Exam 14: How Can We Help Caregiving and Death Education

In the study of hospice staff conducted by Addington-Hall and Karlsen (2005), about half of the staff was considering leaving because of:

Death educators can sometimes come into conflict with priests and physicians, who may perceive them as venturing onto their "turf."

The story of Binta Jua was about a woman whose prosocial action is a useful reminder of the human care and compassion that also occurs in death-related situations.

One of the striking messages of the danse macabre is that, even in the stratified society, Death saw everyone the same.

Researchers have found that the risk of death increases by 7 percent for surgical patients for each additional patient over four in a nurse's workload.

According to the "books of the dead", in dynastic Egypt 42 gods sit in judgment as the dead person confesses faults and misdeeds, and then the person's soul is measured against a feather. One goes on to paradise if one's soul weighs the same as a feather.

Discuss the primary goal for most counselors who are seeking to assist others in their grief work and why, and briefly explain four strategies than might be used to accomplish it.

Neimeyer (1983) found that the medical residents who personally felt most strongly threatened by death were also the ones who were the most willing to confront death when caring for a dying patient.

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Researchers have found that the risk of death increases 31 percent in hospitals where nurses have eight as compared to four patients each.

According to Maslach and Leiter, which of the following is NOT one of the three defining dimensions of burnout?

According to Corr and Corr (2003), an example of an adult education program that serves as a community-based resource for bereavement guidance and counseling is:

Discuss three ways in which health-care professionals can do more to protect themselves from burnout.

Manion (2005) reported that many physicians and nurses patrolling the borderline between life and death:

Post-traumatic stress disorder is the same as burnout syndrome.

The danse macabre theme was a depiction of:

Published in 1651, the capstone of the Ars moriendi tradition was the Rules and Exercises in Holy Dying, which encouraged a daily refresher course on life and death.

A study of thanatologists revealed that the level of anxiety they experience in their work is actually greater than that of the general population.

The person who at one point in time had a dominant role in the mediation of our relationship to death was the:

What is the definition of the terms -Ars moriendi