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Hispanic American funerals tend to

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have humor and storytelling about the deceased

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Which of the following is NOT a way in which humor functions relative to death?

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Discourages empathy

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Until the nineteenth century, the customary deathbed scene

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included family

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What is a holistic program of care for the dying?

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hospice

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Neanderthal dead were sometimes buried with food, ornamental shells, and stone implements implying

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belief that the deceased would have further use for these items.

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When disasters involve traumatic death, goals include a. reducing distress. b. restoring function. c. minimizing recovery time. d. all of the above.

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d. all of the above.

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All of the following are musical expressions associated with death EXCEPT a. keening b. dirge c. lament d. hautsang

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d. hautsang

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

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30 years

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Hospice services typically include

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bereavement follow-up services for the family after death

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Hibakusha is a Japanese word meaning

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explosion affected.

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One distinction between a coroner and a medical examiner is that the

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coroner is usually elected while the medical examiner is usually appointed.

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The purpose of the triage system is to

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reduce the time between injury and care.

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All of the following are challenges to hospice and palliative care EXCEPT: A. lack of routinization of care and regulation. B. availability of a primary caregiver. C. funding for services. D. broadening access to encompass underserved patient populations.

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A. lack of routinization of care and regulation.

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In a study of more than 300 homicides in a major American city, it was found that

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the more intimate the relationship between killer and victim, the less likely the killer would be punished.

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Characteristic of Piaget's concrete operational stage is the use of

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logical thinking.

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A person who kills a member of his or her family is usually judged by society to be

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not as threatening as someone who kills a stranger.

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The structure containing the bones and skulls of the dead and typically found within or near a church is called a

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charnel house.

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Research indicates that capital punishment is

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not an effective deterrent to murder.

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

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an ordinary human experience.

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The statement \"death involves causality\" means that

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there are biological reasons for death.

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Which of the following is NOT a purpose of death rituals? a. They teach children that death is to be feared. b. They serve as a transition of the deceased to some afterlife status. c. They reincorporate the community after its loss of the deceased. d. They serve to assist the bereaved in the grieving process.

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a. They teach children that death is to be feared.

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Which of the following is NOT a major provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act? a. The time of death must be determined by a physician who is not involved in any transplantation. b. If the person has made such a gift, it cannot be revoked by his or her relatives. c. The gift can be amended or revoked at any time before the death of the donor. d. If the person has not made a donation before death, the next of kin cannot make it regardless of the circumstances.

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d. If the person has not made a donation before death, the next of kin cannot make it regardless of the circumstances.

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_________________ refers to strategies used to informally teach people about death and dying, involving an effort to change people's perceptions and behaviors.

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tactical socialization

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Depersonalization of the dying patient can occur when an 1. illness is not well understood. 2. physicians and nurses believe \"nothing more can be done.\" 3. physicians and nurses avoid contact due to their own fears. 4. hospital staff shifts change frequently

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2 and 3

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All of the following are methods of determining clinical death EXCEPT: a. cessation of heartbeat b. decomposition of the body's cells c. lost brain stem functions d. cessation of breathing+

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b. decomposition of the body's cells

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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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Which was a turning point in the \"medicalization\" of death and dying?

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WWI

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Epidemiologic transition is BEST defined as the

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shift in disease patterns characterized by a redistribution of deaths from the young to the old.

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Which of the following items is NOT matched correctly? a. murder: the deliberate intentional killing of another human being b. noncriminal homicide: the killing of another human being involving self-defense c. voluntary manslaughter: the killing of another human being in performance of a public duty d. involuntary manslaughter: the unintentional killing of another human being as a result of criminal carelessness

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c. voluntary manslaughter: the killing of another human being in performance of a public duty

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Which of the following is NOT included in Ernest Becker's \"four strands of emphasis\" in terror management theory? a. There is always an underlying good versus evil struggle, and good ultimately prevails. b. The world is a terrifying place. c. The basic motivation for human behavior is the need to control our basic anxiety, to deny the terror of death. d. Because the terror of death is so overwhelming, we conspire to keep it unconscious.

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a. There is always an underlying good versus evil struggle, and good ultimately prevails.

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All of the following are associated with the mission of modern hospitals EXCEPT: a. care of patients with long term needs. b. care of patients with acute illnesses. c. diagnosis of symptoms. d. aggressive techniques.

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a. care of patients with long term needs.

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El Día de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, blends Catholic, Spanish, and Indian rituals. This celebration exemplifies an attitude toward death that

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views death in an open, humorous, ironic manner.

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In Candace West's study of how doctors and patients relate to each other, all of the following were true EXCEPT a. Patients want to talk about \"the cure.\" b. There is a \"communications chasm\" that hinders the healing process. c. Physicians tend to advance questions that restrict patients' options for answers. d. There is a lack of introductions, greetings, laughter, and the use of the patient's name.

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a. Patients want to talk about \"the cure.\"

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Children who have had first-hand encounters with death tend to

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have a developmentally more mature understanding of death.

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LoDagaa use of \"mourning restraints\"

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indicates degree of relationship of the bereaved to the deceased.

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___________________are an example of a homemade condolence.

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Comfort quilts

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_________________ refers to strategies used to informally teach people about death and dying, involving an effort to change people's perceptions and behaviors.

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tactical socialization

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What term is best used to describe African customs such as prayer, sacrifice or libation, and other acts of respect shown to deceased members of the community?

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community continuance

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

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less part of our common experience.

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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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Children who have had first-hand encounters with death tend to

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have a developmentally more mature understanding of death.

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According to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, an individual is dead when he/she has irreversible 1. cessation of the capacity for bodily integration. 2. circulatory and respiratory cessation. 3. absence of functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem. 4. cessation of the capacity for consciousness.

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2 and 3

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What kind of patients should be given priority in care according to the triage system developed by Army Major John Letterman?

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patients whose injuries are serious but survivable

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In discussing how people understand death, the term \"noncorporeal continuity\" refers to the idea that

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human beings survive in some form after the death of the physical body.

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The text cites the lullaby \"Rockabye Baby\" to illustrate the point that

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a number of lullabies contain messages about human and animal death.

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The emphasis on cure among professional caregivers can result in death being

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viewed as a failure.

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Historically, death has been ascertained by the absence of

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heartbeat and breathing

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Which of the following factors does NOT affect our familiarity with death? a. life expectancy b. medical technology c. geographic mobility d. unrealistic portrayals of violence on television

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d. unrealistic portrayals of violence on television

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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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