61. According to Leming, cause of death, is   a fear of death. FALSE

62. The first stage of Kubler-Ross’s stages of the dying   process is bargaining. FALSE

63. A dead human body used in medical   schools for the purpose of dissection to learn the body parts and systems is  properly called a cadaver. TRUE

64. In the United States, there is great   resistance to human organ transplantation. FALSE

65. A psychological approach to   dying looks at dying from a life stages perspective. TRUE

66. Research   suggests that older adults think of death more often than younger adults but   appear to have less fear concerning death.  TRUE

67. According to Leming and Dickinson, people   who have moderate religious commitments are most likely to fear death. 

TRUE

68. Prison hospice programs emerged in the   United States in the 1990s.TRUE

69. Compassion and Choices supports the   right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide   regardless of motivation. 

TRUE

70. The Puritans encouraged each other to look   forward to death. TRUE

SHORT ANSWER: Pick only 2 questions to answer. Please indicate which number you are   answering on your answer sheet and answer the question. 4.5 points each.

1. What   is meant by “patient-centered” care? Explain in detail.

2. What effects did the dropping of the atom bomb during   WWII have on American death conceptions?

3. How might death education help an individual deal with   dying and death? Be specific.

4. Discuss why death rates from heart disease and cancer   have gone down in the United States in recent years. Be specific.

5. Name at least 3 factors that have contributed to the   American avoidance of death and dying and tell why they have?

6. Describe how   nursery rhymes were code for talk about death, wars, and topics that people   were not allowed to talk about.

7. Compare and contrast at least   3 songs you listened to in the first week of class about death and dying   using terms from your readings from the book.