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Which is not true about Thanatology?
The “nato” part of the word means “life of darkness and despair” in Ancient Greek
Where did 80% of American people die in the 1800-1900 period of time?
in their homes, surrounded by family members
What was the #1 leading cause of death among Americans in the year 2000?
Heart Disease
What is true about life expectancy of Americans living in the 1800-1900 period?
More than 50% of deaths were from Youth 14 years old and younger
Which is not true about the Harvard Criteria for Defining Death?
Widely criticized for not requiring a sewing set of medial tests to determine brain death
What is not true about the uniform determination of death act?
applies to all death situations, including euthanasia and deaths tied to organ donation
What is so significant about Dr. Robert Veatch’s definition of death
It is an important reminder that judgment about death is not just a clinical matter, but it involves social and moral perspectives as well
Explain the “walk of death”
When medical staff and family members pay respect to an organ donor before taking them off life support
What’s true about the John Hopkins study on medical errors?
Medical errors caused 10% of U.S deaths (this was the 3rd leading cause of death)
Which is not true of kidneys
The most successful kidney transplant surgeries in the world have been conducted in China
This was the first psychologist to conduct an empirical study of death and attitudes of older people. He also studied the terminally and their view on religion
Herman Feifel
What is not true of children and adolescence?
State 2 (5-9yo) of development is a critical state when religious views of death become solidified
Which personality traits are correlated with death anxiety
External locus of control and neuroticism
What was found in 8/11 studies that examined the relationship between religion and death anxiety
Curvilinear Relationship (moderate in religion have the greatest death anxiety)
True or false? Some studies showed that general anxiety reduction techniques were no more effective than no treatment in reducing death anxiety and death depression for nursing students
false
This theorist work inspired Terror Management Theory
Ernest Becker
What kind of business is a funeral home?
Mystery
What was the factor that was not found to be associated with a funeral satisfaction?
Optimistic personality
True or false? In the late 1800s - early 1900s, drinking alcohol as a way to cope with death was associated with bad luck
False
Why is water cremation efficient?
It is better for the planet, less carbon emissions, comparable cost to reg. cremation
Are funeral directors trained and licensed?
yes
What tribe practiced endocannibalism?
The Fore Tribe of Papua New Guinea
What tribe mummified their dead and cared for them for months after the death?
The Trojans of Indonesia
Which group created elaborate coffins (a work of art)
The people of the Accra Region of Ghana
Which group performed Sky burials (where vultures were fed the remains)
The Tibetan Buddhists
A preservation technique involving the removal of bodily fluids and disinfection to delay decomposition of the deceased.
Embalming
What was the leading cause of death in the 1800-1900s
Infectious diseases (Tb, Typhoid fever, etc)
What is a common belief held by healthy children regarding a 'good death'?
being at home with loved ones
What are the three major risk factors for crash death in the US described in the text?
Not using seat belts, car seats, and booster seats; Drunk driving; Speeding
What are ways you can used loved ones remains?
Put them in tattoo ink, into ammo for guns, turning them into a vinyl, creating a piece of jewelry
What is one key difference in the understanding of death between chronically ill children and healthy children?
Thinking about good death in terms of good conditions to die; they also prefer to die at home
Two perspectives on death attitudes
understanding and attitude
Criteria to be announce brain dead
Lack of receptivity and response to external stimuli
Absence of spontaneous muscular movement and spontaneous breathing
Absence of observable reflexes, including brain and spinal reflexes
Absence of brain activity as signified by a flat EEG
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