Psychology of death and loss (456) Chapter 7 quiz – Flashcards
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What is ethnomedicine?
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Conventional biomedicine and folk beliefs
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According to Avery Weisman, coping with life threatening illness involves tasks of maintaining a sense of optimism and hope and confronting the problem and
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revising one's plans as necessary.
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A patient's "total pain" includes 1. psychological. 2. economic. 3. social. 4. spiritual.
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1. psychological 3. social. 4. spiritual.
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Bioenergetics, homeopathic medicine, and yoga are what form of cancer treatment option?
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Complementary and alternative therapies
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What did Eric Cassell write about the social role of the dying patient?
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The death of the body is a physical phenomenon whereas the passing of the person is nonphysical.
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Which of the following are spiritual needs of dying patients? 1. Need for hope and creativity 2. Need to complete a will for loved ones 3. Need to give and receive love 4. Need for meaning and purpose
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1. Need for hope and creativity 3. Need to give and receive love 4. Need for meaning and purpose
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What is the aim of meaning-based coping?
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To maintain a person's sense of positive well-being
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According to Kubler-Ross, all of the following are associated with a life-threatening illness EXCEPT
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belief
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Which of the following statements about pain is true?
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Responses to pain are culturally shaped.
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Often, the only task that matters in being with someone who is dying is to
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stay close and do nothing.
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People near the end of life in the active dying stage are often more comfortable without foods or liquids.
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true
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What term do Shupe and Hadden use to identify varied therapies such as "faith healing, supernatural healing, and folk healing?"
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symbolic healing
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What is the positive response to a treatment that a person believes to be an effective therapy?
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placebo effect
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Which is the most common physical symptom in terminally ill patients?
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pain
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Which of the following statements is an example of the open awareness context of family interactions in response to a life-threatening illness?
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Death is acknowledged and discussed.
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Which of the following terms BEST describes the process of a person who questions, "Am I responsible for bringing this illness on myself?"
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magical thinking
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Which statement best reflects the closed awareness context of family interactions in response to a life-threatening illness?
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The dying person is not aware of his or her impending death although others may know about it.
