Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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 ________________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

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.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

The hospice concept ____________________.

Accepted Answer

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

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 13

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

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Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Hospice care focuses on ___________________.

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

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 19

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

Accepted Answer

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 20

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

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Exam 12: Coping With Death, Dying, and Bereavement