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Absence of spontaneous breath is to ________ as spontaneous brain function is to life. |
| | A) | thanatology |
| | B) | death |
| | C) | life |
| | D) | artificial ventilation |
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Over the past several years, your Uncle Al has developed kidney failure. He now needs to go to the hospital regularly to sustain his life. What medical procedure/machine is prolonging his life? |
| | A) | CPR |
| | B) | mechanical respirator |
| | C) | pacemaker |
| | D) | dialysis |
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A friend of yours sustained a severe head injury two years ago in a motorcycle accident, but his critical life functions, like respiration, were not affected. His parents can no longer deal with this suffering and are requesting to end all life support for their "vegetable" child. Based on the AMA, American Bar Association, and Presidential Commission, can medical staff comply? |
| | A) | No, not if the child can still breathe on his own. |
| | B) | No, not while his brain stem is still functioning. |
| | C) | Yes, and his organs can be donated. |
| | D) | Yes, food and water can be withheld, but organs cannot be donated. |
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A family that recently immigrated to the United States from Vietnam has a grandfather die at home. Most likely their reaction to this sorrowful event would be |
| | A) | to call the coroner immediately |
| | B) | to build a coffin while the rest of the family prepares the body |
| | C) | to call a mortuary establishment to handle all funeral arrangements |
| | D) | to call the police to confirm foul play |
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An elderly man is informed that he is suffering from a terminal illness. The man tells his doctor, "You must have mixed up my lab results with someone else's." This response would be characterized by Kübler-Ross as |
| | A) | bargaining |
| | B) | denial |
| | C) | acceptance |
| | D) | rejection |
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A manager who works in your office just had a major heart attack. Everyone who knows the man is amazed because he was in perfect health and had no history of heart problems. A reasonable conclusion might be that the man |
| | A) | was depressed because of a recent negative life review |
| | B) | underwent a major personality change in the last year |
| | C) | was trying too hard to get a promotion |
| | D) | experienced an unusual number of life changes recently |
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A Haitian refugee, who is living in Miami, Florida, is critically ill and desires medical treatment. The patient is brought to a facility and put into a trance while special spirits are called upon to help this patient. This form of medicine is called |
| | A) | hospice |
| | B) | sympathy healing |
| | C) | religious healing |
| | D) | holistic healing |
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A critically-ill woman goes to a special mass where a priest will lay his hands upon her head while saying special prayers. She gently collapses into the waiting arms of others and is laid on the floor while in an altered state of consciousness. A few minutes later she gets up and claims that she's much better. This is an example of |
| | A) | sympathy healing |
| | B) | holistic healing |
| | C) | religious healing |
| | D) | shaman healing |
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Knowing that a little girl has a form of inoperable cancer, Dr. Smith, a traditional physician in the United States, would most likely deal with the information in what way? |
| | A) | prevent the patient from finding out to keep her spirits up, and not inform the family |
| | B) | not tell the patient and medicate the patient so she won't have to be aware of any aspects of dying |
| | C) | share with the patient and family information about the illness, continue with "aggressive medical care," but not inform them about the hospice as a possibility |
| | D) | turn over all care to the hospice staff, and let them tell the family and patient |
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Your elderly aunt tells you, "If I ever have a stroke, I don't want you to keep me alive with tubes and needles and machines." This statement |
| | A) | would by unconditionally accepted by doctors |
| | B) | would be approved of by most religious groups |
| | C) | is a death wish that the elderly make when they resign themselves to dying |
| | D) | might not be accepted at face value by a doctor |
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Intolerance of pain is to ________ as a living will is to euthanasia. |
| | A) | the right to die |
| | B) | healthy dying |
| | C) | depression |
| | D) | living wills |
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You talked to your elderly mother's physician about her failing health. He is concerned about her comfort and well-being but seems more concerned about being a medical failure and losing the battle to cure her illness. This doctor's attitude is inconsistent with which of the following concepts? |
| | A) | medical model |
| | B) | hospice |
| | C) | bereavement |
| | D) | right to life |
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Your car plunges off an icy bridge, and you are trapped under the water. Although pronounced dead at the scene, you are miraculously resuscitated. Later, all you can recall of this incident is plunging into the water. Your reaction |
| | A) | was an out-of-body experience |
| | B) | offers evidence for a spiritual existence beyond death |
| | C) | does not support the notion of a life-after-death phenomenon |
| | D) | was probably produced by a hyperventilated brain |
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Your son's friend was hit and killed by a car. You are unsure about whether your son should attend the funeral. A thanatologist might tell you that |
| | A) | attending the funeral will give your son death-related anxieties |
| | B) | not attending the funeral will help your son feel his friend has departed |
| | C) | attending the funeral will help your son see death as a natural end to life |
| | D) | attending the funeral will just raise more questions in your son's mind |
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Your neighbor's husband died recently. Despite her loss, she has shown a positive adjustment to her new circumstances by leaving her home more often. She is currently in which phase of the adult bereavement process? |
| | A) | first phase |
| | B) | second phase |
| | C) | third phase |
| | D) | fourth phase |
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Your father died four years ago. Your mother still has all your father's belongings and has left them untouched. She has turned into a depressed recluse, relying more and more on you for support. Psychologists would say that your mother |
| | A) | has not progressed beyond the earliest stages of the grieving process |
| | B) | would have resolved her grief more effectively if your father had died suddenly |
| | C) | has begun the identity reconstruction phase of the grieving process |
| | D) | has passed through the emancipation stage of the grieving process |
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Which of the following vignettes would we be the most likely to observe? |
| | A) | An 80-year-old woman is still living with her husband of fifty years. |
| | B) | A 65-year old widower remarries two years after the death of his wife. |
| | C) | A widower develops new male acquaintances after the loss of his wife so that he can ease his loneliness with others. |
| | D) | A 65-year-old widow decides to move in with her married daughter's family. |
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Katherine is a 75-year-old, recently widowed woman who was a devoted wife. She has a college degree, and her late husband was an attorney. Which of the following predictions could most reasonably be made about Katherine? |
| | A) | She is more likely to remarry than a same-age widower. |
| | B) | Katherine probably will prefer to maintain her kinship links by moving in with her married daughter. |
| | C) | She will be at high risk for suicide because of unresolved feelings of loneliness. |
| | D) | Katherine will idealize her late husband. |
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