Exam 19: Dealing With Death and Bereavement

Increases in life expectancy have changed views of suicide to include the view that

Today,what percent of people in the United States live to be age 65 or older?

The art of embalming goes back to a practice of the ancient Egyptians and Chinese,who believed in preserving the body so that the soul could return.This practice was known as

The state of Oregon passed the Oregon Death with Dignity Act in 1997,and a failed attempt to overturn it was made by Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2002.This law states that

A group that provides attention to both physical symptoms and psychological distress of dying people is known as a _________intervention group

Cultural aspects of death include all of the following EXCEPT

Children experience death in different ways depending on their cognitive and their emotional development.All of the following are mentioned in the textbook as reasons that make a loss more difficult for a child EXCEPT

Kara sought caregivers for her father who would stay focused on the relief of his pain and suffering as he died from pancreatic cancer.She wanted his symptoms controlled so that he could die with a sense of peace and dignity.Kara was looking for someone to provide

In a study done in Finland,_____ percent of widowed men and ______ percent of widowed women died within five years of their spouse's death.

Deaths resulting from the World Trade Center attacks were examples of ____________ loss,a situation where the loss was not clearly defined and therefore confusing and difficult to resolve.

Deliberate action taken to shorten the life of a terminally ill person,in order to end suffering and allow death with dignity,is called

In which of the following countries do families keep an altar in the home dedicated to their ancestors so they can maintain contact and offer the deceased food and other gifts?

The U.S.Supreme Court has held that people are clearly within their constitutional rights if they

According to your text,survivors of people who take their own lives have been called

Cremation,the practice of burning the bodies of the dead,

Oscar had been an exceptionally private person his entire life.What bothered him most during his final years was the lack of care for people's dignity that he witnessed in hospitals.He was also disturbed by the way health care professionals excluded those who could provide necessary social support.When his time came,Oscar wanted the focus to be on

Many of the patients in Kübler-Ross's study went through the same five stages,but

What is true about near death experiences (NDEs)?

Caroline is a first-year teacher in a school where there have been several reported suicides among the student body in the past several years.Which of the following student behaviors should she watch for as a warning sign of potential suicide?

Older white American men have the highest rates of suicide;older African American men are much less likely to commit suicide partly because they