Deck 23: Dying and Death

Question 1

Basic tasks in planning for death should include all of the following EXCEPT

A)making a will.
B)confronting people you dislike.
C)considering organ donation.
D)anticipating medical needs.

Answer 1

confronting people you dislike.

Question 2

The term that means "having made no legal will" is

A)intestate.
B)testator.
C)probate.
D)surrogacy.

Answer 2

intestate.

Question 3

When supportive medical technologies are in use,the concept of ________ is used to determine if someone is alive or dead.

A)brain death
B)clinical death
C)cessation of the flow of bodily fluids
D)cellular death

Answer 3

brain death

Question 4

Which of the following statements about a will is FALSE?

A)Making a will is a basic task everyone should attend to when planning for death.
B)Once a will is established,it cannot be legally altered or changed.
C)Dying without having made a will can cause unnecessary hardship for survivors.
D)A majority of Americans die without leaving a will.

Question 5

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday

A)celebrated in the spring as part of the Easter celebration.
B)commemorating soldiers who have died.
C)celebrating departed loved ones with fun and good humor.
D)characterized by solemn events and traditions.

Question 6

A comprehensive program that offers a set of services designed to support terminally ill patients and their families is termed

A)hospice.
B)passive euthanasia.
C)active euthanasia.
D)an advance medical directive.

Question 7

Clinical death in humans is characterized by the absence of all of the following EXCEPT

A)heartbeat.
B)respiration.
C)circulation.
D)cell functionality.

Question 8

When someone dies without a will,the state distributes property according to

A)rules set up by the state.
B)decisions by a court-appointed administrator.
C)the wishes of the deceased,if known.
D)the wishes of the family.

Question 9

The component of a mature understanding of death that recognizes that all living things eventually die is

A)nonfunctionality.
B)irreversibility.
C)universality.
D)causality.

Question 10

Approximately 50 percent of Americans die

A)at home.
B)in a nursing home.
C)in a loved one's home.
D)in a hospital.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about the predominant attitude in the United States toward death is FALSE?

A)A majority of Americans witness the death of at least one loved one during their lifetimes.
B)Instead of facing death directly,people tend to amuse themselves with unrealistic portrayals on TV and movies.
C)Those who view death as a relief from pain may have a partial sense of welcoming death.
D)Many people seek to avoid any thought or mention of deaths.

Question 12

Which one of the following is a goal of hospice care?

A)to support the patient and family
B)to prolong life
C)to hasten death
D)to support the patient and family and to hasten death

Question 13

The belief that humans survive in some form after death is

A)denial.
B)universality.
C)noncorporeal continuity.
D)nonfunctionality.

Question 14

Termination of metabolic processes is called _____ death.

A)cellular
B)biological
C)brain
D)clinical

Question 15

Hospice care is specifically intended for patients whose life expectancy is

A)2 years or less.
B)1 year or less.
C)6 months or less.
D)1 month or less.

Question 16

The Harvard criteria for brain death requires additional testing after _____ hours have elapsed after the first tests.

A)12
B)24
C)48
D)There are no additional tests

Question 17

The testator of a will is the

A)legal representative drawing up the will.
B)person making the will.
C)accumulated estate.
D)executor of the estate.

Question 18

Society's unrealistic picture of death can be seen in

A)television and video games.
B)high school textbooks.
C)news programs.
D)athletic programs.

Question 19

Hospitals' palliative care units

A)provide short-term intensive treatment.
B)focus on patient recovery.
C)focus on controlling pain and relieving suffering.
D)encourage experimental medical treatments.

Question 20

Which one of the following is NOT true of a hospice program?

A)It provides support for dying at home if that is the patient's wish.
B)It encourages patients to make decisions about their care.
C)It provides emotional support for the survivors.
D)It provides experimental medical treatments.

Question 21

A person appointed by a patient to make medical decisions for the patient if the patient is unable to do so is

A)an attorney.
B)a proxy.
C)a spouse.
D)a parent.

Question 22

A basic task of planning for death that is important for everyone is

A)attending a church or other place of worship.
B)finding long-lost relatives.
C)planning for after-death concerns such as organ donation and memorial services.
D)reconciling with estranged family members and friends.

