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Identify the features of a pre logical subperiod

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seeing is believing, more socialized speech, beginning problem solving

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Rank the 3 developmental stages identified by Maria Nagy in children's understanding of death between the ages of 3 and 10 in order

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death as a stage of 'less alive', death as final but as avoidable and lacking inevitability and personal reference, death as the result of a biological process that is final and personal

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The causality factor of dead includes a recognition of the ___ of death

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internal and external

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According to Jean Piaget, development occurs through two complimentary processess

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assimilation and accommodation

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___ is a fifth component of dead that makes explicit the understanding not only that all living things die but also that each living thing will die

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personal mortality

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rank the stages of psychosocial development devised by Erikson (psychosocial milestones)

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trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generatively vs stagnation, integrity vs despair

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The term that refers to the 'uprooting and restructuring of basic attitudes, values, or identities' when adults take on new roles that require replacing their existing values and modes of behavior is

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resocialization

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identify the different ways in which peer groups and other social networks exert a powerful influence on socialization through the life course

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educational and work settings, clubs and organizations, leisure pursuits, friends and neighbors

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According to Erison's stages of development, the positive outcome of middle adulthood is ____

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care

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Identify the behaviors exhibited by late adolescents, those between age 18 to early 20s

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increased self-acceptance, concern for others and an increasingly future-oriented view of the world

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a phrase used by educators to describe opportunities for learning that arise out of ordinary experiences is

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teachable moment

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the process by which as individual becomes identified as a member of a particular culture, learning and internalizing the norms, vales, rules, and behaviors of society is known as

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socialization

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According to Erikson's model, for the young child, being dead is a(n)

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altered state of living or a diminished form of life

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In Erikson's model, the years from about six to the beginning of puberty correspond to the stage of

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industry vs inferiority

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The term used to describe the learning of new rules and behaviors when one becomes a member of a smaller group within the larger society is

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secondary socialization

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Like adolescents, emerging adults think they are

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'beyond death'

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if the middle-aged adult is aware of mortality in a general sense, the older person can be described as

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aware of his or her own finitude

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An active attempt to change other people's perceptions and behaviors about some aspect of their social world is called

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tactical socialization

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Identify the reaction of an adolescent toward a death in the family

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denial, depression, anger, somatization, mood swings, and philosophical questioning

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In the toddler hood stage, the death of a significant other affects the child's task of pushing independence and may cause ___ to earlier behaviors, such as clinging, crying, and being more demanding

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regression

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According to Jean Piaget, the basic unit of understanding is a(n) _____ or

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schema or scheme

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Religions the world over have traditionally been a fertile avenue for contemplating one's place in ____

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the universe

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Identify those words that are indicative of honest and accurate terminology for communicating death-related issues

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died, dead, sorrow, and funeral

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Since mature love takes the risk of commitment in early adulthood (19-40s) the death of a loved one could be

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most devastating during this stage and the next

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'pet parents' may experience feelings of guilt and direct responsibility for a companion animal's death by euthanasia because

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after all the animal cannot communicate a wish to die explicitly through language in the way humans can in a living will or other advance directive

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Identify the problems usually faced by children as a reaction to grief in their middle childhood years

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school and learning problems, phobias, anger, and hypochondriasis

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Recent studies show that children begin to conceptualize death as a biological event at the same time they construct a(n) ________ ______ of how the human body functions

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biological model

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A person may not become fully aware of the impact of childhood experiences with death until _____

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adulthood

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In Piaget's model, early childhood (2-7 years) is characterized as the ____ period

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preoperational

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Erik son characterizes the period from birth to roughly one year as predominantly a time of _____

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a time of developing a sense of basic trust toward the environment

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The _____ is the foundational social institution in all societies

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family

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The major aspect of a mature concept of death are mastered by a child in a relatively _____ between the ages 5 and 10

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fixed sequential order

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One of the death-related fears that might manifest in a child in his or her early childhood is ______

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bodily mutilation

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With respect to a child's understanding of death, paying attention to the ____ of the child is more reliable than correlating stages of understanding to age

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sequence of development

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In a mature concept of death, death is ultimately caused by a(n) _____ in the functioning of the body

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irreversible breakdown in the functioning of the body

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The way we learn about death tends to be a result of ____ rather than a systematic instruction

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happenstance

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The main phases of socialization are developed

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through childhood years

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An adolescent's understanding of the universality of death may be influenced by a sense of _____

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invulnerability

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The positive outcome of identity versus confusion is ______

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fidelity

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Books chosen to educate a child about death

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should be appropriate for a particular situation

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the nonempirical ideas about death mainly with the notion that _____

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human beings survive in some form beyond the death of the physical body

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a feature length story on the death of someone famous is a/an

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obituary

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Brief standardized printed statements following the death of an average citizen are called

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death notices

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In Gerber's \"mean world syndrome\" the symbolic use of death contributes to

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1. an irrational dread of dying 2. diminished vitality 3. diminished self-direction in life

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according to George Gerbner, the \"mean world syndrome\" describes depictions of death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys

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a heightened sense of danger

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Avoiding words like dead or dying, instead using phrases in which loved ones \"pass away,\" the deceased is \"laid to rest\" and the corpse is \"remains\", is an example of

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euphemisms

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What is the form of speech acknowledging the reality of death while distancing us from the dead, for example, \"He was fond of music?\"

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indicative voice

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Themes of loss and death are heard in

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all types of music

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What is the largest ongoing community arts project in America

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AIDS

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What has been called the \"oil of society\"

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humor

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Hibakusha is a Japanese word meaning

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explosion affected

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Which of the following are considered dimensions of thanatology?

