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Bernie is trying to decide whether or not to be cremated. This best exemplifies
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an end-of-life issue.
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Dr. Kelly has just purposely killed a patient by injecting her with a lethal amount of medication. This patient had an incurable illness and requested to die rather than go through a long, painful treatment. This is an example of
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active euthanasia
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Sandy knows she is going to die in a few months. She seems calm and concerned more about how to help her family deal with her death than with her own mortality. She seems to be disconnecting herself from people and things and at peace. Sandy is most likely in the ____ stage of dying.
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acceptance
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Instead of conceptualizing the final stage of grief as “recovery,” it might be better thought of as
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learning to live with loss.
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The hospice philosophy is best summarized as
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“promote death with dignity.”
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What is the correct sequence of Kübler-Ross’s original “five stages of dying”?
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Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
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In the case of Terri Schiavo, the argument for passive euthanasia was that she would not regain the capacity for ____.
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consciousness
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The feelings of distress experienced by parents following the death of a child tend to last
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a lifetime.
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Nathan wants to be sure that, in the event he is incapable of communicating, no life support will be used even if doctors want to keep him alive. He also wants to give his wife the legal right to speak for him in that situation. In order to do all this with one document, Nathan should complete a(n)
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healthcare durable power of attorney.
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Jac is living in Ghana and is said to be dying a “good death.” This means that he
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has made peace with his friends and family.
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