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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?
(a) The death of his parents.
(b) His strained relationship with his parents.
(c) The death of his daughter.
(d) His strained relationship with his wife.

2. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?
(a) Admit to a patient that he or she will die.
(b) Tell family members that a loved one is dying.
(c) Accept that they, themselves, could die from an illness.
(d) Lose a patient on their watch.

3. What does Kubler-Ross think doctors should do for terminal patients?
(a) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(b) Prolong life.
(c) Relieve suffering.
(d) Ease the passing.

4. Who makes up Kubler-Ross's research team?
(a) Some medical students and herself.
(b) Some theology students and herself.
(c) Some top-of-the line social workers and herself.
(d) Some psychology students and herself.

5. What is at the core of Kubler-Ross's studies on death and dying?
(a) Weekly interviews with terminal patients.
(b) Transcripts from psychiatric consults.
(c) Research books on the coping process.
(d) Interviews with doctors and nurses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?

2. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?

3. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?

4. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?

5. What is the fourth stage of grief?

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