Exam 18: Dying and Death

A situation in which a harmful effects occurs as an unintended side effect of a beneficial action, such as when medication intended to control a patient's pain has the unintended result of causing the patient's death is:

Identifying, developing, or reaffirming sources of meaning and fostering hope is characteristic of Corr's dimension of coping.

Which one of the following is a goal of hospice care?

Those living with a life-threatening illness generally experience which of the following?

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding physician-assisted suicide?

In which country is physician-assisted suicide legal?

Clinical death and cellular death are defined using the same criteria.

The two forms of advance directives are a living will and a heath care proxy.

The process of removing blood and other fluids and replacing them with chemicals to temporarily retard deterioration of a corpse is termed

One of the best ways to support a dying person is to listen.

One method of disposition of a corpse is to subject the body to intense heat, a process commonly known as

Children usually gain an accurate understanding of the finality of death between the ages of 5 and 9.

Yellow marigolds are known as:

A persistent vegetative state is characterized by all of the following, EXCEPT

During the last phase of a fatal illness, a dying person may experience which of the following?

The objective event of loss is:

Middle knowledge involves all of the following, EXCEPT:

If a physician were to administer medication, at the request of the patient, to cause death, this is called:

The medical killing programs of the Nazi regime is an example of:

One goal of hospice care is to counsel family members after a patient's death.