Exam 17: Culture and Diversity

Germain has signed an advance directive.This means that:

This theorist was the first to propose a five stage model of dying,which begins with denial and ends with acceptance of death.

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,the third stage of dying is:

Active euthanasia is a crime in __________ states (in the United States):

Trisha has managed to cope with her husband's death quite well.Trisha is probably:

Damon placed a pillow over his terminally ill wife and smothered her to end her suffering.This is an example of:

Why is it more difficult to determine whether someone is dead now than it was 100 years ago?

List three reasons why widows outnumber widowers.

Hospices are a relatively recent approach developed to:

List Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of dying.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross believed that when a person is dying,depression is:

A view that grief proceeds in stages would NOT address:

Discuss the current legally accepted definition of brain death,and the criteria involved in its determination.

Grief is MOST like:

Esther attended her aunt's funeral,which was held in a barn.In the weeks after the funeral,Esther and other women go to her aunt's house to participate in quilting activities and other projects to help give the grieving family community support.Esther is living in which type of community?

An emphasis in our culture on using all life-prolonging methods possible,even in the face of certain death,is a sign of our culture's:

The dead are most likely to be cremated in:

Why might women have an easier time with the loss of their spouses than do men?

An advance directive/living will must be signed when:

Allowing a person (who is suffering from an incurable disease or severe disabilities)to die by withholding available treatment such as turning off a respirator.