Exam 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement

Harold has decided that he does not want to have his life prolonged by life-support machines should he ever become so injured or ill that he needs them. He decides to create a document where his wishes about life support and other treatments will be clearly stated. Harold is going to write a what is best described as a ____.​

After the loss of her husband, Dorothy starts moving on and thinking about whether she wants to date again. She even allows herself to consider whether she will ever remarry. In the dual process model of coping with bereavement, Dorothy is dealing with restoration-oriented stressors.

According to research presented in your chapter, which factor is most related to the likelihood of childhood bereavement leading to long-lasting effects, such as depression?​

At what point would a physician MOST LIKELY suggest hospice care?​

Demonstrate knowledge of "loss" by comparing and contrasting the concept of bereavement, mourning, and grief. Be sure to provide examples for each concept and to describe normal grief reactions. How does normal grief differ from a prolonged or complicated grief reaction?

According to your textbook, residents of Eastern European and Islamic countries do not view active euthanasia as favorably as Western Europeans because

____ refers to the psychological side of coming to terms with bereavement.​

Death _______________ refers to people's worries or fears of death and dying.

Death anxiety​

One of the components of the four-component model is the continuation of the subjective meaning associated with a loss. Which of the following questions illustrates that component?​

Research has found aneurological basisfor our fear of death. In a study of men,all​EXCEPTwhich of the following brain areas showed greater activity when they were asked questions about death and dying than when they were asked about pain from and fear of dental procedures?

Edward and his wife Gretta have been married for 62years. Gretta was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was in her late 60s and was treated successfully. Recently, however, Gretta and Edward were told that the cancer had returned and had spread to her bones and brain.They have been told that medicine cannot offer them any hope of a cure and that comfort measures through hospice care are appropriate. Gretta cared for her mother in her mother's last weeks of life and has always been very clear that she did not to waste away, unaware of where she was or who was caring for her. Because of the rapidity with which her disease has progressed, she is no longer able to take action to end her own life. One morning, Edward goes to his wife, kisses her gently, and kills her by smothering her with a pillow. He then calls the police, tell them what he did, and waits for them to arrive. He states that he just couldn't let her suffer any longer. Which of the following best describes Edward's act?​

Researchers may use _______________ management theory to understand death anxiety.

Two paramedics arrive at a home where a middle-aged man has had a seizure from which he has not regained consciousness. As they are evaluating him, his heart begins to beat very erratically and stops but before they can take further action, his wife hands them a document signed by her husband and his physician that causes them to cease their efforts to restart his heart. Which document did the wife most likely produce?​

Surveys indicate that it is very rare for college students to experience the death of someone close to them.

Surveys of college students find that between ____ of them will experience the death of a person close to them during their college years.​

__________ is the state or condition caused by loss through death.​

The Patient Self-Determination Act (1990) requires most health care facilities to provide information to patients in writing that they have several rights. Which of the following is included in these rights?​

Separation distress and traumatic distress distinguish normal grief from ____.

When family members or other surrogates must make decisions about end-of-life care for someone else, they are​