Question 1

When used by a person with a life-threatening illness, denial can mean:

Accepted Answer

A)  I am not ill. 
B)  I am ill, but it is not serious. 
C)  I am seriously ill, but not dying. 
D)  I am dying, but death will not come for a long time. 
E)  All of these 
A)  I am not ill. 
B)  I am ill, but it is not serious. 
C)  I am seriously ill, but not dying. 
D)  I am dying, but death will not come for a long time. 
E)  All of these

Question 2

Coping with dying .

Accepted Answer

A)  is confined to ill and dying persons 
B)  may include family members and friends of the dying person 
C)  excludes professional caregivers 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  is confined to ill and dying persons 
B)  may include family members and friends of the dying person 
C)  excludes professional caregivers 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 3

According to Glaser and Strauss, dying trajectories .

Accepted Answer

A)  are characteristically predictable 
B)  move toward death at a constant rate of speed 
C)  are defined by a common shape in terminal illness 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  are characteristically predictable 
B)  move toward death at a constant rate of speed 
C)  are defined by a common shape in terminal illness 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 4

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote that "The one thing that usually persists through all these stages is hope." What does that mean? How can it occur?

Accepted Answer

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a Swiss-American

Question 5

Explain why Kenneth Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. Identify and explain the five main contexts that Doka described. Be specific and give a concrete example of a task in each of these contexts.

Accepted Answer

Kenneth Doka argued that tasks in coping

Question 6

The five-stage model developed by Kübler-Ross .

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasizes psychosocial responses to illness 
B)  describes tasks to be undertaken while dying 
C)  stresses physical needs of dying persons 
D)  has been confirmed by subsequent research 
E)  None of these 
A)  emphasizes psychosocial responses to illness 
B)  describes tasks to be undertaken while dying 
C)  stresses physical needs of dying persons 
D)  has been confirmed by subsequent research 
E)  None of these

Question 7

Which of the following is accurate in relationship to the analysis of coping in our book?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coping is largely a matter of one's biological heritage. 
B)  Coping is learned behavior. 
C)  Coping is behavior which once adopted is fixed. 
D)  Coping never includes denial of a loss. 
E)  Persons who are dying are the only ones who must cope with their approaching death. 
A)  Coping is largely a matter of one's biological heritage. 
B)  Coping is learned behavior. 
C)  Coping is behavior which once adopted is fixed. 
D)  Coping never includes denial of a loss. 
E)  Persons who are dying are the only ones who must cope with their approaching death.

Question 8

When a person is coping with stressful demands, such as those involved in dying, efforts to manage those demands need to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  Successful 
B)  Powerful 
C)  Antithetical 
D)  Masterful 
E)  None of these 
A)  Successful 
B)  Powerful 
C)  Antithetical 
D)  Masterful 
E)  None of these

Question 9

The most effective method of understanding the coping of a dying person is .

Accepted Answer

A)  keeping records concerning the person's daily activities 
B)  having the dying person keep a journal 
C)  listening carefully to what his or her coping reveals 
D)  studying theoretical models about coping 
E)  None of these 
A)  keeping records concerning the person's daily activities 
B)  having the dying person keep a journal 
C)  listening carefully to what his or her coping reveals 
D)  studying theoretical models about coping 
E)  None of these

Question 10

"Spiritual" tasks .

Accepted Answer

A)  are the same as "religious" tasks 
B)  are easily identified since everyone's tasks in this area of task work are the same 
C)  include a search for meaningfulness 
D)  may include the reestablishment of broken connections, for instance with one's own body 
E)  are embraced by the concept of biopsychosocial tasks 
A)  are the same as "religious" tasks 
B)  are easily identified since everyone's tasks in this area of task work are the same 
C)  include a search for meaningfulness 
D)  may include the reestablishment of broken connections, for instance with one's own body 
E)  are embraced by the concept of biopsychosocial tasks

Question 11

A dying person:

Accepted Answer

A)  Often tends to reduce the number of persons with whom he or she wants to interact 
B)  Is typically unconcerned with tasks related to the welfare of other persons 
C)  Is unlikely to be concerned with loved ones' responses to a decision no longer to seek a cure 
D)  Will want to maintain close relationships with all of those who have been important in his or her life 
E)  None of these 
A)  Often tends to reduce the number of persons with whom he or she wants to interact 
B)  Is typically unconcerned with tasks related to the welfare of other persons 
C)  Is unlikely to be concerned with loved ones' responses to a decision no longer to seek a cure 
D)  Will want to maintain close relationships with all of those who have been important in his or her life 
E)  None of these

Question 12

The task-based model examined in Chapter 6 focuses on four areas of task work; these are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Dying, shock, reaction, and sadness 
B)  Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual 
C)  Denial, anger, bargaining, and acceptance 
D)  Prediagnostic, acute, chronic, and terminal 
E)  Cognitive, affective, behavioral, and valuational 
A)  Dying, shock, reaction, and sadness 
B)  Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual 
C)  Denial, anger, bargaining, and acceptance 
D)  Prediagnostic, acute, chronic, and terminal 
E)  Cognitive, affective, behavioral, and valuational

Question 13

For a dying person, a task-based model may help resolve his or her problems by .

