Deck 5: The Dying Process

Question 1

The majority of U.S.physicians in the early 1960s were telling the terminally ill patient of his or her diagnosis,whereas currently most physicians are not in favor of telling the patient of the prognosis.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A terminally ill patient will always follow each of Kubler-Ross's stages of the dying process in the order in which she defined them.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Modern medical advances make it possible for physicians to give accurate predictions regarding the timing of death for terminal patients.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Asian Americans favor honest and frank discussion regarding terminal diagnoses.

Question 5

Values are innate rather than socially created.

Question 6

People tend to fear the process of dying more than the event of death.

Question 7

Roles differ from norms in that they specify what behavior is expected for persons occupying specific social positions.

Question 8

Patients and caregivers are usually comfortable in their roles relative to the dying process.

Question 9

"Norms" are plans of action or expected behavior patterns felt to be appropriate for a particular situation.

Question 10

Medical research has concluded that cancer can be easily passed from one person to another.

Question 11

"Roles" are plans of action or expected behavior patterns specifying what should be done by persons occupying particular social positions.

Question 12

A dying patient's "terminal" label becomes the "master status" for that individual because it dominates all other status indicators.

Question 13

Societal disengagement is the process by which society withdraws from an individual's efforts.

Question 14

Physicians as a group tend to express more conscious death anxiety than do groups of individuals who are physically ill.

Question 15

Physicians with a high probability of relating to terminally ill patients tend to be more open with their patients than physicians practicing medicine in specialties with a lower probability of dealing with death.

Question 16

Dying people do not know inherently how to act when dying,and therefore they must discover a way to act appropriately.

Question 17

According to research,black and white Americans are more likely to be honest with their family members regarding a terminal diagnosis than are Korean and Mexican American families.

Question 18

The first stage of Kubler-Ross's dying process is anger.

Question 19

The fifth stage of Kubler-Ross's dying process is depression.

Question 20

Female physicians tend to be more egalitarian in their relationships with patients and more respectful and responsive to patients' personal needs.

Question 21

A dead human body used in medical schools for the purpose of dissection to learn the body parts and systems is properly called

A)a stiff.
B)a corpse.
C)a cadaver.
D)an autopsy.
E)None of the above.

Question 22

A plan of action or expected behavior pattern thought to be appropriate for a particular situation is a

A)status.
B)norm.
C)master status.
D)value.
E)plan.

Question 23

The first stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of the dying process is

A)bargaining.
B)depression.
C)shock and disbelief.
D)acceptance.
E)anger.

Question 24

To place the blame for an individual's death on someone else,such as a physician or nurse,is called scapegoating.

Question 25

Awareness contexts of Glaser and Strauss in a medical setting include ____ contexts.

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four
E)five

Question 26

The status that dominates all other statuses in the mind of an individual is called the

A)master status.
B)salient status.
C)primary status.
D)best status.
E)None of the above.

Question 27

"Situational adjustment" refers to changes in attitudes one undergoes as he or she goes through a professional school and is "molded" by this process.

Question 28

Which is a major criticism of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying?

A)It lacks universality.
B)It needs to be expanded to include other behaviors.
C)It does not take into consideration infant deaths.
D)It is too biologically oriented.
E)It does not take into consideration the death of the elderly.

Question 29

Perception about the course that dying will take is called a dying trajectory.

Question 30

Tuesdays with Morrie is a book about a man who committed suicide.

Question 31

In which stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of the dying process does the patient realize that a mistake was not made in reading the X-rays and the prognosis is not good?

A)Bargaining
B)Depression
C)Shock and disbelief
D)Acceptance
E)Anger

Question 32

The terminal illness of a child in the family often changes the course of sibling relationships,bringing the siblings closer together or reducing tensions between them.

Question 33

The third stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of the dying process is

A)bargaining.
B)depression.
C)shock and disbelief.
D)acceptance.
E)anger.

Question 34

The medical training of most physicians historically was primarily concerned with the patient's physical state rather than social-psychological needs.

Question 35

The process whereby an individual withdraws from society or society withdraws from or no longer seeks the individual's efforts is known as

A)withdrawal syndrome.
B)phase-out behavior.
C)activity theory.
D)disengagement.
E)depression response.

Question 36

"Situational adjustment" was a concept developed by a sociologist named

A)Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
B)Robert Merton.
C)Elliot Freidson.
D)Rodney Coe.
E)Howard Becker.

Question 37

Awareness contexts of dying were established by

A)Merton and Coe.
B)Becker and Kubler-Ross.
C)Glaser and Strauss.
D)Kavanaugh and Kamerman.
E)None of the above.

Question 38

The stage of the awareness context,as outlined by Glaser and Strauss,that is typically found in hospital settings is

A)suspicion.
B)mutual pretense.
C)closed.
D)open.
E)None of the above.

Question 39

"Open awareness" is an awareness context whereby the dying patient suspects that he or she is dying but receives no verification from the medical staff.

Question 40

Which is correct regarding physicians' telling patients about their terminal condition?

A)In the early 1960s the majority of physicians told the patient the prognosis.
B)Physicians have historically been well prepared in medical school to tell the patient about his or her terminal condition.
C)The majority of physicians today tell the terminally ill patient the prognosis.
D)Both b and c are correct.
E)None of the above.

Question 41

When blame for the mistakes of others is placed on another person or group,this is known as

A)blame projection.
B)scapegoating.
C)blame trajectory.
D)False blaming.
E)none of the above.

Question 42

The founder of Make each Day Count,a support group for persons with cancer is

A)E.Kubler-Ross.
B)R.Coe.
C)O.Kelly.
D)H.Becker.
E)C.Turnbull.

Question 43

Perception about the course the dying will take is called the

A)dying prediction.
B)dying forecast.
C)dying trajectory.
D)advanced dying scene.
E)none of the above.

Question 44

Characteristics adopted by a sick individual in accordance with the normative demands of the situation is called

A)a sick role.
B)playing the sick game.
C)doing that which is expected.
D)a demand response.
E)behavior as expected.

Question 45

The specialty of the physician who performs an autopsy is a(n)

A)oncologist.
B)radiologist.
C)pathologist.
D)psychiatrist.
E)None of the above.

Question 46

The awareness context of dying established by Glaser and Strauss and found in hospice is

A)open.
B)mutual pretense.
C)closed.
D)suspicion.
E)none of the above.

Question 47

Experiencing grief before a death actually occurs is called

A)grief beforehand.
B)anticipatory grief.
C)advanced grief.
D)predeath sadness.
E)prior grief.