Question 1 (1 point) 1. The sub-concept of death related to the recognition that death involves the complete and final cessation of all life-defining capabilities attributed to a living | Coursehero Solutions

Question 1 (1 point)

1. The sub-concept of death related to the recognition that death involves the complete and final cessation of all life-defining capabilities attributed to a living physical body is

irreversibility

non-functionality

causality

universality

2. The five-stage model developed by Kubler-Ross 

describes tasks to be undertaken while dying

is criticized for its lack of scientific evidence

stresses physical needs of the dying

has been confirmed by subsequent research

3. When children learn about death by finding, touching and burying a dead bird in the woods, their experience illustrates the potential of:

near-death understanding

teachable moment

vocational motivation

information education

4. A Hospice Nurse discusses specific diseases and described mortality statistics, she is exemplifying the cognitive dimension of death-related education.

True

False

5. Explain disenfranchised grief. Select a death that may lead to disenfranchisement and discuss why this grief is disenfranchised. Include societal responses and individual responses. Assume the reader knows nothing of the subject.

Two paragraphs 

6. Older adults are more likely to die from ____________________, while younger adults are more likely to die from accidents.

communicative diseases

chronic diseases

car crashes

acute diseases

7. The founder of the modern hospice movement is

Robert Kastenbaum

Kenneth Doka

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Dame Cicely Saunders

8. What is meant by a death system? Why is important for a society to have a death system? Identify and explain at least two elements and at least two functions of the death system. Assume the reader knows nothing of the topic.

Two paragraphs 

9. Socially sanctioned death includes all of the following except

the Holocaust

genocide

homicide

war

10. Three elements are essential in all bereavement:

depression, loss, and shame

a valued relationship, loss, and a survivor

grief, guilt and anticipation

anticipation, depersonalization and love

11. Nursing homes differ from hospitals in that they

lack facilities for acute care

lack facilities for rehabilitative care

none of the above

lack resources for chronic care

12. A 1981 Presidential Commission proposed a definition of death later codified in the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). This definition requires or includes

a. irreversible stoppage of the capacity for bodily integration and social interaction

b. irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem

c. an invariant procedure for the determination of death

d. loss of circulatory and respiratory function

13. Grief which occurs as a result of a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, public mourned, or socially supported is called

a. anticipatory grief

b. complicated grief

c. disenfranchised grief

d. none of the above

14. For an adult, the death of a parent or grandparent

a. removes a generational buffer

b. creates the empty nest syndrome

c. all of these

initiates the person’s place in the “sandwich generation”

15. At the present time, most deaths in the United States occur in nursing homes and long-term health care facilities.

True

False

16. The elements of a “death system” include

disposing of the death

objects and symbols

caring for the dead

preventing death

17. Most members of our society experience death and dying through providing care for a dying loved one.

True

False