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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say is more important than fluids and pain medication for one who is dying?
(a) Faith and hope for a cure.
(b) Patience, friendship, and support.
(c) A silent partner to see him or her through.
(d) Handling of legal logistics.

2. What does Kubler-Ross say usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?
(a) Expressing their feelings.
(b) Time and space.
(c) Some time away from the hospital.
(d) Arranging all the logistical details.

3. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?
(a) Long before it arrives.
(b) When there is a definite timespan.
(c) When there is no other option.
(d) When family is present to offer support.

4. To what does Kubler-Ross wish we could return?
(a) A time when mourning was natural and cathartic rather than causing deep anger.
(b) A time when death was not feared.
(c) A time when technology was simpler and religion was richer.
(d) A time when Americans were more like Europeans.

5. What do most terminal patients promise to do while in the third stage of grief?
(a) Dedicate their lives to God.
(b) Repent of all their past sins.
(c) Never ask for anything again.
(d) Help the cause of researching their disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?

2. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?

3. How old is the girl whose parents informed her of her disease instead of the doctor?

4. What is the fastest way to strip terminal patients of their dignity?

5. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?

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