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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. How is the courageous female patient using her denial stage, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. How does Kubler-Ross try to establish a foundation of trust with the patients with whom she works?

3. How does the courageous female patient view service?

4. What does Kubler-Ross want the patients to lose their fear of saying?

5. Why did some of the nurses avoid tending to patients who were terminally ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom is chapter IX addressed?

2. What was Mr. Y.'s biggest complaint while his wife was sick?

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

4. How does the hospital staff initially respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

5. What is the name of the last patient interviewed in the book?

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

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

8. At whom was the last patient in the book so angry?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kubler-Ross chose a specific type of graduate student to be a part of her team. How did she choose these students, and what do you think that specific background brought to her team that other specialties would not have?

Essay Topic 2

What were the differences that Kubler-Ross observed between the way Europeans and Americans view death and dying, and how has this affected our coping strategies? Using the text, cite some specific examples of these differences in the patients interviewed in the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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