Chapter 19 Quiz

A  unestablished bereavement

B  disenfranchised grief

C  anticipatory grieving

D  bereavement overload

A  Children grieving the loss of a parent or sibling suffer fewer physical symptoms than adults grieving the loss of a partner or child.

B  Many children say they actively maintain mental contact with their dead parent or sibling, dreaming about and speaking to them frequently.

C  Typically, children experience physical symptoms of grief for a few weeks and then experience more internal symptoms.

D  In follow-up studies, children report that they rarely think about the deceased parent or sibling after one to three years.

A  spouse

B  child

C  sibling

D  parent

A  recover more quickly.

B  engage in anticipatory grieving.

C  conclude that they could have prevented the death.

D  experience disenfranchised grief.

A  express distress less directly.

B  do not anticipate grief.

C  express depression less directly.

D  seek social support more readily.

A  are not recognized in the United States or Canada.

B  state in writing the desired end-of-life medical treatment.

C  authorize mercy killing.

D  guarantee personal control over the right to die.

A  involuntary passive euthanasia.

B  passive loss.

C  mandatory passive euthanasia

D  voluntary active euthanasia.

A  involuntary euthanasia.

B  assisted suicide.

C  passive euthanasia.

D  voluntary active euthanasia.

A  because hearing functions longer than other senses.

B  only when it replaces use of pain medications.

C  only when patients are conscious and fully aware.

D  but often upsets family members who desire quiet times.

A  aims to provide a caring community sensitive to the dying person’s needs.

B  death often triggers feelings of anger, frustration, and confusion.

C  provides spiritual and emotional support, but not palliative care.

D  emphasizes rehabilitation rather than high-quality terminal care.

A  forbid the doctors to talk to him about his condition because it will bring bad fortune to the family.

B  pretend there is nothing wrong in an attempt to prevent unnecessary stress.

C  talk openly and honestly about his condition, so that he can focus on resolving family conflicts before he dies.

D  avoid informing him of his condition because they believe doing so hastens death.

A  Irish

B  French

C  Japanese

D  Middle Eastern

A  after bargaining and before depression.

B  only in the last weeks or days before death.

C  only in the last hours or minutes before death.

D  within the first two months after learning the diagnosis.

A  acceptance

B  denial

C  anger

D  bargaining

A  by bargaining for extra time.

B  with anger.

C  by denying the seriousness of the illness.

D  with acceptance.

A  who believe in a rewarding afterlife but rarely pray or attend services.

B  with deep faith in some form of higher force or being.

C  who do not believe in a higher force or being.

A  is in the mortality phase of death.

B  is in the agonal phase of death.

C  is brain dead.

D  has entered a persistent vegetative state.

A  the individual passes into permanent death.

B  the individual’s regular heartbeat disintegrates, causing muscle spasms and gasping.

C  the heartbeat, circulation, breathing, and brain functioning stop.

D  resuscitation is still possible.

A  the individual’s regular heartbeat disintegrates, causing muscle spasms and gasping.

B  resuscitation is no longer possible.

C  heartbeat, circulation, breathing, and brain functioning stop.

D  the individual passes into permanent death.

A  geriatrics.

B  anthropology.

C  thanatology.

D  gerontology.