According to the dual-process model of coping with bereavement, adjusting to the death of a loved one requires individuals to focus on two tasks: coping with their feelings of loss and coping with
A) changed realities of their everyday life.
B) their fear of dying as well.
C) other people's feelings of loss.
D) their feelings of guilt.
Question 2For which of the following people is the experienced death of a loved one an off-time event?
A) Avery, who's grandmother just died at the age of 98
B) Connie, whose 79-year-old older sister just died
C) Felicia, whose newborn baby just died
D) Fifty-four-year-old Ted, whose father just died
Question 3The term for the objective loss of a loved one is __________. The painful, emotional response to the loss is termed __________.
A) bereavement; grief
B) grief; mourning
C) mourning; bereavement
D) grief; bereavement
Question 4Lillian, an oncologist, has just found out that three of her patients are terminally ill. Being culturally sensitive, she knows she can discuss the grim results of these findings directly with her
A) white and Korean American patients but not with her Hispanic patient.
B) Korean American and Hispanic patients but not with her white patient.
C) white patient but not with her Korean American or Hispanic patients.
D) Hispanic patient but not with her white or Korean American patients.
Question 5Terminally ill members of ethnic minorities are __________ likely to receive hospice care and __________ to have an advance directive in place than are terminally ill members of the majority.
A) less; less
B) less; more
C) more; less
D) more; more