Exam 12: Coping With Death, Dying, and Bereavement

The will,living will,and durable power of attorney for health-care matters ______.

The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) requires that ______________.

Providing a patient with the means (for example,medications) to end his or her own life is a form of ___________________.

A document that states how individuals want their property distributed to heirs upon their death is called a(n)______________.

A living will is a document signed by a patient's relatives when the patient is in a coma or otherwise is not mentally competent to execute a will.

In older adults,strong religious beliefs are ______ to fear and anxiety about death.

Which of the following was NOT one of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying?

Compare how widows and widowers cope with the loss of a spouse.

What is meant by bereavement and how long does it last when individuals lose a spouse?

The dying trajectory __________________.

Describe what is meant by "active euthanasia," "passive euthanasia," and "assisted suicide."

Now we know that all patients do not go through Kübler-Ross's stages in the same order and not every patient goes through every stage.