Exam 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement

A) the response to the loss of a loved one
B) the experience of losing a loved one by death
C) the culturally specified expression of thoughts and feelings after a death
D) intense physical and psychological distress

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A) feel more overwhelmed immediately following the death
B) be vulnerable to persistent anxiety due to long-term stressors
C) experience pronounced avoidance and delayed restoration
D) experience highly traumatic confrontation

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A) morbidity
B) mortality
C) isolation
D) death anxiety

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A) In the past two decades, there has been a decrease in college and university courses in death and dying.
B) Death education improves students' ability to communicate effectively with others about death-related concerns.
C) Death education is rarely integrated into the training of students studying counseling, nursing, or medicine.
D) Few death education courses touch on social and ethical issues such as medical aid-in-dying and organ donation.

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A) occur about 40 percent of the time
B) have decreased since the 1990s
C) are more common for low-income individuals
D) have increased over the past two decades

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A) Children grieving the loss of a parent or sibling suffer few physical symptoms after a few weeks or months.
B) Many children say they actively maintain mental contact with their dead parent or sibling.
C) Keeping the truth from children about an impending death can lead to increased resilience.
D) Children report that they rarely think about the deceased parent or sibling after one to three years.

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A) is dead under the definition used in China
B) has experienced the agonal phase of death
C) has entered a persistent vegetative state
D) is dead under the definition used in most industrialized nations

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A) subject to probate
B) a living will
C) not recognized in the United States
D) a durable power of attorney for health care

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A) a fixed sequence
B) universal stages
C) maladaptive, emotion-centered coping
D) coping strategies that anyone may call on in the face of threat

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A) On-call services are usually available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
B) Hospice programs do not typically provide palliative care.
C) Follow-up bereavement services are typically offered to families in the year after a death.
D) The patient is kept in a hospital-like setting where end-of-life medical intervention is likely.

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A) should encourage them to hope for a cure
B) should encourage them to hope for a miracle
C) must accept this
D) must maintain hope for a miracle

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A) bereavement; grief
B) grief; bereavement
C) mourning; bereavement
D) death education; anxiety or indifference

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A) relieves pain and other symptoms rather than prolonging life
B) includes the provision of life-saving measures, such as respirators
C) involves emergency room treatment and aggressive medical intervention
D) emphasizes rehabilitation rather than high-quality terminal care

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A) looks at dying patients' thoughts and feelings outside the contexts that give them meaning
B) was based on only a few interviews with a small sample of terminally ill people
C) does not have application to people of faith or to people with a strong belief in an afterlife
D) encompasses all the possible ways that people respond in the face of death

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A) in a nursing home or long-term care facility
B) at home or in the home of a family member
C) in a general or specialized cancer-care hospital unit
D) in a family care unit with hospice and palliative care

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A) exposure to media about the incident, to help them confront their fears
B) de-emphasis on both loss-oriented and restoration-oriented activities
C) nurturing and caring relationships with adults
D) group bereavement intervention sessions

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A) the agonal phase of death
B) clinical death
C) brain death
D) mortality

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