Death and Dying test 2

What function does humor sometimes have as it relates to death?

- It defuses our anxiety about death - It puts fearful possibilities into manageable perspective - it raises our consciousness about a taboo subject and gives us a way to talk about it - it presents an opportunity to rise above sadness, providing a release from pain and promoting a sense of control over a traumatic situation, even if we cannot change it -humor is a great leveler; it treats everyone alike and sends the message that there are no exemptions from the human predicament -binds everyone together

Name some examples of Holocaust literature:

-"Warsaw Diary" by Chaim Kaplan -"None Of Us Will Return" by Charlotte Delbo -"Night" by Elie Wiesel -"Diary Of A Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The potential benefits of life insurance include:

-Convenient way of leaving a basic estate for our beneficiaries when we die -be part of an investment portfolio that can be drawn upon during the insured's lifetime. -Some policies provide benefits payments only after the death of the insured.

Name some musical expressions associated with death:

-Dirge -Elegies -Laments -Requiem -Opera -Gospel Music -Country Music

What are some factors that affect our familiarity with death

-Families are spectators -demographics -increased life expectancy -families are smaller lower mortality rates -sophisticated medical technology -death is unfamiliar

_________________________ are example(s) of a homemade condolence

-Marine Comfort Quilts ********* -Operation Gold Star Flag started during WWI -Operation Homemade Quilts

What are some 19th century funeral rituals?

-People died at home, surrounded by extended family that spanned several generations. -As death got closer, relatives and friends gathered to maintain a vigil at the bedside. -After death, they washed the body and prepared it for burial. -A home built coffin was put in the parlor of the house where friends and relatives participated in the wake and shared in mourning the deceased. -Death was a domestic experience.

What are some dimensions of thanatology?

-Philosophical -Ethical -Psychological -Sociological -Anthropological -Clinical -Political -Educational

What are Ernest Becker's "4 Strands of Emphasis" in terror management theory?

1. The WORLD IS A TERRIFYING PLACE. 2. basic motivation for human behavior is the need to CONTROL OUR BASIC ANXIETY, TO DENY THE TERROR OF DEATH. 3. TERROR OF DEATH IS SO OVERWHELMING, WE CONSPIRE TO KEEP IT UNCONSCIOUS. 4. Our heroic projects aimed at DESTROYING EVIL HAVE THE PARADOXICAL EFFECT OF BRINGING MORE EVIL INTO THE WORLD.

In the U.S, the first life insurance company was established in what year?

1759 (Presbyterian Synod of Philadelphia)

A study conducted in ________, doctors had to withhold information

1961

Informed consent is based on 3 legal principles: the patient must:

1st. the patient must be competent to give consent. 2nd, consent must be given freely. 3rd, consent must be based on an adequate understanding of the proposed treatment, including any potential risks.

Who was Karen Ann Quinlan and what was she famous for?

21 yr old found not breathing in her bed after a night out at a bar. She was in a coma and put on life support. After several months her parents wanted life support removed so Karen could die naturally. They went to court .... first case for "right to die" came to public attention. Karen survived after life support was removed. She died 10 years after falling into a coma.

What does the phrase "medical technology that seems to one person a god send, extending life may seem to another a curse" mean?

Advanced medical technology that seems to one person a godsend, extending life, may seem to another a curse that only prolong dying.

The 1st formal course in death education at an American University was held

by Robert Fulton at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1963.

How can a will be amended?

by adding new provisions without having to rewrite it entirely

What term is used to describe a state of profound unconsciousness lasting a few days or weeks?

coma

Euthanasia comes from the greek term meaning

easy death

Hibakusha is a Japanese word meaning:

explosion affected

In looking toward the texture, Hannelore Wass observes that the study of death and dying will

help individuals and societies transcend self-interest in favor of concern for others.

Suse Lowensteins work; "Dark Elegy" functions as a reminder that:

life is fragile and that we can lose that which is most precious to us so easily and have to live with that loss for the remainder of our lives.

The major contribution of Elizabeth Kubler Ross's book on death and dying was its focus on

offering a vision of natural death unburdened by technology / Caring for dying patients

a living will allows an individual to

refuse life-sustaining treatment in the event he or she is terminally ill and the administration of life-sustaining procedures would only prolong the dying process.

If a person dies without leaving a valid will, his or her property will be distributed according to

rules set up by the state.

what is a fundamental principal in medical care which involves doing good or conferring benefits that enhance personal or social well being?

Beneficence

which state became the 1st to adopt a natural death act giving legal recognition to the living will?

California 1976

Substitutions of vague words or phrases for ones considered harsh are:

Euphemisms

In reviewing the stages of research and practice in thanatology, Herman Feifel points out that the

Fear of death is not a unitary or monolithic variable

What is the condition of having made no valid will?

Interstate

Ethical questions regarding a "right to die" first came to widespread public attention in the court cast involving

Karen Ann Quinlan (1975)

Which industrialized countries are identified in the text as permitting euthanasia to patients who request death?

Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland

what type of euthanasia occurs when a surrogate decision maker asks a physician for assistance to end a patients life?

Non-Voluntary Euthanisa

What type of will is made orally

Nuncupative Will

Currently, physician-assisted death is permitted by legalization enacted in

Oregon & Washington

By acknowledging the inevitability of death we

Prepare for it

the patients self determination act requires health provider to do what?`

Requires providers of services under the Medicare and the Medicaid programs TO INFORM PATIENTS OF THEIR RIGHTS TO APPOINT A HEALTH CARE PROXY AND DRAW UP WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING LIMITS TO MEDICAL CARE TO BE ACTIVATED IF THEY BECOME INCAPACITATED. (Specifically, patients have rights to: 1. participate in and direct their own health care decisions, 2. accept or refuse medical or surgical treatment 3. prepare an advance directive. "MEDICAL MIRANDA WARNING")

According to Barton Bernstein, the second legal stage in cases of terminal illness includes?

SECOND LEGAL STAGE - occurs shortly before death, the survivors gather pertinent legal papers, obtain sufficient funds to cover immediate expenses and notify the attorney and insurance representative so they will be ready to make a smooth transition of the deceased's legal and financial affairs. Organ donations preparations are also started at this time.

In literature, the meaning of death is often explored as it relates to the individual as well as a:

Society (Eulogy) (Epitaph) (Elegy)

What type of settlement allows a person with life threatening illness to spell his or her life insurance policy before death and renew a % of its face value

Viatical Settlement

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

a heightened sense of danger, insecurity, and mistrust

any statement made by a competent person about choices for medical treatments should he or she become unable to make such decisions or communicate them at some time in the future.

advanced directive

A codicil relates to

amending a will

In traditional Hawaiian culture, Mele Kanikau may have been carefully composed or spontaneous and used:

as laments for commemorating a person's death. Some Kanikau were carefully composed; others were chanted spontaneously during the funeral procession

The SUPPORT study was designed to:

assess communication between physicians and seriously ill patients at the end of life found disturbing shortcomings.

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

average life expectancy in the United States has increased from 47 to nearly 79 years.

The largest area of empirical research in thanatology is concerned with the measurement of attitudes toward death and dying and more particularly?

Death Anxiety

Brief standardized printed statements following the death of an average citizen are called:

Death Notices

Who provided aid-in-dying to more than 100 people and led a personal crusade to legalize physican - assisted suicide?

Dr. Jack Kevorkian

The historical shift in patterns of disease and causes of death (from young to old)

Epidemiologic transition

Research into death anxiety has been characterized as:

thanatology's own assembly line (Kastenbaum)

according to the laws of interstate succession, when no surviving heirs can be found, proceeds from the estate go to?

the state