Deck 12: Coping With Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Question 1

Burial rituals and practices such as wearing black for an extended period of time are examples of _________________.

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) requires that ______________.

A)all older adults have a written will that specifies how their property is to be distributed upon their death
B)only patients themselves are allowed to make the decisions about their own health care
C)health-care facilities that receive government funds must provide patients with information on advance directives
D)older adults' family members are not allowed to play any part in their care even in the case of critical illness

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following individuals is most likely to express anxiety about death?

A)A 26-year-old man.
B)An 85-year-old man
C)A 21-year-old woman
D)A 40-year-old woman

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The hospice concept ____________________.

A)stresses the need of patients to die in very sterilized hospital settings
B)includes the provision of a supportive,pain-free atmosphere for dying patients and their families
C)refers to a recent experimental technique of lowering the body temperature of a person at the moment of death to halt deterioration prior to burial
D)includes the use of heroic (extreme) measures to prolong a dying person's life

Question 5

A living will is a document signed by a patient's relatives when the patient is in a coma or otherwise is not mentally competent to execute a will.

Question 6

Providing a patient with the means (for example,medications) to end his or her own life is a form of ___________________.

A)active euthanasia
B)passive euthanasia
C)assisted suicide
D)homicide

Question 7

The will,living will,and durable power of attorney for health-care matters ______.

A)are documents that plan ahead for a time when a person is unable to make decisions
B)are only valid in some states in the U.S.
C)can be completed by relatives when the individual is unable to do so himself or herself
D)All of the above

Question 8

Members of American society view the death of an older adult as _________ than the death of a child or young person.

A)more acceptable
B)equally acceptable
C)less acceptable

Question 9

Research suggests that older adults with strong religious beliefs have ___________ compared to older adults without strong religious beliefs.

A)a greater degree of anxiety about death
B)a lesser degree of anxiety about death
C)an equal degree of anxiety about death

Question 10

The dying trajectory __________________.

A)is always sudden once an illness is diagnosed
B)is often gradual in technologically advanced societies
C)only refers to death that results from an accident
D)always takes place in an acute care hospital setting

Question 11

__________ is the long-term process of adjusting to the death of someone to whom a person feels close.

A)Bereavement
B)Mourning
C)Grief
D)Denial

Question 12

Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is now legal in every state in the United States.

Question 13

Hospice care focuses on ___________________.

A)making use of life-sustaining technologies
B)keeping up the patient's hope that a cure will be discovered
C)paying complete attention to the patient's needs and ignoring the patient's family
D)controlling the patient's symptoms and relieving pain

Question 14

Now we know that all patients do not go through Kübler-Ross's stages in the same order and not every patient goes through every stage.

Question 15

The legal document that people can use to specify the circumstances under which they do not wish to be kept alive with the use of artificial life-prolonging technology if death is determined to be inevitable is called the ________________.

A)will
B)durable power of attorney for health-care
C)right to die agreement
D)living will

Question 16

The durable power of attorney in health-care matters is a document older adults can use to _______________.

A)name an attorney who has agreed to take care of their medical bills
B)designate a trusted relative or friend to make health-care decisions if they have a serious incapacity that prevents them from doing so themselves
C)make decisions about how their property should be distributed to family and friends if they are in poor health
D)request that their lives be prolonged even if there is no doubt that they will remain in a vegetative state

Question 17

Not resuscitating (reviving) a patient who has gone into cardiac arrest is best seen as an example of ______________.

A)passive euthanasia
B)mercy killing
C)assisted suicide
D)homicide

Question 18

In older adults,strong religious beliefs are ______ to fear and anxiety about death.

A)positively related
B)inversely related
C)unrelated

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT one of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

A)Anger
B)Bargaining
C)Retribution
D)Denial

Question 20

A document that states how individuals want their property distributed to heirs upon their death is called a(n)______________.

A)living will
B)durable power of attorney
C)will
D)intestate instrument

Question 21

Compare the care a patient would receive in a hospice compared to the care likely to be received in an acute care hospital.

Question 22

What is a living will and when can it be useful?

Question 23

What is a durable power of attorney for health-care matters and when would it be needed?

Question 24

Which age group (young,middle-aged,or older adults) has the highest level of death anxiety? Give at least one possible reason why this might be so.

Question 25

Loss of a spouse through divorce that occurs in older adulthood _______.

A)is more common today than it was 10 years ago
B)is so rare that no statistics are available
C)is never associated with bereavement
D)is a positive factor for older women's financial status

Question 26

Describe what is meant by "active euthanasia," "passive euthanasia," and "assisted suicide."

Question 27

What is meant by a "dying trajectory." Give an example of a sudden dying trajectory and of a slow dying trajectory.

Question 28

Name Kübler-Ross's five stages of death and dying.

Question 29

Davidson conducted a study the United Kingdom,asking widows (women) and widowers (men) ages 65+ what they thought about remarriage.Which of the following describes most accurately what was found?

A)More men than women were hesitant to consider remarriage.
B)More women than men were hesitant to consider remarriage.
C)The women and men were equally hesitant to consider remarriage.
D)The women and men were equally reluctant to give up their freedom by remarrying.

Question 30

What is meant by bereavement and how long does it last when individuals lose a spouse?

Question 31

Compare how widows and widowers cope with the loss of a spouse.

Question 32

Which statement is most accurate when comparing older widows (women who have lost their husbands) and older widowers (men who have lost their wives)?

A)Widows are better off economically than widowers are.
B)Widows are more likely to remarry than widowers are.
C)Widows are less vulnerable to depression than widowers are.
D)Widows have a smaller social network than widowers do.