Exam 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement

_______________ is the practice of ending a person's life for reasons of mercy.

As your textbook states, researchers agree that the process of recovering from a significant loss through death requires a minimum of ____, and that ____ is not an uncommon time frame.​

_______________ refers to the ways in which we express our grief following a loss.

Heather's father died last week with Heather and many other family members with him as he died. Heather has been talking a lot about those last hours, how he met individually with each family member to express his love and gratitude and how, once he had met with everyone, he soon lapsed into unconsciousness. Muller and Thompson (2003) would say that this reflects the ____ theme of the experience of grief.​

For an adult in midlife who loses a spouse, how long does it typically take for them to begin transforming their perspectives on the loss?​

Anita has recently learned that she suffers from a progressive neurological disease that will, in time, rob her of her ability to make decisions for herself. She and her husband go to an attorney, and ask for a document that assigns the husband as the person who will act as her agent for medical decisions when she is no longer able to do so for herself. The document they are requesting is called a ____.​

Which model of grieving suggests that extensively expressing grief actually prolongs the process of recovering from a loss?​

Muscogee Creek tribal rituals include giving a "farewell _______________," which involves throwing handfuls of dirt into the grave before covering it.

Preschoolers tend to believe that death is temporary and magical.

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the final stage of dealing with one's own pending death is _______________.

Every year on August 6th, Racquel gets very sad. She remembers that this is the day on which her brother, Tommie, died of leukemia when he was just a teenager. Even though Racquel is now in her 50s, she never forgets to think about Tommie on this day. This is an example of a(n) ____ reaction.​

Most people in developed countries encounter the death of their parents in early adulthood.

Gordon has been in a terrible car accident, and currently he has no heartbeat nor is he breathing on his own. Based on this information he currently meets the criteria for ________.

Which U.S. state passed the first law legalizing physician-assisted suicide?​

The psychological side of coming to terms with a loss is called _______________.

Today, the most widely accepted definition of death in in the U.S. is ____ death.​

The metaphor of a(n) ____ is often used to describe the duration of time between being given a fatal diagnosis and death itself.​

According to your authors, which of the following is NOT a necessary part of the grieving process?​

____ is the sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, confusion, and other feelings that arise after suffering a loss.​

What has research found about the five stages of dying proposed by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross?​