Jacob Is Only 52 Years Old, but Has Decided to Create

question 97

Multiple Choice

Jacob is only 52 years old, but has decided to create a living will that he will share with his family and health-care professionals. He is encouraging his friends to do the same, citing a recent study found that advance care planning was associated with all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) decreased quality of care at the end of life.
• B) decrease in life-sustaining treatment.
• C) increase in hospice use.
• D) decrease in hospital use.

Understand the leading causes of mortality among adolescents.

Identify and explain the risk factors associated with the leading cause of adolescent mortality.

Analyze the limitations in predicting outcomes and providing effective treatments for the leading cause of adolescent mortality.

Identify changes in American society's attitudes toward adolescent risky behavior across different historical periods.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Misers

A theory suggesting individuals prefer to minimize mental effort in decision making and problem solving, relying on heuristics and shortcuts.

Observing Behavior

The act of watching or noting the actions of individuals or groups for the purpose of analysis or study.

Attribution Theory

The view that people act as intuitive scientists when they observe other people’s behavior and infer explanations about why those people acted the way they did.

Intuitive Scientists

A theory suggesting that people often act like amateur scientists, attempting to understand and predict other people's behavior by forming hypotheses and making deductions.