Question 1

___________ euthanasia allows death to occur by withholding or removing treatments that would prolong life.

Accepted Answer

A)  Passive 
B)  Involuntary 
C)  Voluntary 
D)  Active 
A)  Passive 
B)  Involuntary 
C)  Voluntary 
D)  Active A

Question 2

Which of the following is a cultural attitude about suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only God can take a life. 
B)  The suicide victim is either insane or weak. 
C)  Suicide can be honorable under certain circumstances. 
D)  All of these are cultural attitudes toward suicide. 
A)  Only God can take a life. 
B)  The suicide victim is either insane or weak. 
C)  Suicide can be honorable under certain circumstances. 
D)  All of these are cultural attitudes toward suicide. D

Question 3

According to a 2007 Gallup poll cited in your textbook, approximately how many people surveyed agreed that physician-assisted suicide should be allowed when a person has an incurable disease and is in great pain?

Accepted Answer

A)  under one-third 
B)  three-quarters 
C)  fewer than half 
D)  more than half 
A)  under one-third 
B)  three-quarters 
C)  fewer than half 
D)  more than half D

Question 4

More ____________ attempt suicide but more _____________ succeed at suicide.

Accepted Answer

A)  males; females 
B)  females; males 
C)  elderly people; young people 
D)  young people; elderly people 
A)  males; females 
B)  females; males 
C)  elderly people; young people 
D)  young people; elderly people

Question 5

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, for the majority of people in the United States, where does death occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  at home 
B)  in a nursing home 
C)  in a hospital 
D)  in a hospice 
A)  at home 
B)  in a nursing home 
C)  in a hospital 
D)  in a hospice

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of near-death experiences?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is unanimous agreement about near-death experiences. 
B)  Some scientists believe anoxia can induce the sensations of near-death experiences. 
C)  Of those who have been resuscitated from death, none has ever reported having struggled with death. 
D)  Psychologists believe it is probably healthy to romanticize one's death. 
A)  There is unanimous agreement about near-death experiences. 
B)  Some scientists believe anoxia can induce the sensations of near-death experiences. 
C)  Of those who have been resuscitated from death, none has ever reported having struggled with death. 
D)  Psychologists believe it is probably healthy to romanticize one's death.

Question 7

Dr. Morris believes that it is inadequate for death to be only pain and trauma free. She believes that people suffering from a terminal illness should be able to select the particular style of exit they believe is consistent with their total lifestyle, such as a romantic death, a brave death, or one that integrates and confirms the person's unique identity. Dr. Morris subscribes to the quest for:

Accepted Answer

A)  "healthy dying" 
B)  "meaningful death" 
C)  "happy dying" 
D)  "death with decorum" 
A)  "healthy dying" 
B)  "meaningful death" 
C)  "happy dying" 
D)  "death with decorum"

Question 8

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, what proportion of people who are widowed each year still suffer from serious depression a year or more later?

Accepted Answer

A)  one-half 
B)  one-third 
C)  one-fourth 
D)  three-quarters 
A)  one-half 
B)  one-third 
C)  one-fourth 
D)  three-quarters

Question 9

Which of the following is most likely to occur after the death of a child?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parents will feel closer to each other. 
B)  After sudden infant death syndrome the parents will feel angry with medical services. 
C)  After death due to a cancer, parents may feel intensified grief during the second year. 
D)  After a miscarriage, parents are comforted by statements like, "This child wasn't meant to be." 
A)  Parents will feel closer to each other. 
B)  After sudden infant death syndrome the parents will feel angry with medical services. 
C)  After death due to a cancer, parents may feel intensified grief during the second year. 
D)  After a miscarriage, parents are comforted by statements like, "This child wasn't meant to be."

Question 10

When a dying individual asks, "Why me?" and makes life difficult for friends, family, and medical personnel with little justification, this most likely refers to which of Kü bler-Ross' stages of dying?

