Chapter 18 Flashcards
When discussing the deaths of her ancestors and of the deaths of family members during her own lifetime, Delilah made which correct observation?
A. Bother ancestors and contemporary relatives mostly died from communicable diseases
B. Bother ancestors and contemporary relatives mostly died from degenerative diseases
C. Ancestors mostly died from degenerative diseases, contemporary relatives from communicable diseases
D.Ancestors mostly died from communicable diseases, contemporary relatives from degenerative diseases
D.Ancestors mostly died from communicable diseases, contemporary relatives from degenerative diseases
Compared to a person living at the beginning of the twentieth century, a person alive at the start of the twenty-first century is
A. More likely to die in their own home
B. Less likely to witness death during infancy or childhood
C. More likely to die from a communicable disease
D. Less likely to deny the realities of death
B. Less likely to witness death during infancy or childhood
Roberta has been influenced by the death awareness movement. Roberta’s concept of the good death emphasises
A. A dying person surrounded by family and friends
B. Delaying death by good use of medical technology
C. Permissive attitude toward active euthanasia
D. Privacy during dying
A. A dying person surrounded by family and friends
Which of the following would be the best description of how Tyra, a teenager, would grieve the death of a close aunt?
A. She would get over it quickly because the permanence would elude her
B. She would grieve in wave over a long period of time
C. She would grieve intensely for less than three months
D. She would internalise it and become fearful about she own mortality
B. She would grieve in wave over a long period of time
In Cicirelli’s research about options when dealing with chronic, terminal medical conditions, the option chosen by most elderly persons was
A. Strive to continue living
B. Ask the physician or family member to make end-of-life choices
C. Suicide or assisted suicide
D. Do nothing to prolong life and minimise pain
A. Strive to continue living
After Jeremy became terminally ill and moved into the hospice, many of his family and friends stop regular contact. Jeremy is experiencing
A. Death isolation
B. The good death
C. Death denial
D. A social death
D. A social death
Compared with younger adults, older persons
A. Talk less about death and fear it less
B. Talk more about death and fear it more
C. Talk less about death and fear it more
D. Talk more about death and fear it less
D. Talk more about death and fear it less
If a culture wants to have more organs available to transplant to its chronically ill, the culture needs to adopt a definition of death based on
A. Brain death
B. Cessation of breathing
C. Cessation of heart beat
D. Brain, heart, or respiratory cessation and educate survivors about making donations
A. Brain death
Which of the following is the best example of a thirty-five-year-old having concerns about dying with ‘unfinished business’?
A. Fearing not completing recreational goals
B. Fearing leaving loved ones behind
C. Wishing t enjoy retirement years
D. Cleaning to avoid extra mess for those left behind
B. Fearing leaving loved ones behind
Megan has accepted her death and is ready to move on to a happy afterlife. Which type of acceptance is Megan experiencing?
A. Neutral acceptance
B. Escape-oriented acceptance
C. Religious-accepetance
D. Approach-oriented acceptance
D. Approach-oriented acceptance
When do many individuals begin estimating the amount of time they have left before they are likely to die?
A. Adolescence
B. Midlife
C. Late adulthood
D. Early adulthood
B. Midlife
Which of the following does not impact on which aspects of death anxiety are most salient to an individual?
A. Age
B. Gender
C. Health
D. Religiosity
C. Health
Which of the following correctly presents Kubler-Ross’ stages of grieving?
A. Denial, depression, bargaining, anger, acceptance
B. Denial, depression, anger, bargaining, acceptance
C. Denial, bargaining, anger depression, acceptance
D. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
D. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
In closed awareness of dying, awareness of impending death is limited to
A. Medical personnel
B. Medical personnel and the patient
C. Medical personnel and loved ones
D. Medical personnel, the patient and loved ones
C. Medical personnel and loved ones
Grief work involves
A. The transition from initial detachment to deep depression
B. Planning the funeral
C. The initial phase of bereavement
D. The total cycle of bereavement, which lasts one year or longer
C. The initial phase of bereavement