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1. psychological 2. anthropological 3. political

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The largest area of empirical research in thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes toward death and dying and more particularly

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death anxiety

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Research about death anxiety indicates that it tends to be higher among

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blacks than whites

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Which of the following are included in Ernest Becker's \"four strands of emphasis\" in terror management theory (TMT)?

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1. the world is a terrifying place 2. because the terror of death is so overwhelming, we conspire to keep it unconscious 3. the basic motivation for human behavior is the need to control our basic anxiety to deny the terror of death

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The establishment of death studies, in modern times, can be traced to explorations of death by

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Freud

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The modern scientific approach to the study of death is usually traced to a symposium organized in 1956 by

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Herman Feifel

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Hannelore Wass observes that the study of death and dying will

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help individuals and societies transcend self-interest in favor of concern for others

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Which of the following factors does NOT affect our familiarity with death?

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political decision making

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Approximately how much has the average life expectancy in the United States increased since 1900?

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30 yrs

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__________ has the longest life expectancy of countries worldwide.

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japan

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What are the two leading causes of death in the United States?

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heart disease and cancer

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Which of the following BEST describes a \"cosmopolitan\" society?

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ideas and practices from other historical periods and cultures are valued and examined

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According to Ulrich Beck, a German scholar and observer of the \"cosmopolitan society,\" the human condition in the present century

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cannot be understood nationally or locally but only globally

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Even when curative treatments have ended, the effort to control circumstances around death and dying so that it comes out \"right\" is termed

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managed death

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T/F: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is an example of contemporary mourning art.

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true

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What can be defined as \"all that in human society which is socially rather than biologically transmitted?\"

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Culture

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Islam calls for the burial of the deceased as soon as possible

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True

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The ofrenda, found in Mexican culture, can be linked to the

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Japanese butsudan

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The danse macabre was originally a reaction to fear of death caused by an epidemic of

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plague

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In Japanese funeral rituals, all of the following rites are held EXCEPT the

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belongings of the deceased are buried with the body

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Human concern for the dead

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predates written history

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Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, blends Catholic, Spanish, and indian rituals. This celebration towards death that

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views death in an open, humorous, ironic manner

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A part of Dia de los Murexes, families go to the pantheon to

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prepare for the return of their dead

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According to historian Philippe Aries, during the period of \"tamed death\" was viewed as

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an ordinary human experience

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Which of the following are common in the practice of the traditional form of recuerdo? 1. Tells the story of a person's life in a heroic manner 2. Is presented as a written narrative or ballad 3. Funeral is referred to as a \"home-going\" or \"adios\" ceremony honoring the spirits of the dead 4. Gathering at the gravesite to bid godspeed to the deceased

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1 and 2

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In traditional Hindu households, death is

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a communal affair

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Which of the following Native American practices serves the purpose of separating the dead

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Ohlone avoidance of deceased's name

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A death mask was created

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to provide a memento for bereaved survivors

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What is the fallacy of making judgments about others in terms of one's own cultural assumptions

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Ethnocentrism

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In general, Native Americans view death as

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a normal part of the life cycle

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Humanity received its name from the Latin root work humane, which means to

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bury

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According to Kellehear's description and social history of dying, the meaning of death

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has changed over time

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The Dance of Death

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is a recent artistic expression of loss

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Around the twelfth century, simple grave markers began to appear as did elaborate effigies. This

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Individualism

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For the Japanese, it is quite ordinary to talk to their dead ancestors

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True

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The traditional african attitude towards death is essentially

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positive because it is a part of totality of life

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The Lakota battle cry \"it is a good day to die\" expresses the belief that one lives with purpose, it could all end abruptly

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True

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Until the 19th century, the customary deathbed scene

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included family

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A charnel house was a

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gallery for bones entrusted to the church

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One aspect of an \"invisible death\" is that death is

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less part of common experience

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When communicating a life-threatening diagnosis to a patient, a physician must consider the patient's

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personality, emotional constitution, and capacity for continued function under stress

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Midway between institutionalization and independent living is a form of care for the elderly called

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congregate housing

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Surveys indicate that most people diagnosed with a life-threatening illness

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want to be told

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All of the following are associated with the mission of modern hospitals EXCEPT

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care of patients with long term residential needs

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Hospice programs are mandated to

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provide bereavement follow-up services for the family

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What is a holistic program of care for the dying

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hospice

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A reaction to stress in which a carer goes beyond exhaustion and depression to being \"past caring\" is termed

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burnout

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Depersonalization of the dying patients can occur when

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physicians and nurses believe \"nothing more can be done\" and physicians and nurses avoid contact due to their own death anxiety

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Most hospice care takes place in patient's homes with family members as primary caregivers

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true

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What is the term describing erosion of the uniqueness of one's personality, causing residents to become increasingly dependent on staff for mundane needs

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institutional neurosis

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Dr. Elisabeth Kugler-Ross wanted to

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educate medical interns about dying patients

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According to Norman Cousins, the style of medical communication is important because it can

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play a role in the patients healing

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The elements of the health care system are patients, institution, and

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staff

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Which country spends more on health than any other industrialized country

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USA

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feelings of inadequacy giving and too many demands are among the main sources of

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caregiver stress

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Regarding hospice and palliative care, what are the 3 C's of high-quality care

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competent, compassionate, coordinated

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