Accepted Answer

A)  anger 
B)  depression 
C)  denial 
D)  bargaining 
A)  anger 
B)  depression 
C)  denial 
D)  bargaining

Question 11

Which of the following ethnic groups has the highest suicide rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native American 
B)  White American 
C)  Asian American 
D)  Hispanic American 
A)  Native American 
B)  White American 
C)  Asian American 
D)  Hispanic American

Question 12

Which of the following is the first step in Emanuel's Eight-Step Approach to the Patient Who Requests Physician Assisted Suicide?

Accepted Answer

A)  assess for decision-making capacity 
B)  establish and treat root causes of request 
C)  engage in structural deliberation 
D)  assess for depression and treat if yes 
A)  assess for decision-making capacity 
B)  establish and treat root causes of request 
C)  engage in structural deliberation 
D)  assess for depression and treat if yes

Question 13

The state in which a person has been deprived of a relative or friend by death is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  grief 
B)  mourning 
C)  bereavement 
D)  anticipatory grief 
A)  grief 
B)  mourning 
C)  bereavement 
D)  anticipatory grief

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of hospice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hospice is not so much a place as it is a program or a mode of care. 
B)  People under hospice care surrender control to medical staff. 
C)  The hospice approach is geared toward curing illness and prolonging life. 
D)  Hospice care is not covered by Medicare. 
A)  Hospice is not so much a place as it is a program or a mode of care. 
B)  People under hospice care surrender control to medical staff. 
C)  The hospice approach is geared toward curing illness and prolonging life. 
D)  Hospice care is not covered by Medicare.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true regarding the bereavement associated with the death of an adult's parents?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is less difficult if the adult child provided care prior to the parent's death. 
B)  Men and women have similar emotional responses to the deaths of their fathers. 
C)  The bereavement accompanying a parent's death is a complex emotional, cognitive, and behavioral process. 
D)  All of these statements are true regarding bereavement accompanying a parent's death. 
A)  It is less difficult if the adult child provided care prior to the parent's death. 
B)  Men and women have similar emotional responses to the deaths of their fathers. 
C)  The bereavement accompanying a parent's death is a complex emotional, cognitive, and behavioral process. 
D)  All of these statements are true regarding bereavement accompanying a parent's death.

Question 16

Jenna has been talking to her friends about suicide and keeping a diary in which she writes about it. Jenna is:

Accepted Answer

A)  attempting suicide 
B)  having suicide ideas 
C)  glorifying suicide 
D)  not serious about committing suicide 
A)  attempting suicide 
B)  having suicide ideas 
C)  glorifying suicide 
D)  not serious about committing suicide

Question 17

While some people hold the view that it is a sin to hasten a person's death or to assist a suicide, others believe that a person is entitled to decide how and when they will die. These contrasting sentiments express the views debated in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  thanatology debate 
B)  right-to-die movement 
C)  significant death debate 
D)  life preservation movement 
A)  thanatology debate 
B)  right-to-die movement 
C)  significant death debate 
D)  life preservation movement

Question 18

A legal document that states an individual's wishes regarding medical care (such as refusal of "heroic measures" to prolong his or her life in the event of terminal illness) in case the person becomes incapacitated and unable to participate in decisions about his or her medical care is known as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  testament 
B)  living will 
C)  death wish 
D)  none of these 
A)  testament 
B)  living will 
C)  death wish 
D)  none of these

Question 19

The typical report of individuals who have been resuscitated after having been pronounced clinically dead may include which of the following experiences?

Accepted Answer

A)  floating above their bodies 
B)  traveling through a tunnel 
C)  seeing departed loved ones 
D)  all of these 
A)  floating above their bodies 
B)  traveling through a tunnel 
C)  seeing departed loved ones 
D)  all of these

Question 20

The process of life review:

Accepted Answer

A)  can arouse pathological expressions of guilt, self-deprecation, despair, and depression. 
B)  can be an aid in a person's adjustment to death. 
C)  is a continuation of personality development until death. 
D)  is or can be all of these. 
A)  can arouse pathological expressions of guilt, self-deprecation, despair, and depression. 
B)  can be an aid in a person's adjustment to death. 
C)  is a continuation of personality development until death. 
D)  is or can be all of these.

