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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author Cicely Saunders say about terminally ill patients?

2. How did the patient in the last chapter describe how he was able to face his death after he changed his behavior?

3. Why was it so hard on Mr. Y. to be restricted in his visits to his wife?

4. What is the term given to doctor's non-physical treatment of their patients?

5. What did most of the students of Kubler-Ross's seminars have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most frustrating part of the last patient's illness?

2. What was the occupation of Mr. Y.?

3. What are some of the losses that Mrs. S. suffered before getting her terminal illness?

4. Why does the mother of the small girl want to put her son in an institutionalized home when she dies?

5. Why did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward the way that they did before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

6. To whom is chapter IX addressed?

7. What terminal illness did Mrs. S. have?

8. What did Kubler-Ross and her team do to try and help Mr. Y.?

9. How did most of the terminal patients feel about Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first started them?

10. How did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward of the hospital before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are "bonuses," and how can they change a patient's experience with a terminal disease? Is this a good thing to encourage in a terminal patient--why or why not? Using the text, cite some examples--positive or negative--of patients using this technique.

Essay Topic 2

What were the initial reactions of the medical staff to Kubler-Ross's seminars, and how did these change as the seminars progressed? Why did they change? Please use examples from the book to illustrate your points.

Essay Topic 3

What was the motto of the courageous young female, and where did she get the inspiration for this frame of mind? How did following this mantra affect her during her terminal illness? Using the text, cite some examples of patients who did not follow this creed and the effect it had on their acceptance process.

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