply toE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true in the context of hospices?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hospices focus on treating diseases and disabilities of patients.
B)   Hospice care tends to be less expensive than hospital treatment.
C)   Hospices offer little control to patients and their families with respect to decision making.
D)   Hospice care emphasizes length rather than quality of patients' life.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of living wills?

Accepted Answer

A)   Living wills only take effect if people are unable to speak for themselves.
B)   There is no legal basis in the United States for carrying out any form of euthanasia based on living wills.
C)   Physicians are more likely to follow general guidelines than specific instructions in living wills.
D)   Living wills need not be drafted in accordance with state laws.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

When trying to help a bereaved friend cope with the loss of a loved one, it is recommended to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   wait for the bereaved friend to call before reaching out
B)   try and minimize his or her loss
C)   avoid forcing the bereaved friend to talk about his or her feelings
D)   avoid speaking about the deceased in his or her presenceE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

According to Kübler-Ross's stages of dying, which stage usually comes just before the stage of anger?

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A)   acceptance
B)   depression
C)   denial
D)   bargainingE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Voluntary active euthanasia is illegal throughout most of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 7

Beth is a cancer patient who has only a few days to live. She is in a constant state of stupor induced by a tranquilizer. With Beth's consent, she is intravenously administered with the continuous infusion of a tranquilizer that relieves her from suffering in her last days. This scenario best demonstrates the practice of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   passive euthanasia
B)   terminal sedation
C)   mercy killing
D)   involuntary active euthanasiaE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Discuss critics' exceptions to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's hypothesis of the five stages of dying.

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Answers will vary. Much current "death education" suggests that hospital staff and family members can support dying people by understanding the stages they are going through, by not imposing their own expectations on patients, and by helping patients achieve final acceptance when patients are ready to do so. But critics note that staff may be imposing Kübler-Ross's expectations on dying patients. At the worst, some medical students and physicians attempt to have terminally ill patients experience a "good death" by breaking through denial of what is happening to them. Denial of impending death, to these professionals, seems to be a disease-like thing that they need to diagnose and treat. There are other critiques of the views of Kübler-Ross. For example, Kübler-Ross's stages are limited to cases in which people receive a diagnosis of a terminal illness. Retsinas points out that most people die because of advanced years with no specific terminal diagnosis, and Kübler-Ross's approach may not be of much use in helping us understand reactions under circumstances other than terminal illness. Edwin Shneidman acknowledges the presence of feelings such as those described by Kübler-Ross in dying people, but his research shows that individuals behave in dying more or less as they behaved during earlier periods when they experienced stress, failure, and threat. A gamut of emotional responses and psychological defenses emerges, especially denial; they can be observed in every death. However, the process of dying does not necessarily follow any progression of stages, as suggested by Kübler-Ross.

Question 9

Ria is a patient diagnosed with an advanced stage of leukemia. If she is in the first stage of dying as suggested by Kübler-Ross, which of the following is likely to be Ria's reaction to her diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

A)   She is likely to blame her doctor for not doing enough to cure her.
B)   She is likely to dismiss her diagnosis as a mistake.
C)   She is likely to be in a state of depression.
D)   She is likely to have come to terms with her diagnosis.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Vincent is in the final stage of lung cancer and is in a great deal of pain. He requests his physicians to put an end to his suffering by allowing him to die. After completing the required legal formalities, Vincent's wife administers a drug to end his life. This scenario illustrates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   temporary sedation
B)   voluntary active euthanasia
C)   passive euthanasia
D)   physician-assisted suicideE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following statements best reflects adolescents' perspectives on death?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are beyond creating unrealistic theories as to how some form of life might survive after death.
B)   They are less likely than young children to attend funerals, including funerals with open caskets.
C)   They speak of death in terms of concepts such as light and darkness.
D)   They fail to associate the concept of death with themselves.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Absence of activity in the cerebral cortex is used to establish _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   brain death
B)   somatic death
C)   sensory deprivation
D)   circulatory deathE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

According to the stages of dying as hypothesized by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which of the following stages is characterized by a person negotiating with God to postpone death?

Accepted Answer

A)   Anger
B)   Bargaining
C)   Denial
D)   Final acceptanceE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Discuss ways of helping a child cope with grief.

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Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of involuntary active euthanasia?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is carried out with the consent of a patient.
B)   It is the unintentional administration of drugs that results in the hastening of death.
C)   It is carried out in response to the directions given in a patient's living will.
D)   It is considered homicide in the eyes of law.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

According to the stages of dying as hypothesized by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which of the following stages is characterized by the feelings of grief, loss, and hopelessness?

Accepted Answer

A)   Anger
B)   Bargaining
C)   Denial
D)   DepressionE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following practices helps one cope with the loss of a loved one?

Accepted Answer

A)   Covering up feelings or trying to erase them
B)   Avoiding pleasurable experiences or interactions
C)   Setting a timeline for grief to run its course
D)   Allowing oneself to take time and feel the lossE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Unlike hospitals, hospices ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   consider the entire family to be the unit of care
B)   focus on curative treatment rather than palliative care
C)   tend to be highly expensive
D)   function to save lives of patientsE) A) and C)
F) B) and C) A

Question 19

A person's philosophy of life and prior experiences with crises do not strongly affect his or her adjustment to the end stage of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Few people ever assume, or are encouraged to assume, a form of spiritual reversibility in their thinking about death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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