Death and Bereavement quizzes

What is the primary focus of hospital care?

Acute intensive care

Who is at the center of the "ideal caring situation"?

Patient

Due to the impact of managed care and greater emphasis on patients' rights, which of the following is true?

The "Aesculapian authority" of physicians is lessening

Jean Piaget's model of development emphasizes

cognitive transformations

Most deaths are determined by:

the absence of vital sign

What are the different modes of death on a typical death certificate?

Accidental, suicidal, homicidal, and natural

Regarding a mature concept of death, which of the following is true about universality?

All living things eventually die

Names Quilt

An artistic response to AIDS

Which type of housing is MOST appropriate for an aged person who can no longer live independently but is not ready for nursing care?

Assisted living facility

death notice

Brief, standardized statements, usually printed in small type and listed alphabetically in a column of vital statistics

What is an irreversible process of deterioration in the body's systems and organs?

Cellular Death

Regarding hospice and palliative care, what are the 3 C's of high-quality care?

Competent, compassionate, coordinated

When death occurs in suspicious circumstances, or is sudden, and there is no physician to sign the death certificate, who determines and certifies the cause of death?

Coroner or Medical Examiner

According to Erik Erikson's theory, during which developmental stage do children increasingly seek their own purpose and direction AND begin to acknowledge death?

Initiative vs. Guilt

nineteenth century funeral rituals brought the family together during the funeral process

Keeping a vigil

Research indicates that capital punishment is

Not an effective deterrent to murder.

Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit, what must a patient's life expectancy be to qualify for hospice care?

Six months or less

What phrase best defines how death is a mirror in which a dying person could discover his/her destiny by taking a moral balance sheet of his/her life?

Speculum mortis

trend that reflects a changing attitude towards death

Swift decisions and the utilization of professionals regarding disposition of the body

The roots of modern emergency and trauma care can be traced back to

The Civil War

What do experts in trauma and emergency care call the first hour after serious injury?

The Golden Hour

socialization

The acquisition of a mature understanding of death is part of the developmental process known as:

As a child grows older, what happens to a child's understanding of death?

The child's understanding of death evolves over time

How do present-day funeral rituals differ from those of the nineteenth century

The deceased's family and friends are spectators rather than participants

What is the primary aim of hospice and palliative care?

To help people live as fully as possible until the end of their lives

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

World War I

Which of the following is a legal definition for the criminal act of "manslaughter"?

Wrongful, unplanned killing done without implied malice.

A "teachable moment" is one when

an opportunity for learning arises out of ordinary experiences

topic researchers studied the most in the field of thanatology

anxiety

Substitutions of vague words or phrases for ones considered harsh are

euphemisms

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) refers to

intervention following traumatic events

Proponents of making commerce in human organs legal argue that

shortages would be eliminated

The most important factor in determining if someone is a suitable candidate for an organ transplant is

someone for whom a transplant offers a reasonable likelihood of recovery

Except when required by law, an autopsy can be performed only after

the next of kin have given their consent.

"death involves causality" means that:

there are biological reasons for death

Surveys indicate that most people diagnosed with a life-threatening illness

want to be told

What is a charnel house?

A structure containing the bones and skulls of Christians

danse macabre

Dance of Death

What official registration is considered the most important legal procedure following a death?

Death certificate

What focus do traditional societies tend to have in regards to the deceased?

Deep respect for the soul

factor in lessening familiarity with death in American culture

Geographic mobility

example of resocialization

Having children

word in Japanese means explosion-affected

Hibakusha

present-day funeral rituals, which of the following is most prevalent

Holding a funeral or memorial service for the deceased

What role does humor play in dealing with death

Humor raises our consciousness about a taboo topic and gives us a way to talk about it

Around the twelfth century, simple grave markers began to appear as did elaborate effigies. This was as part of increasing emphasis on

Individualism

What message is being communicated when, after a pet's death, a parent tells a child "don't worry about it, we'll get another one"?

The idea of replaceability- that something important can be replaced

lullabies and nursery rhymes contain themes of:

death and violence