Question 23

Which of the following statements about physician-assisted suicide is TRUE?

A)The physician provides and administers the lethal drugs.
B)It is legal in the United States in only three states.
C)At the patient's explicit request,it allows a doctor to inject the patient with a fatal drug.
D)All of these are true.

Question 24

A condition of profound unconsciousness with no reasonable hope for improvement is known as

A)clinical death.
B)a coma.
C)brain death.
D)a persistent vegetative state.

Question 25

An example of physician-assisted suicide is

A)withdrawing life-sustaining treatment such as artificial respiration.
B)providing drugs to a person that will facilitate her or his death.
C)finding a doctor who will facilitate the death of a gravely ill person.
D)using a mechanical device for lethal injection.

Question 26

Involuntary euthanasia refers to

A)the patient's choice to end life.
B)ending of a patient's life by a medical practitioner without the patient's consent.
C)ending of a patient's life by a medical practitioner at the request of the patient's family.
D)ending of a patient's life by mistake.

Question 27

The intentional termination of life at the patient's request by someone other than the patient is termed

A)involuntary euthanasiA.
B)double euthanasia.
C)passive euthanasia.
D)voluntary euthanasia.

Question 28

When a physician administers medication to relieve severe pain in a terminally ill patient,and the medication also hastens the patient's death,the situation is called

A)physician-assisted suicide.
B)passive euthanasia.
C)double effect.
D)active euthanasia.

Question 29

Helping a patient hasten death by knowingly providing lethal drugs or other interventions is called

A)physician-assisted suicide.
B)passive euthanasia.
C)active euthanasia.
D)palliative care.

Question 30

Active euthanasia is

A)withdrawing or withholding treatment.
B)a deliberate act intended to end another person's life.
C)legal throughout the United States.
D)defined as "letting nature take its course."

Question 31

One method of disposition of a corpse is to subject the body to intense heat,a process commonly known as

A)burial.
B)embalming.
C)entombment.
D)cremation.

Question 32

Which of the following statements about living wills is FALSE?

A)They express wishes regarding medical care in case of incapacitation.
B)They require physician certification that a terminal condition exists.
C)They can be written to cover many different types of medical contingencies.
D)They differ in format from state to state.

Question 33

The process of removing blood and other fluids and replacing them with chemicals to temporarily retard deterioration of a corpse is termed

A)entombing.
B)cremation.
C)embalming.
D)mummification.

Question 34

A doctrine that states a harmful effect of treatment,even if it results in death,is permissible if the harm is not intended and occurs as a side effect of a beneficial action,is termed

A)unintended effect.
B)palliative effect.
C)double effect.
D)fatal effect.

Question 35

What nearly universal piece of identification can be used to identify organ donors in many states?

A)library card
B)driver's license
C)Social Security card
D)military ID

Question 36

Voluntary active euthanasia is legal in

A)England.
B)Belgium.
C)Sweden.
D)France.

Question 37

Passed by Oregon voters in 1994,the Death with Dignity Act permits the use of

A)physician-assisted suicide.
B)active euthanasia.
C)a health care proxy.
D)an advance directive.

Question 38

Most patients who receive hospice care do so

A)in a hospital.
B)in a nursing home.
C)in a hospice ward.
D)at home.

Question 39

The most common method of body disposal in the United States is

A)cadaver donation to medical schools.
B)mummification.
C)burial or cremation.
D)medical harvesting.

Question 40

The "right to die" issue came to national attention in 1975 with the landmark case involving

A)Nancy Cruzan.
B)Karen Ann Quinlan.
C)Terri Schiavo.
D)Dr.Jack Kevorkian.

Question 41

Many people seek to avoid any thought or mention of death.

Question 42

The middle phase of grief is characterized by

A)numbness.
B)disorientation.
C)shock.
D)pain of separation.

Question 43

One of the characteristics of brain death can be revealed by a flat tracing on an electroencephalogram.

Question 44

Identifying,developing,or reaffirming sources of meaning and fostering hope is characteristic of Charles Corr's dimension of _____ coping.

