Exam 14: Death, dying, and Bereavement

Your mother has asked you and your sibling to sign a document stating that she has chosen the two of you to make decisions on her behalf,should she lose her mental capacity to do so as she ages.What is the name of this type of document?

Which of the following is true in the informed consent context of dying?

What is the term for actively helping someone relieve his/her suffering and achieve a painless death?

Jerry was in a car accident and is now in a coma.He has a written order on his medical chart that indicates that he is not to be revived should his heart stop.What is the name for this medical order?

What is the term for the process of killing someone because he/she asks for death or to relieve his/her suffering?

Northcott and Wilson (2008)say that the pattern of grieving depends on all EXCEPT which of the following?

Which of the following individuals exemplifies the concept of social death?

What is the function of funeral practices and rituals?

In 2009,the Netherlands reported a number of cases of physician-assisted suicide.Where did 80% of those patients die?

In a hospice,what do staff members mainly focus on?

When did the first palliative care units open in Canada?

Which of the following is true according to the disengagement theory?

List and explain the five responses to the loss of a spouse.

Onrust and Cuijpers (2006)found a high rate of which of the following among widows in the first year of widowhood?

In hospices,medical staff base pain control on which two techniques?

Uncle Ross is in a coma,and doctors inform you that he will not recover.Your aunt doesn't want him to suffer.Someone makes the decision to end Uncle Ross's life.What is the term used to describe this scenario?

Which country passed the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures)Act?

What is the role of the doctor in physician-assisted suicide?

Erikson's (1963)theory of ego development says that,in the last stage of life,a person reviews his/her life,ties up loose ends,and prepares for death.What does Erikson call this process?

What proportion of bereaved people go through morbid grieving?