Deck 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement

Question 1

What connections might there be between bereavement and stress?

Answer 1

Bereavement induces several psychological changes which in turn will have adverse affect on physical health. The psychological disturbances induced by bereavement result in stress.

Question 2

Feeling sad on the date when your grandmother died the previous year is an example of an ____.

Answer 2

The anniversary reaction is defined as the feeling of grief one feels every year on the same date when they have lost a dear one.
Hence, the correct answer is anniversary reaction.

Question 3

Compared to other age groups, ____ show the most negative effects following bereavement.

Answer 3

Bereavement induces different levels of reactions among the age groups. The maximum negative impact of bereavement occurs in adults of the middle age.
Hence, the correct answer is middle-aged adults.

Question 4

Describe how people at each level of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning (described in Chapter) would deal with the issue of euthanasia.

Question 5

Separation distress and ____ are two characteristics of complicated or prolonged grief disorder.

Question 6

What is the difference between the Oregon Death With Dignity Act and active euthanasia?

Question 7

How do the different ways that adults view death relate to the stages of Erikson's theory discussed in Chapters and?

Question 8

The phrase "dead as a doornail" is an example of the sociocultural definition of death as ____.

Question 9

What similarities and differences would you expect to find between the survivors in heterosexual marriages and in gay or lesbian relationships when the spouse or partner dies?

Question 10

The difference between brain death and a persistent vegetative state is ____.

Question 11

In general, adults should be ____ when discussing death with children.

Question 12

Withholding an antibiotic from a person who dies as a result is an example of ____.

Question 13

Adolescents are usually ____ to talk about their grief experiences.

Question 14

Using Erikson's theory as a framework, explain how death anxiety changes from adolescence to late life.

Question 15

The most devastating type of loss for an adult is the loss of a ____.

Question 16

Why is there a difference in treatment approach between hospitals and hospices?

Question 17

In general, a marriage ended by death is rated ____ than a marriage ended in some other way.

Question 18

____ are most likely to face the death of their parents.

Question 19

A ____ approach to dying acknowledges individual differences and rejects broad generalizations.

Question 20

The primary framework for studying death anxiety is ____.

Question 21

Making choices known about how people do and do not want their lives to end constitutes a ____.

Question 22

____ is an approach to assisting dying people that emphasizes pain management, or palliative care, and death with dignity.

Question 23

If you were to create a brochure listing the five most important things to do and not to do in reacting to someone who just lost a close family member or friend through death, what would you include? Why?