Deck 18: Health-Care Facilities

Question 1

The grief process that follows loss of a loved one often takes six to twelve months.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Federal law requires that individuals entering a health care facility be informed of their rights and the procedures to follow to prepare an advance medical directive.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

There is a general shortage of organ donors in the United States.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act enables people to bequeath their organs and tissues for use after death.

Question 5

The Romanian government tourist office has promoted Gerovital as an antiaging preparation.

Question 6

A coroner or medical examiner can order an autopsy if a sudden, unexpected, or violent death occurs.

Question 7

Viatical settlements provide a lump sum payment to a person who sells his or her life-insurance policy.

Question 8

Several proposals have been made to provide legal compensation to organ donors or their families.

Question 9

Advances in technology create ethical dilemmas regarding treatment for infants with serious defects.

Question 10

The person designated to carry out a person's wishes regarding health care may also sign the advanced directive.

Question 11

A "living will"and a "durable power of attorney for health care"are two names for the same thing.

Question 12

Organ donation is limited to the major organs of the body and corneas.

Question 13

The FTC allows funeral directors to refuse to use caskets purchased from outsiders.

Question 14

Cryonic technology has been demonstrated to work in laboratory animals.

Question 15

Antidepressant drugs are usually appropriate for treating uncompleted grief.

Question 16

Melatonin has been shown to retard the aging process.

Question 17

Public expressions of grief should be considered abnormal and a sign of emotional weakness.

Question 18

An attorney is necessary for preparation of a living will or other advance medical directive.

Question 19

Cryonic preservation done now is likely to enable people to be returned to life at some time in the future.

Question 20

The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Cruzan and Schiavo cases mean that, in the future, it will be simple for a family to order physicians and hospitals to terminate life support for patients in an irreversible coma.

Question 21

Patients enrolled in hospice programs must live in a special residential facility affiliated with a hospital.

Question 22

Preneed arrangements are included under the FTC Funeral Rule.

Question 23

Human growth hormone injections can safely postpone many aspects of aging for properly selected people.

Question 24

The fact that body production of melatonin declines with age is strong evidence that taking melatonin pills is useful for elderly people.

Question 25

Which of the following statements about grief is correct?

A) Sharing feelings of sadness and grief after someone dies is likely to prolong the grief process.
B) Most bereaved persons need professional help.
C) The duration and intensity of mourning depend on the nature of the relationship to the dying person and . the emotional makeup of the grieving person.
D) If a loved one dies, consulting a psychiatrist soon afterward is likely to cut the length of the mourning period in half.
E) None of these choices.

Question 26

Which of the following is appropriate to include in an advance medical directive?

A) the funeral home desired if death occurs
B) whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be used if one's heart stops beating
C) the location of your will
D) the circumstances under which assisted suicide should be used
E) None of these choices.

Question 27

Which of the following is not a provision of the FTC Funeral Rule?

A) Prices must be disclosed if requested by telephone.
B) A general price list must be available.
C) Morticians can charge a small fee for handling a casket purchased elsewhere.
D) It must not be stated that embalming can preserve the body indefinitely.
E) All of the choices are correct.

Question 28

A living will

A) designates a person to make health care decisions when you are unable to do so.
B) specifies a persons wishes regarding life support.
C) is the DNR order.
D) is also a viatical settlement.
E) does none of these.

Question 29

A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

A) designates a person to make health care decisions when you are unable to do so.
B) specifies a persons wishes regarding life support.
C) is the DNR order.
D) is also a viatical settlement.
E) does all of these choices.

Question 30

Problems with "Do Not Resuscitate"(DNR) orders may include all of the following except

A) for not being written correctly.
B) when they do not reflect the wishes of the patient.
C) when they do not reflect the wishes of the health care facility.
D) for all of these choices.
E) for none of these.