Among Asian and Pacific Island Americans, death-related attitudes and practices
a. tend to sever links with the deceased after the funeral
b. often frown upon large-scale, public activities
c. permit only infrequent visits to gravesites
d. allow for continued relationships between the deceased and survivors
e. frequently discourage touching the body of the deceased
Question 2Death-related practices among Asian and Pacific Island Americans
a. encourage frequent visits to gravesites
b. reject any blending of Western and non-Western elements in their funeral rituals
c. are quite liberal in their mourning customs
d. deny any continued interaction between the living and the deceased
e. require the exchange of fine Samoan mats
Question 3Research on attitudes toward funerals among Asian and Pacific Island Americans Indicate that funerals are
a. generally not regarded as very important by the community
b. likely to involve strict rituals and roles for participants
c. usually limited to those who knew the deceased personally
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 4One study of attitudes among Asian and Pacific Island Americans toward physician-assisted suicide found that
a. such attitudes tended to be associated with religious factors
b. acculturation to the dominant culture influenced such attitudes
c. were most hostile among sub-groups with the worst health status and theshortest life expectancy among study populations
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5Death-related attitudes among Asian and Pacific Island Americans tend to favor communications that are likely to
a. involve open expressions of feelings and distress
b. involve questioning of authority
c. tell seriously-ill persons that they are dying
d. involve careful control over expressions of feeling
e. none of these
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