Question 1

What is one of the main problems with advance directives?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are not enforceable by law in Canada, and therefore doctors and family frequently disregard them.
B)   Many people cannot or will not write a living will because their religion condemns it as a form of suicide.
C)   In some cases people will change their minds as they near death, but they will not get a chance to change their advance directive.
D)   It does not fulfill its main function of relieving doctors of responsibility for stopping treatment. C

Question 2

In 2008,which of the following diseases caused a higher percentage of death for men than for women?

Accepted Answer

A)   influenza and pneumonia
B)   stroke
C)   Alzheimer's disease
D)   malignant neoplasms (cancer)  D

Question 3

Your cousin has cancer,and although she is not in pain,she has only a few months to live.According to Motiwala and colleagues (2006),where will your cousin most likely die?

Accepted Answer

A)   at hospital
B)   in a nursing home
C)   at home
D)   in hospice C

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of an ethical conflict that doctors face when they treat dying patients?

Accepted Answer

A)   defining the exact criteria for death
B)   convincing the family to remove a person from life support
C)   deciding what to do when treatment that extends a patient's life also prolongs his/her suffering
D)   ongoing court battles over the legal status of euthanasia and the culpability of doctors

Question 5

According to Kubler-Ross,which of the following statements can be made about her stages-of-dying model?

Accepted Answer

A)   All patients follow a similar series of stages in the death and dying process.
B)   Most dying patients adopt one of five attitudes: anger, bargaining, denial, acceptance, or depression.
C)   Dame Cicely Saunders' stages-of-death-and-dying model should be rejected, due to its impressionistic methods and unscientific presentation.
D)   Patients can skip stages, stages can overlap, or people can go back over the same stage many times.

Question 6

Which stage of Kubler-Ross's death and dying model involves anger directed at the doctor,a spouse,or even God?

Accepted Answer

A)   first
B)   second
C)   third
D)   fourth

Question 7

Interview someone who has a living will.What types of advanced directives are included? Who has the individual appointed as his/her surrogate or spokesperson? Has the individual discussed the directives with the surrogate/spokesperson? How did the individual decide what information to include in the living will?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

According to Wilkins (2006),which type of stress has an especially strong effect on older women?

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional stress
B)   psychological stress
C)   physical stress
D)   social stress

Question 9

Which of the following describes a problem with the disengagement theory and its approach to death?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is based on the idea that older people grow to accept death as they age.
B)   It does not describe how a person will react to his/her approaching death.
C)   It places emphasis on the ego transcendence stage of aging rather than the generativity stage.
D)   It focuses on the social effects of dying, and says little about how older people feel about it.)

Question 10

According to Duffy and colleagues (2006),which of the following do dying individuals want?

Accepted Answer

A)   to feel their life was worth living
B)   to have their responsibilities taken care of
C)   to have a pain-free death
D)   to die with dignity

Question 11

Life expectancy at birth in 2006-2008 stood at 78.5 years for males and at what age for females?

Accepted Answer

A)   76.4
B)   79.5
C)   83.1
D)   87.8

Question 12

By eliminating a patient's pain,hospices seek to accomplish which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   building up the patient's hope of recovery and creating a positive attitude
B)   giving patients the opportunity to remain active and at work
C)   relieving a patient's fear and anxiety and ensuring that the person dies in comfort
D)   decreasing the anxiety of friends and family over the patient's condition

Question 13

Which of the following buffers people from the fear of death,according to Wink (2006)?

Accepted Answer

A)   pain medication and competent medical staff
B)   friends and family
C)   a strong religious belief
D)   understanding one's disease and its progression

Question 14

Today,most people die of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   acute illness
B)   chronic illness
C)   poverty
D)   accidents

Question 15

Interview someone about euthanasia.How does he/she feel about it? Should Canada legalize euthanasia? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

What are the two aspects of the depression phase of death and dying (Kubler-Ross,1969)?

Accepted Answer

A)   mourning present losses and mourning future losses
B)   fear of death and fear of dying
C)   denial and acceptance
D)   despair and anger

Question 17

The modern hospice was the creation of which of the following individuals?

Accepted Answer

A)   Saunders
B)   Kubler-Ross
C)   Gray
D)   Genseric

Question 18

What does Kubler-Ross (1969)state about different illnesses and their death trajectories?

Accepted Answer

A)   They can create new stages of dying.
B)   They create different trajectories of death.
C)   They have no significant effect on the pattern of response by patients.
D)   They can cause a patient to deviate from the normal pattern of dying.

Question 19

Your aunt Grace has just learned that she has breast cancer,and she is in a state of denial.Which stage number is denial within Kubler-Ross's death and dying model?

Accepted Answer

A)   first
B)   second
C)   third
D)   fourth

Question 20

Studies that compare older and younger people find that older people express more concern about which of the following aspects of death?

Accepted Answer

A)   the pain of dying
B)   the fear of dying
C)   the process of dying
D)   the emotional trauma of dying

Exam 14: Death, dying, and Bereavement

What is one of the main problems with advance directives?

In 2008,which of the following diseases caused a higher percentage of death for men than for women?

Your cousin has cancer,and although she is not in pain,she has only a few months to live.According to Motiwala and colleagues (2006) ,where will your cousin most likely die?

Which of the following is an example of an ethical conflict that doctors face when they treat dying patients?

According to Kubler-Ross,which of the following statements can be made about her stages-of-dying model?

Which stage of Kubler-Ross's death and dying model involves anger directed at the doctor,a spouse,or even God?

According to Wilkins (2006) ,which type of stress has an especially strong effect on older women?

Which of the following describes a problem with the disengagement theory and its approach to death?

According to Duffy and colleagues (2006) ,which of the following do dying individuals want?