Deck 11: Terminal Illness and Bereavement

Question 1

Over 60% of Americans believe people with a terminal illness should have the right to physician-assisted suicide

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In studies of end of life decision making, we found, students tended to predict their parents would want more treatment than the parents actually did prefer.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following age group has the highest rate of death?

A) children in their first year of life
B) children between the ages of 5 to 14
C) Men aged 65 and over
D) Women aged 65 and over

Answer 3

children in their first year of life

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24?

A) Accidents
B) Homicides
C) Heart disease
D) Suicides

Question 5

In which of the following age groups are accidents NOT the leading cause of death?

A) 1-4
B) 15-24
C) 25-44
D) 45-64

Question 6

What is the leading cause of death for those aged 25 to 44 years?

A) Accidents
B) Homicides
C) Heart disease
D) Suicides

Question 7

According to Kubler-Ross, the first stage of dealing with death is ________?

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

Question 8

According to Charles Corr's task based model for coping with dying, focusing on tasks such as maintaining independence, and feeling secure in the support they receive from others are examples of ________ tasks.

A) physical
B) psychological
C) social
D) spiritual

Question 9

Which of the following is the primary worry for terminally ill children between the ages of 5 to 9?

A) separation form parents, friends, and grandparents
B) the ending of their life and what will happen to their body
C) rejection from their peers
D) the physical side effects of their illness

Question 10

Which of the following statements about hospitals is FALSE?

A) The focus in hospitals is on curing patients.
B) The focus in hospitals is on delivering technical skills and interventions.
C) Hospitals often place relatively little emphasis on the care of terminally ill patients.
D) Hospitals are designed to diagnose and treat disease, which is good for those who are dying of chronic incurable diseases.

Question 11

Which of the following locations is designed primarily for terminally ill patients?

A) Hospital
B) Nursing Home
C) Hospice Care Facilities
D) Long-Term Care Facilities

Question 12

Which of the following statements exemplifies how hospice care differs from hospital care?

A) Hospice care focuses primarily on treating the symptoms of terminal illness and minimizing the patients discomfort and pain.
B) Hospice facilities allow patients to personalize and control their surroundings.
C) Hospice staff try to provide a sense of comfort and support for the patient and his or her family
D) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following diseases is more common to hospice care than to nursing homes?

A) AIDS
B) Cancer
C) Alzheimer's Disease
D) ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

Question 14

Which of the following causes of death is usually the HARDEST to cope with for survivors?

A) Cancer
B) Multiple Sclerosis
C) AIDS
D) Alzheimer's Disease

Question 15

Peter has recently lost his mother to death. He is at the stage of mourning where he feels numb, and is showing very little feeling. Peter is currently at the ________ stage.

A) reaction
B) yearning and searching
C) disorganization and reorganization
D) reorientation and recovery

Question 16

The stage of mourning where a survivor is disappointed that the loss cannot be undone, and may be experiencing despair and depression is known as the ________ stage.

A) reaction
B) yearning and searching
C) disorganization and reorganization
D) reorientation and recovery

Question 17

Which of the following factors may help explain the link between bereavement and illness?

A) People who are bereaved are less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors.
B) People who are bereaved are more likely to engage in health-damaging behaviors
C) Bereaved people often have trouble sleeping and eating which may help wear the body down.
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 18

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A) Survivors have a particularly hard time coping with a death if they do not know exactly how their loved one died.
B) Frequently thinking about the death of a loved one leads to increased grief in the short term.
C) Frequently thinking about the death of a loved one leads to increased grief in the long term (i.e., 18 months later)
D) Gay men who experience the loss of a partner to AIDS show fewer signs of physical decline if they can find "meaning" in this loss.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is MOST helpful to someone who has just lost a loved one?

A) "This must be very painful for you"
B) "Things could be worse"
C) "Keep a stiff upper lip"
D) "Over time, you will be able to remarry and start your life over."

Question 20

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Women tend to remarry more than men following the death of their spouse.
B) Women are more likely than men to form new social networks following the death of their spouse.
C) Women tend to rely mostly on their husband for social support.
D) Women tend to show a greater loss of social support following the death of their spouse than men.

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of losing a parent during childhood?

A) Increases in crying
B) Increase in extraversion
C) Increases in depression
D) Increases in bed-wetting

Question 22

Which of the following deaths is generally associated with the greatest grief?

A) Death of a spouse
B) Death of a father
C) Death of a mother
D) Death of a child

Question 23

According to Speece and Brent, at what age do children understand the four key bioscientific components of the dying process.

A) Ages 2-3
B) Ages 6-7
C) Ages 13-14
D) Older than 21

Question 24

Which is the only state to legalize physician-assisted suicides?

A) Oregon
B) California
C) Texas
D) Massachusetts

Question 25

Which of the following is a guideline of death that is accepted by medical professionals today?

A) The person is unresponsive to stimuli such as touch, sound, light and pain.
B) The person has no movement or breathing for at least 1 hour.
C) The person has no reflexes, including blinking, yawning, and eye movements.
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 26

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A) African Americans are eight times more likely than Whites to die from homicides for all age groups.
B) Homicide is the second leading cause of death for African Americans ages 1 to 4 years.
C) Homicide is the leading cause of death for African American females ages 15 to 25.
D) Homicide is the leading cause of death for African American males ages 15 to 25.

Question 27

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) Men report attempting suicide more often than women.
B) Women are "more successful" at suicide than are men.
C) People living in a house where a firearm is kept are almost five times as likely to die by suicide than people living in gun free homes.
D) Pill ingestion is the most common method of killing oneself used.

Question 28

Compared to men, women show higher levels of ________ following the death of a loved one, which is associated with _______ rates of depression

A) rumination, greater
B) rumination, lower
C) distraction; greater
D) distraction; lower

Question 29

Researchers in one study randomly assigned terminally ill patients to either a standard care condition or a group-based intervention focused on psych-socio-spiritual needs. At the 12-month follow-up, intervention patients had fewer symptoms of depression symptoms and death-related feelings of meaninglessness as well as better spiritual well-being. In this study, the dependent variables included:

A) standard care, psycho-spiritual needs
B) attending church services
C) symptoms of depression, wellbeing
D) independence

Question 30

Studies have found a positive association between engaging in religious coping and receiving aggressive end of life treatment. This means:

A) Engaging in religious coping causes more treatments at the end of life.
B) Those who engage in religious coping are more likely to receive more treatments at the end of life.
C) Those who engage in religious coping are less likely to receive more treatments at the end of life.
D) Having more aggressive treatment at the end of life is the result of religious coping.

Question 31

Describe Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of death and dying, including some critiques of this model.

Question 32

Describe the four distinct places where many people die, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Question 33

Describe two different influences on the experience of grief, and two consequences of bereavement.

Question 34

Describe how people cope with bereavement, and the type of coping that is associated with the best outcomes.

Question 35

Denise is 30-years-old and has just lost her husband in a car accident. Bill's four-year-old son died of leukemi

Question 36

Explain differences in life expectancy by gender and race.

Question 37

Explain how Ditto's method of asking about "valued life activities" may be a stronger predictor of end of life preferences.