Question 1

The impetus for the development of the modern hospice movement came from _________.

Accepted Answer

A) National Health Services hospitals in England 
B) the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal 
C) St. Christopher's Hospice in southeast London 
D) a community-based home care program in New Haven, Connecticut 
E) None of these 
A) National Health Services hospitals in England 
B) the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal 
C) St. Christopher's Hospice in southeast London 
D) a community-based home care program in New Haven, Connecticut 
E) None of these

Question 2

Which of the following formal or institutional programs may serve persons coping with dying?

Accepted Answer

A) Hospice programs 
B) Long-term care facilities 
C) Hospitals 
D) All of these 
E) None of these 
A) Hospice programs 
B) Long-term care facilities 
C) Hospitals 
D) All of these 
E) None of these

Question 3

What does it mean to say that the hospice philosophy affirms life, not death?

Accepted Answer

The hospice philosophy that affirms life

Question 4

Define the meaning of "palliative" care. Give an example illustrating how this type of care is different from other types of care. Show how palliative care may differ from hospice care.

Accepted Answer

Palliative care is a type of medical car

Question 5

Another name for a "nursing home" is _________.

Accepted Answer

A) hospice 
B) long-term care facility 
C) retirement center 
D) adult daycare center 
E) None of these 
A) hospice 
B) long-term care facility 
C) retirement center 
D) adult daycare center 
E) None of these

Question 6

Explain the meaning and the services of pediatric palliative and hospice care. Give details and be specific.

Accepted Answer

Pediatric palliative and hospice care is

Question 7

Home health care programs may provide care for _________.

Accepted Answer

A) acute illness 
B) chronic illness 
C) terminal illness 
D) All of these 
E) None of these 
A) acute illness 
B) chronic illness 
C) terminal illness 
D) All of these 
E) None of these

Question 8

Home health care programs are distinguished by _________.

Accepted Answer

A) the skilled nursing care that they provide 
B) the location in which care is provided 
C) the illnesses for which care is provided 
D) a desire to limit rising costs in health care 
E) an emphasis on providing physical care 
A) the skilled nursing care that they provide 
B) the location in which care is provided 
C) the illnesses for which care is provided 
D) a desire to limit rising costs in health care 
E) an emphasis on providing physical care

Question 9

Modern nursing homes were organized _________.

Accepted Answer

A) as primary agents of medical care 
B) around the beginning of the 19th century 
C) mainly to perform an educational function 
D) All of these 
E) None of these 
A) as primary agents of medical care 
B) around the beginning of the 19th century 
C) mainly to perform an educational function 
D) All of these 
E) None of these

Question 10

Define the meaning of the term "hospice care" in ways that will make it clear to those who have never heard those words before. Identify and explain five (5)aspects that are distinctive of hospice care.

Accepted Answer

Hospice care is a specialized type of ca

The impetus for the development of the modern hospice movement came from _________.

Which of the following formal or institutional programs may serve persons coping with dying?

What does it mean to say that the hospice philosophy affirms life, not death?

Define the meaning of "palliative" care. Give an example illustrating how this type of care is different from other types of care. Show how palliative care may differ from hospice care.

Another name for a "nursing home" is _________.

Explain the meaning and the services of pediatric palliative and hospice care. Give details and be specific.

Home health care programs may provide care for _________.

Home health care programs are distinguished by _________.

Modern nursing homes were organized _________.

Define the meaning of the term "hospice care" in ways that will make it clear to those who have never heard those words before. Identify and explain five (5)aspects that are distinctive of hospice care.

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Exam 8: Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

The impetus for the development of the modern hospice movement came from _________.

Which of the following formal or institutional programs may serve persons coping with dying?

What does it mean to say that the hospice philosophy affirms life, not death?

Define the meaning of "palliative" care. Give an example illustrating how this type of care is different from other types of care. Show how palliative care may differ from hospice care.

Another name for a "nursing home" is _________.

Explain the meaning and the services of pediatric palliative and hospice care. Give details and be specific.

Home health care programs may provide care for _________.

Home health care programs are distinguished by _________.

Modern nursing homes were organized _________.

Define the meaning of the term "hospice care" in ways that will make it clear to those who have never heard those words before. Identify and explain five (5)aspects that are distinctive of hospice care.

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

Coping With Dying: How Individuals 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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