CHAPTER 14

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1. Longer life expectancy today means

a more materially wealthy old age
the elderly will become a burden as they die
death will become an accepted part of modern culture
death often takes place in old age

2. Ego transcendence

is the final stage in Disengagement theory.
is the acceptance by a person of their biography and culture.
brings ambivalence towards death.
can occur during the last part of the last stage of Erikson's theory of ego development.

3. Kubler-Ross' best known contribution to the subject of death and dying is

a series of books that describes death and dying from the patient's point of view.
a series of studies that looked at the best ways of managing staff who serve dying patients and their families.
an internationally syndicated newspaper column that brings the topic of death and dying in modern society out into the open.
a course designed for doctors, hospital staff, and social workers, to help them deal with dying patients and their families.

4. The main objective of modern hospices is to

take in older people who need food or shelter.
provide residences for relatives who want to live near a hospitalised terminal patient.
meet the special needs of dying patients.
use passive methods to extend a person's life.

5. The two main ethical questions that come up again and again with death and dying are

whether the heroic life-saving measures taken by extended care hospitals are humane, and at what point a person should be considered dead.
whether children should be allowed to see a dying patient, and how much influence relatives should have in the treatment of terminal patients.
whether living wills are legal documents, and whether cessation of treatment by doctors constitutes a criminal act.
whether patients should be told that they have a terminal illness, and when a doctor should allow a person to die.