Question 1

A study of more than 1,000 college students by Currier, Holland, and Neimeyer found that _____ was an important factor in their grieving of a violent loss by accident, homicide, or suicide.

Accepted Answer

A)   making sense
B)   denial and isolation
C)   bargaining
D)   perceived control

Question 2

Which of the following MOST resembles the grieving process?

Accepted Answer

A)   A year-long period of major depression
B)   A roller coaster ride of emotions
C)   An orderly progression of stages
D)   A period of negative feelings that lasts around three months

Question 3

Annie is proud of herself for already having a living will on record. When she gave to it her physician's assistant, she said, "Research says that you are one of _____of patients 18 years of age and older with a living will."

Accepted Answer

A)   67%
B)   15%
C)   33%
D)   40%

Question 4

Everyone thinks Tom's mother "died peacefully in her sleep." Actually Tom knows she ended her life by slitting her wrists. He is distressed over the way she died, but he cannot bring himself to talk about it. Tom is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A)   clinical grief.
B)   tormented grief.
C)   disenfranchised grief.
D)   complicated grief.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT part of palliative care?

Accepted Answer

A)   Trying to cure the patient of an illness
B)   Helping families cope with death
C)   Making the patient comfortable
D)   Showing interest in the person and family

Question 6

Define hospice and explain its focus. Give examples of how the hospice philosophy and practice may support the criteria for a good death.

Accepted Answer

Hospice is a program committed to making...

Question 7

Sarah came home from a doctor's appointment and told her husband that the doctor said she had cancer. "I don't think he's right," she added. "I feel fine and I don't feel any tumors. I think I'm just going to wait a while to do anything about it." Which of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying is Sarah currently in?

Accepted Answer

A)   Acceptance
B)   Bargaining
C)   Denial and isolation
D)   Depression

Question 8

Deaths that are sudden, violent, or traumatic are likely to:

Accepted Answer

A)   produce less intense feelings in survivors than if the person died of a long illness.
B)   produce a shorter grieving process for the survivors than if the person died of a long illness.
C)   produce more intense feelings in survivors than if the person died of a long illness.
D)   produce no difference in either the intensity or the duration of the feelings in survivors than if the person died of a long illness.

Question 9

Describe the four advantages of letting dying individuals know that they are dying.

Accepted Answer

First, dying individuals can close their...

Question 10

Jacinta realizes she is starting to lose her battle with lung cancer. She keeps praying, "I just want to live long enough to see my first grandchild, and then you can take me." Jacinta is in which of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving

Everyone thinks Tom's mother "died peacefully in her sleep." Actually Tom knows she ended her life by slitting her wrists. He is distressed over the way she died, but he cannot bring himself to talk about it. Tom is experiencing:

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Which of the following is NOT part of palliative care?

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Define hospice and explain its focus. Give examples of how the hospice philosophy and practice may support the criteria for a good death.

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Hospice is a program committed to making...
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A study of more than 1,000 college students by Currier, Holland, and Neimeyer found that _____ was an important factor in their grieving of a violent loss by accident, homicide, or suicide.

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Deaths that are sudden, violent, or traumatic are likely to:

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Which of the following MOST resembles the grieving process?

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Annie is proud of herself for already having a living will on record. When she gave to it her physician's assistant, she said, "Research says that you are one of _____of patients 18 years of age and older with a living will."

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Describe the four advantages of letting dying individuals know that they are dying.

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Jacinta realizes she is starting to lose her battle with lung cancer. She keeps praying, "I just want to live long enough to see my first grandchild, and then you can take me." Jacinta is in which of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

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Exam 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving

Everyone thinks Tom's mother "died peacefully in her sleep." Actually Tom knows she ended her life by slitting her wrists. He is distressed over the way she died, but he cannot bring himself to talk about it. Tom is experiencing:

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Which of the following is NOT part of palliative care?

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Define hospice and explain its focus. Give examples of how the hospice philosophy and practice may support the criteria for a good death.

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A study of more than 1,000 college students by Currier, Holland, and Neimeyer found that _____ was an important factor in their grieving of a violent loss by accident, homicide, or suicide.

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Deaths that are sudden, violent, or traumatic are likely to:

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Which of the following MOST resembles the grieving process?

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Annie is proud of herself for already having a living will on record. When she gave to it her physician's assistant, she said, "Research says that you are one of _____of patients 18 years of age and older with a living will."

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Describe the four advantages of letting dying individuals know that they are dying.

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Jacinta realizes she is starting to lose her battle with lung cancer. She keeps praying, "I just want to live long enough to see my first grandchild, and then you can take me." Jacinta is in which of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

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