Accepted Answer

A)  fostering empowerment in coping with dying 
B)  giving control to caregivers 
C)  developing dependency 
D)  discouraging participation in his or her coping 
E)  None of these 
A)  fostering empowerment in coping with dying 
B)  giving control to caregivers 
C)  developing dependency 
D)  discouraging participation in his or her coping 
E)  None of these

Question 14

A dying person who asks to leave the hospital in order to be at home with family members is most likely engaged in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Becoming depressed 
B)  Seeking spiritual consolation 
C)  Performing a social task 
D)  Attempting to satisfy a physical need 
E)  None of these 
A)  Becoming depressed 
B)  Seeking spiritual consolation 
C)  Performing a social task 
D)  Attempting to satisfy a physical need 
E)  None of these

Question 15

"The Horse on the Dining-Room Table" (our Prologue) is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Closed awareness 
B)  Suspected awareness 
C)  Open awareness 
D)  Mutual pretense 
E)  None of these 
A)  Closed awareness 
B)  Suspected awareness 
C)  Open awareness 
D)  Mutual pretense 
E)  None of these

Question 16

Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. He called these contexts "phases" and identified the main ones as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Acute crisis, chronic living-dying, and terminal phases 
B)  Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance 
C)  Prediagnostic, acute, chronic, recovery, and terminal phases 
D)  Diagnostic, acute, degenerative, and terminal phases 
E)  The metaphor of a "hive of affect" 
A)  Acute crisis, chronic living-dying, and terminal phases 
B)  Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance 
C)  Prediagnostic, acute, chronic, recovery, and terminal phases 
D)  Diagnostic, acute, degenerative, and terminal phases 
E)  The metaphor of a "hive of affect"

Question 17

Define and briefly explain the meaning of the term "coping." Give one concrete example selected from your course work that illustrates this understanding of coping.

Accepted Answer

Coping refers to the strategies and mech

Question 18

People who are dying are .

Accepted Answer

A)  through with living 
B)  limited to being individuals within whom biochemical systems are malfunctioning 
C)  living human beings 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  through with living 
B)  limited to being individuals within whom biochemical systems are malfunctioning 
C)  living human beings 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 19

Purtillo drew attention to how individuals cope with the "little deaths" throughout life. This teaches us that _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the more deaths you experience, the better will be your coping skills 
B)  such coping may be indicative of how one is likely to cope with the large crises involved in death itself 
C)  there are only minimal differences between death and other types of stressors or losses 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  the more deaths you experience, the better will be your coping skills 
B)  such coping may be indicative of how one is likely to cope with the large crises involved in death itself 
C)  there are only minimal differences between death and other types of stressors or losses 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 20

A task-based approach to coping with dying applies to .

Accepted Answer

A)  professional and volunteer members of the health care team 
B)  the dying person only 
C)  family members and friends of the dying person 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
A)  professional and volunteer members of the health care team 
B)  the dying person only 
C)  family members and friends of the dying person 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

When used by a person with a life-threatening illness, denial can mean:

Coping with dying .

According to Glaser and Strauss, dying trajectories .

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote that "The one thing that usually persists through all these stages is hope." What does that mean? How can it occur?

Explain why Kenneth Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. Identify and explain the five main contexts that Doka described. Be specific and give a concrete example of a task in each of these contexts.

The five-stage model developed by Kübler-Ross .

Which of the following is accurate in relationship to the analysis of coping in our book?

When a person is coping with stressful demands, such as those involved in dying, efforts to manage those demands need to be:

The most effective method of understanding the coping of a dying person is .

"Spiritual" tasks .

A dying person:

The task-based model examined in Chapter 6 focuses on four areas of task work; these are:

For a dying person, a task-based model may help resolve his or her problems by .

A dying person who asks to leave the hospital in order to be at home with family members is most likely engaged in:

"The Horse on the Dining-Room Table" (our Prologue) is an example of:

Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. He called these contexts "phases" and identified the main ones as:

Define and briefly explain the meaning of the term "coping." Give one concrete example selected from your course work that illustrates this understanding of coping.

People who are dying are .

Purtillo drew attention to how individuals cope with the "little deaths" throughout life. This teaches us that _________.

A task-based approach to coping with dying applies to .

Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders

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Exam 6: Coping With Dying

When used by a person with a life-threatening illness, denial can mean:

Coping with dying .

According to Glaser and Strauss, dying trajectories .

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote that "The one thing that usually persists through all these stages is hope." What does that mean? How can it occur?

Explain why Kenneth Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. Identify and explain the five main contexts that Doka described. Be specific and give a concrete example of a task in each of these contexts.

The five-stage model developed by Kübler-Ross .

Which of the following is accurate in relationship to the analysis of coping in our book?

When a person is coping with stressful demands, such as those involved in dying, efforts to manage those demands need to be:

The most effective method of understanding the coping of a dying person is .

"Spiritual" tasks .

A dying person:

The task-based model examined in Chapter 6 focuses on four areas of task work; these are:

For a dying person, a task-based model may help resolve his or her problems by .

A dying person who asks to leave the hospital in order to be at home with family members is most likely engaged in:

"The Horse on the Dining-Room Table" (our Prologue) is an example of:

Doka argued that tasks in coping with life-threatening illnesses might differ in different contexts. He called these contexts "phases" and identified the main ones as:

Define and briefly explain the meaning of the term "coping." Give one concrete example selected from your course work that illustrates this understanding of coping.

People who are dying are .

Purtillo drew attention to how individuals cope with the "little deaths" throughout life. This teaches us that _________.

A task-based approach to coping with dying applies to .

Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders

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