A)physical
B)psychological
C)social
D)spiritual

Question 45

Avoidance or denial of death allows individuals to better acknowledge the inevitability of death.

Question 46

People who cope best with life-threatening illness usually exhibit all of the following EXCEPT

A)a fighting spirit.
B)a willingness to succumb to pessimism.
C)an effort to inform themselves about their illness.
D)taking an active part in treatment decisions.

Question 47

A terminally ill patient attempts to live with the disease during which phase of coping with dying?

A)acute
B)chronic
C)terminal
D)recovery

Question 48

Psychiatrist Avery Weisman identifies the time during terminal illness when the patient both sustains hope and acknowledges the reality of the disease as

A)coping mechanism.
B)middle knowledge.
C)bargaining.
D)acceptance.

Question 49

Probably the most helpful way a bereaved person can cope with the intense feelings of grief is to

A)become isolated.
B)use denial to filter the shock of the death.
C)express their feelings.
D)get involved in activities that distract them.

Question 50

Providing social support to a grieving person helps a survivor

A)make judgments about funeral arrangements.
B)determine his or her own need for professional help.
C)acknowledge the bad times as well as the good.
D)know that grief is appropriate and they are not forgotten.

Question 51

The dimension of coping with dying that encompasses satisfying bodily needs,according to Charles Corr,is

A)physical.
B)psychological.
C)social.
D)spiritual.

Question 52

Children usually gain an accurate understanding of the finality of death between the ages of 6 and 9.

Question 53

The organization that is composed of parents who have lost their children is called

A)Parents Anonymous.
B)Grieving Moms and Dads.
C)Compassionate Friends.
D)We Care.

Question 54

Individuals who hold a mature understanding of death commonly hold ideas that have no scientific proof.

Question 55

Clinical death and cellular death are defined using the same criteria.

Question 56

All of the following are stages of dying as defined by Kübler-Ross EXCEPT

A)denial.
B)vulnerability.
C)bargaining.
D)depression.

Question 57

It is not unusual for a very young child to think of death as something that is reversible.

Question 58

What is typically the most expensive part of a funeral?

A)the ceremony
B)the embalming process
C)the casket
D)the burial

Question 59

The most definitive determination of death is cessation of respiration and heartbeat.

Question 60

A mature understanding of death eliminates anxiety about it.

Question 61

The most notorious example of involuntary euthanasia is the medical killing program of the Nazi regime.

Question 62

If you decide to donate your organs after death,you should be sure to discuss this decision with your family.

Question 63

If you complete a Uniform Donor Card,your organs will automatically be donated at the time of your death.

Question 64

"Double effect" refers to a situation in which a beneficial action may have potentially harmful side effects.

Question 65

American culture amuses itself with unrealistic portrayals of death.

Question 66

The case of Karen Ann Quinlan involved the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.

Question 67

Cremation usually involves a grave dug into the soil or entombment in a mausoleum.

Question 68

Palliative care is a form of acute care focused on curative efforts.

Question 69

Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia are the same thing.

Question 70

Rejection is a possible problem in transplants from deceased organ donors.

Question 71

Living with an illness that is life-threatening and incurable can be termed as a living-dying experience.

Question 72

A basic task in planning for death is anticipating medical care needs.

Question 73

An advance directive should state both what one wants and what one does not want when conveying wishes about medical care.

Question 74

The case of Terri Schiavo in 2003 demonstrated that indicating in writing one's own preferences for life-sustaining treatment in advance of being incapacitated by illness or injury has little value.

Question 75

A testamentary letter is a document that informs a dying person's survivors of various types of important personal information,such as bank accounts,the location of keys,and the names of people who should be notified of the death.

Question 76

The two forms of advance directives are a living will and a heath care proxy.

Question 77

It is mandatory that all corpses be embalmed regardless of the type of disposition to be used.

Question 78

One goal of hospice care is to counsel family members after a patient's death.

Question 79

Another name for a health care proxy for health care is a durable power of attorney.

Question 80

The practice of withholding treatment that could potentially sustain life is termed active euthanasia.