Chapter Questions
Identify three types of loss other than death that many older adults are likely to face.
Define the concept of "right to die."
What are three distinguishing characteristics of hospice?
What are the primary ways that hospice differs from other types of palliative care programs?
Define the terms chronic sorrow and disenfranchised grief. Cite one way that each of these differs from other types of grieving.
Discuss three ways that women's experience with widowhood often differs from men's.
If you have a friend or relative who is grieving the death of someone they love, what are three things you could do that they are likely to experience as helpful?
List three clusters of grief typically experienced by a person who is dying.
Identify three characteristics of what is considered to be a "good death" by the Institute of Medicine.
Define hastened death, physician aid-in-dying, and physician-assisted suicide.
List three legal options that adults have regarding their end-of-life care.