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105 Cards in this Set
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In Japan, high-rise cemeteries exist because |
Burial space is at a premium |
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Which of the following is an example of a specialized support and advocacy group? |
Parents of Murdered Children |
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The premise of Kit Reed's story, Golden Acres, is that |
Elderly people occupy a large portion of the population and overcrowding may lead to life-or-death decisions |
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Poet Gary Snyder has called attention to the loss of a |
Species |
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Many people who complete a course in death and dying find that |
Their explorations have consequences for living that had not been foreseen when they first signed up for the course |
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Death awareness creates an added dimension to living by bringing us into the present and serving as a reminder of |
The precious precariousness of life |
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Which is a suggestion for communicating with a seriously ill two year old child? |
Provide maximum physical relief and comfort |
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According to a study by Myra Bluebond-Langner, seriously ill children in a leukemia ward were able to guess their condition by |
Interpreting how people behaved toward them |
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Spontaneous drawings and art therapy are __________ methods for working with young children to help them explore feelings. |
Excellent |
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Which of the following BEST characterizes the concerns of seriously ill children from roughly ages five to nine? |
Discomforting and possibly disfiguring effects of the disease and related medical procedures |
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Which of the following age groups of seriously ill children had major concerns about discomforting and possibly disfiguring effects of the disease and related medical procedures? |
Children roughly five to nine |
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A coping strategy in which ill children limit the number of people with whom they have a close relationship is |
Distancing |
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Which of the following coping mechanisms are used by children to cope with a serious illness? |
1. Making a deal that allows a desire to be filled once the pain is endured 2. Limiting the number of people with whom they have close relationships 4. Regressing to behaviors that are less demanding |
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Sick children competing in a wheelchair race through hospital corridors is an example of what coping mechanism? |
Finding a substitute for a desired activity |
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Which was the first free standing pediatric and palliative care center in the United States? |
George Mark Children’s House |
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The Nick Snow Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Act |
Allows children to receive both palliative care and curative care |
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Agreement to the proposed treatment or procedure is |
Assent |
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Which rule, based on English common law, gives parents and health care providers a guideline for assessing a minor child's capacity to participate in medical decision making? |
Rule of Sevens |
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When caring for a seriously ill child, all of the following are true EXCEPT |
Parents should try to play the role of nurse |
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Community support has generally been shown to |
Be an important supplement to a family’s internal support system |
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All of the following are support groups that help children cope with death and life threatening illness EXCEPT |
The Meditational Healing Society |
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Which organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with chronic and life threatening medical conditions? |
Starlight CHildren’s Foundation |
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When parents explain death to children, they should |
Be honest |
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In helping children cope with loss, adults must strive to |
Answer questions honestly and directly |
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Which of the following is important in discussing death with a child before a crisis occurs? |
Provide an explanation that corresponds to the child’s level of understanding |
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When discussing death with a child, an adult should |
Tell the truth while considering the child’s developmental level and ability to understand |
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When talking to children about death, it is important to |
Verify and clarify what they think you’ve told them |
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The text uses the example of the young woman who avoided seeds into adulthood to illustrate how |
Children can become confused by metaphors |
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The well child in a family where a sibling or parent is terminally ill |
Can balance conflicting emotions by participating in the family process |
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When a child is dealing with emotional pain, admonishing the child to "be brave" is |
Bad because crying is a natural response to loss |
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When discussing death in conjunction with religious beliefs, parents should |
Remind children that religious viewpoints are beliefs |
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In explaining death to children, statements like "gone away for a long sleep" and "up in heaven" |
Allow for misconceptions and literal interpretations |
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When a child is ill or a death occurs in the family, sudden changes in family communication patterns can be |
Alarming to a child and can heighten anxiety |
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According to Shneidman, what are crises related to incidents that occurred out of phase with students' chronological age? |
Metacrises |
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A "developmental push" is associated with what type of bereavement in adulthood? |
The death of a parent |
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Why do many people consider the death of a mother to be a more difficult loss than the death of a father? |
Because mothers are usually the primary nurturing caregiver |
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What cross-cultural example is given in the text to express universal feelings about the parental role of safeguarding and protecting children? |
Among the Cree, infants wore “ghost-protective” moccasins |
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Among the Cree of North America, infants were given moccasins with holes in them so that ghosts would not take them away "because their moccasins need mending." This example is intended to show |
Feelings about the parental role of safeguarding children are universal |
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The death of a fetus between the twentieth week of gestation and the time of birth is known as a |
Stillbirth |
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As medically defined, stillbirth refers to the death of a child occurring between |
The 20th week of pregnancy and birth |
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Neonatal deaths are those occurring |
During the first four weeks following birth |
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Giving up a child for adoption is an example of |
Reproductive loss |
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At Hase Temple in Kamakura, Japan, aborted fetuses are memorialized by |
Tiny stone statues |
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At the Hase Temple in Kamakura, Japan, mizuko represent |
Children conceived but never born |
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Coping with grief resulting from stillbirth is facilitated by |
Acknowledging the baby’s life and death |
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For newly bereaved parents of a stillborn child, a way of realizing and coping with loss is aided by |
Seeing and holding the baby |
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Cases of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) may be subject to criminal investigation because the |
Infant died of unknown causes |
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Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have sometimes been subjected to criminal investigation because |
The infant died of unknown or no definitive cause |
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The major cause of death among individuals between 5 and 24 years old is |
Accidents |
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Which of the following, (characterized as "the last major plague of the young") is the leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of five and twenty-four? |
Accidents |
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Parents of a child whose life is threatened by serious illness tend to have a somewhat easier time coping when they |
Derive their identity from more than the parental role |
