When Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement Contributes to Policy

question 47

Multiple Choice

When education about death, dying, and bereavement contributes to policy making in matters like advance directives and organ transplantation, it is serving which of the following goals?

• A)Preparing individuals for their public roles as citizens and professionals within a society
• B)Informing and guiding individuals in their personal transactions with society
• C)Enriching the personal lives of participants
• D)All of these
• E)None of these

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Definitions:

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage response (alarm, resistance, exhaustion) that the body has to stress, proposed by Hans Selye.

Exhaustion

A state of extreme physical or mental fatigue, usually resulting from prolonged stress or activity.

Resistance

The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.

Alarm Reaction

The initial stage in the body's response to stress, involving the immediate activation of the nervous and endocrine systems.