___________ euthanasia allows death to occur by withholding or removing treatments that would prolong life.

Which of the following is a cultural attitude about suicide?

According to a 2007 Gallup poll cited in your textbook, approximately how many people surveyed agreed that physician-assisted suicide should be allowed when a person has an incurable disease and is in great pain?

More attempt suicide but more _ succeed at suicide.

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, for the majority of people in the United States, where does death occur?

Which of the following statements is true of near-death experiences?

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, what proportion of people who are widowed each year still suffer from serious depression a year or more later?

Which of the following is most likely to occur after the death of a child?

When a dying individual asks, "Why me?" and makes life difficult for friends, family, and medical personnel with little justification, this most likely refers to which of Kü bler-Ross' stages of dying?

Which of the following ethnic groups has the highest suicide rate?

Which of the following is the first step in Emanuel's Eight-Step Approach to the Patient Who Requests Physician Assisted Suicide?

The state in which a person has been deprived of a relative or friend by death is known as:

Which of the following statements is true of hospice?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the bereavement associated with the death of an adult's parents?

Jenna has been talking to her friends about suicide and keeping a diary in which she writes about it. Jenna is:

While some people hold the view that it is a sin to hasten a person's death or to assist a suicide, others believe that a person is entitled to decide how and when they will die. These contrasting sentiments express the views debated in the:

A legal document that states an individual's wishes regarding medical care (such as refusal of "heroic measures" to prolong his or her life in the event of terminal illness) in case the person becomes incapacitated and unable to participate in decisions about his or her medical care is known as a:

The typical report of individuals who have been resuscitated after having been pronounced clinically dead may include which of the following experiences?

The process of life review:

Introduction

Theories of Development

Reproduction, Heredity, and Prenatal Development Reproduction

Birth and Physical Development: The First Two Years Birth

Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development

Infancy: The Development of Emotional and Social Bonds

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Emotional and Social Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

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Exam 19: Dying and Death

___________ euthanasia allows death to occur by withholding or removing treatments that would prolong life.

Which of the following is a cultural attitude about suicide?

According to a 2007 Gallup poll cited in your textbook, approximately how many people surveyed agreed that physician-assisted suicide should be allowed when a person has an incurable disease and is in great pain?

More ____________ attempt suicide but more _____________ succeed at suicide.

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, for the majority of people in the United States, where does death occur?

Which of the following statements is true of near-death experiences?

According to the statistics cited in your textbook, what proportion of people who are widowed each year still suffer from serious depression a year or more later?

Which of the following is most likely to occur after the death of a child?

When a dying individual asks, "Why me?" and makes life difficult for friends, family, and medical personnel with little justification, this most likely refers to which of Kü bler-Ross' stages of dying?

Which of the following ethnic groups has the highest suicide rate?

Which of the following is the first step in Emanuel's Eight-Step Approach to the Patient Who Requests Physician Assisted Suicide?

The state in which a person has been deprived of a relative or friend by death is known as:

Which of the following statements is true of hospice?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the bereavement associated with the death of an adult's parents?

Jenna has been talking to her friends about suicide and keeping a diary in which she writes about it. Jenna is:

While some people hold the view that it is a sin to hasten a person's death or to assist a suicide, others believe that a person is entitled to decide how and when they will die. These contrasting sentiments express the views debated in the:

A legal document that states an individual's wishes regarding medical care (such as refusal of "heroic measures" to prolong his or her life in the event of terminal illness) in case the person becomes incapacitated and unable to participate in decisions about his or her medical care is known as a:

The typical report of individuals who have been resuscitated after having been pronounced clinically dead may include which of the following experiences?

The process of life review:

Introduction

Theories of Development

Reproduction, Heredity, and Prenatal Development Reproduction

Birth and Physical Development: The First Two Years Birth

Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development

Infancy: The Development of Emotional and Social Bonds

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Emotional and Social Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

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More attempt suicide but more _ succeed at suicide.