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Which is a death "out of sequence?" |
A young or middle-aged adult dies while his or her parents live on |
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A major source of conflict among bereaved couples in grieving styles and coping with the death of a child relates to |
Differences in values, beliefs and expectations |
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Which of the following is a factor that helps reduce conflict between bereaved parents who are grieving the death of a child? |
Willingness to engage in open and honest communication |
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Which of the following statements are TRUE about parental bereavement in couples? |
1. A feeling of estrangement and a strong bond can occur between the parents at the same time. 2. A partner's behavior can be misinterpreted by the other and can cause conflict. 3. Different grieving styles may decrease the couple's sense of commonality. |
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Which of the following factors work to reduce conflict and promote positive interaction between grieving couples who have lost a child by death? |
1. Open and honest communication 2. Expressing emotions in each other's company 4. Ability of partners to reframe each other's behavior in a positive way1, 2, and 4 |
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Which group provides support for children with cancer, their parents, and other family members? |
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation |
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Which of the following organizations combine social support with political advocacy? |
Parents of murdered children |
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The way a particular person adjusts to the role of newly widowed person depends on a host of |
1. sociocultural factors. 2. personal factors. 3. circumstantial factors. |
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Studies of spousal bereavement amongst homosexual couples |
Have been mostly ignored |
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If a marriage has involved the partners living traditional gender roles, which of the following statements is likely to be true in the case of spousal bereavement? |
New skills may need to be learned to manage the needs of daily life |
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Adverse effects of spousal death appear to be more common among |
Widower |
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What is one of the most valuable resources for the recently widowed? |
Contact with peers |
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What organization began in 1973 to implement a concept of mutual help to widowed individuals? |
Widowed Persons Service |
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The term senescence is defined as the |
Process of becoming old |
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Senescence is |
The process of becoming old |
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What is considered a fatal chronic condition? |
Frailty |
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Which of the following are reasons given by aged people for accepting death? |
1. Death is preferable to inactivity. 2. Death is preferable to becoming a burden. 4. Death is preferable to loss of mental faculties. |
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Alzheimer's disease is twice as common among women as men, partly because women |
Have a longer life expectancy |
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The twenty first century is being characterized as a century of |
Aging |
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The aging of societies is sometimes called a |
Silver tsunami |
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What term does the National Council on Aging use for people over the age of eighty-five? |
Old-old |
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What is defined as "a theoretically projected length of life based on the maximum potential of the human body in the best environment?" |
Life span |
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In contrast to their stereotypical image, old people tend to be more |
Individually distinct than other age groups |
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The type of suicide involving a person who ends his or her life for others or for a greater good is known as |
Altruistic suicide |
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Altruistic suicide is |
Giving one’s life for others or for a greater good |
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Historically and across cultures, suicide has been recognized as a way for a person to express his or her |
Ultimate commitment to a moral principle |
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All of the following are definitions of suicide EXCEPT |
The human act of self-inflicted, unintentional cessation |
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According to statistics, about how many people end their lives by suicide each year in the United States? |
38,000 |
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Among those who die by suicide |
Males outnumber females by about 4 to 1 |
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What is an impartial investigation by behavioral scientists to look for the motivational or intentional aspects of cases of ambiguous death? |
Psychological autopsy |
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The 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa brought increased public attention to the use of |
Psychological autopsies |
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A psychological autopsy is |
A method of determining a person’s thoughts and state of mind prior to death |
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Which of the following are limitations of the psychological autopsy? |
1. Retrospective nature 2. The individual of interest is not available for examination 4. Third-party informants may distort representations of the decedent for a variety of reasons |
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The model of suicide that focuses on the relationship between individuals and society is called the |
Sociological model |
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The sociological model of suicide focuses on the relationship between |
Individuals and society |
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Which type of suicide is characteristic of people who are disenfranchised or who live at the fringes of society? |
Egoistic |
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Suicide among Japanese samurai following disgrace in battle is an example of |
Altruistic suicide |
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In India, the custom that called for a widow to throw herself upon her husband's cremation pyre is known as |
Sati |
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The largest mass suicide in modern times occurred in |
Jonestown, Guyana |
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In what city did the largest mass suicide in history occur? |
Jonestown, Guyana |
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According to the sociological model, anomic suicides usually occur in societies wherein |
Social regulation is insufficient |
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According to the sociological model, suicide resulting from sudden trauma or catastrophe is classified as |
Anomic suicide |
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According to the sociological model, anomic suicide is associated with |
Sudden change, trauma, or catastrophe |
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According to the sociological model, fatalistic suicide |
Results from lack of freedom and absence of choice |
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Which of the following are among the insights associated with the psychological model of suicide? |
1. The acute suicidal crisis is of relatively brief duration. 2. The suicidal individual is likely to be ambivalent about ending his or her life. 3. Most suicidal events are dyadic. |
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According to the psychological model, the aggression associated with suicidal behavior may be viewed as |
Murder of the self |
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Considering the role of aggression in the psychodynamic model of suicide, suicide may be viewed as murder |
In the 180th degree |
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What is Edwin Shneidman referring to in his use of the term psychache? |
Unbearable mental pain caused by the frustration of a person’s most important needs |
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According to the text, the sequence leading to suicide often begins with interactions between which of the following? |
1. Life stress 3. Biochemical imbalances in the brain 4. Personality factors |
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What type of suicide is an escape "forced by life's becoming literally unbearable?" |
Surcease |
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Rational suicide is associated with a |
Desire to bring release from pain and suffering |
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Which of the following best fits into the category of "individual meanings" of suicide? |
Suicide is reunion with a lost loved one |
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Which of the following is considered an individual meaning of suicide? |
Suicide is rest and refuge |
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It is estimated that for every suicide death there are |
25 attempts |