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______ death is said to occur when all electrical activity in the brain has ceased for a specified period of time.
Brain
Lucille signed a living will when she was 65 years old and in good health. It stated that she wanted no extraordinary medical procedures to be used if doctors determined she would not recover. She was conscious of the ramifications of her decision. At the age of 85 she had a stroke in her brain stem and could no longer breathe for herself or take in food. Doctors determined that she would not recover respiration or digestion. Which of the following would be true in Lucille's case?
Lucille could be given sedatives and pain medications but should not be put on a ventilator or given a feeding tube.
Which of the following statements is consistent with all forms of euthanasia?
The patient is diagnosed with an incurable disease or severe disability.
Abigail has incurable lung cancer. Her lungs no longer have the capacity to function without the aid of a respirator. She wants to be sedated and to have her respirator turned off. What has Abigail requested?
Passive euthanasia
Assisted suicide requires the patient to self-administer the lethal medication, whereas active euthanasia involves ______ administering the lethal medication.
a physician or a third party
Which of the following statements are true regarding the definition of brain death?
-A person can still have a heartbeat after the higher portions of the brain have died.
-A flat EEG recording for a specified period of time is one criterion of brain death.
Which statement is true when evaluating the experiences that dying individuals face?
Scientific advances have made dying prolonged and complicated.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the development of a living will?
A living will must be drawn up by patients when they can think clearly.
Which of the following is not consistent with the goals of a hospice program?
Prolonging life as long as possible
The act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals who are suffering from an incurable disease or severe disability is called mercy killing, or ___.
euthanasia
Thomas is an 88-year-old man with incurable cancer. He has been given approximately one month to live. He is suffering with intense pain and has asked that he be aided in taking a lethal dose of a medication to end his life. Thomas is asking for
active euthanasia.
What does palliative care focus on?
Reducing pain and suffering
What is active euthanasia in which a physician gives the patient an intentional overdose of sedatives or painkillers also known as?
Assisted suicide
The average life expectancy in the United States for a person born in 1900 was 47 years, whereas today it is
79
Which of the following statements is consistent with the experiences that many dying individuals face near the time of death?
Many health care professionals have not been trained to provide adequate end-of-life care.
True or false: People seem most aware of mortality during times when death is common, like during a war or during an epidemic of a deadly disease.
True
The program committed to making the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible is called ___ care.
hospice
List Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' five stages of dying in order from beginning to end, with the first stage at the top.
Instructions
What is the most common characteristic of Kübler-Ross' first stage of dying?
Denial
Reducing pain and helping individuals die with dignity is the goal of
palliative care.
Which of the following is a common response from a person in Kübler-Ross' second stage of dying?
-Asking the question "Why me?"
-Feeling resentful towards healthy family members
Life expectancy has increased from ______ years for those born in 1900 to 79 years those born today.
47
Carol has terminal cancer. She has read that eating certain foods has been found to prolong a person's life. Therefore she spends a great deal of time preparing meals for herself. She was given six months to live but has now exceeded that time. She owes it to her diet and perseverance. What can we expect of Carol's demeanor?
She will most likely be more alert and cheerful.
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding cultural diversity in healthy grieving?
Attitudes toward death and dying vary from culture to culture.
Which of the following is not an advantage of discussing death openly with a dying individual?
The dying person can avoid feeling depressed about impending death.
Which of the following is not one of the stages of dying according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' stages of dying?
Contemplation
Roger's wife just passed away. He has responded to the loss by repeatedly saying, "I can't believe it," and exhibiting deep despair by crying and sighing. Roger is experiencing ______.
grief
Which of the following statements reflects what a person would say in the first stage of Kübler-Ross' five stages of dying?
"The doctor is wrong. I need to get a second opinion. The doctor must have mixed my file up with someone else's."
Which of the following is not a common part of Kubler-Ross' second stage of dying?
Depression
What has been found to help dying individuals become more alert and cheerful?
Perceived control
Which of the following statements best reflects the outcome of communicating about death with a dying person?
Discussing death openly with the dying individual has many benefits for the person.
The emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love is called ___.
grief
Enduring despair that remains unresolved over an extended period of time is called ______.
prolonged grief
When an individual's grief over a deceased person is a socially ambiguous loss that cannot be openly mourned it is called
disenfranchised grief.
Travis is experiencing the loss of his brother who died from cancer. He feels numb and as if the future does not hold anything for him without his brother. He cannot move on from the loss. What is Travis experiencing?
Prolonged grief
True or false: A common occurrence is for family members to go over again and again all of the events that led up to the death as a part of the grieving process.
True
When a person reports financial loss, loneliness, increased physical illness, and a psychological disorder such as depression after a loss, one could assume that the person who died was the person's
spouse.
Which of the following are arguments that critics present against the funeral industry?
-Funeral directors are focused more on making money than on providing closure.
-Embalming is a grotesque practice.
When an individual's grief over a deceased person is a socially ambiguous loss that cannot be openly mourned it is called ___ grief.
Disenfranchised
Which of the following statements does not reflect how those dealing with the loss of a loved one tend to "make sense of the world" as a part of the grieving process?
Survivors of loss tend to wish to be alone immediately following the loss.
Which of the following has not been found to be an outcome for a person who has lost a spouse or intimate partner?
A consistent lack of prolonged grief
Which of the following is an argument that supporters present for holding funerals and other community events to remember the deceased?
They provide a form of closure for family members of the deceased.
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