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81. A document that specifies the wishes for health care in the event an individual is too ill to make those decisions is known as a. an advance medical directive. b. palliative care. c. an advanced court order. d. a “do not resuscitate” clause. 82. Two types of advance medical directives are a. “durable power” and a living will b. palliative care and a living will c. an advanced court order and “durable power.” d. a “do not resuscitate” clause and palliative care. 83. Martin has signed a document that appoints his oldest daughter to make health care decisions for him if he is unable to do so himself. The document he has signed is called a. a living will. b. palliative care. c. an advanced court order. d. “durable power.” 84. A(n) _________ is a document that specifies the type of medical treatment individuals want to receive and the treatment they refuse in the event they are too ill to make their wishes known. a. living will b. palliative care document c. advanced court order d. “durable power” 85. Betsy has a degenerative disease that will eventually lead to her death. Betsy signs a document that specifies the type of medical treatment she wants to receive in the advanced stages of this disease as well as the treatment she does not want. This document is known a(n) a. living will. b. palliative care document. c. advanced court order. d. “durable power.” 86. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a living will? a. A living will is only valid if you fill it out with the assistance of a health professional. b. Living wills are formally recognized by all states in the United States. c. A living will is only valid if you fill it out with the assistance of a lawyer. d. A living will is a type of advance medical directive. yourself or with the assistance of a health professional or attorney. 87. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE regarding a living will? a. A living will is valid whether you fill them out yourself or with the assistance of a health professional or attorney. b. Information in a living will can be used as evidence of your wishes even in locations where a living will is not considered a legal document. c. Because different states have different requirements for signatures and witnesses, it is best to use state-specific rather than generic living will forms. d. All of these statements are true. 88. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE regarding advance medical directives? a. Some critics believe that living wills are appropriate only for a minority of adults who are near death from predictable medical conditions. b. Over a two-year period, adults change almost one-third of their earlier decisions about their life-sustaining medical treatment. c. In a large scale study, over 70 percent of patients preferred to let family members and physicians make end-of-life decisions. d. All of these statements are true. 89. How we face our own deaths and experience the death of our loved ones is a function of a. the different relationships we leave behind. b. our personal circumstances. c. the sense of community our culture provides to heal us. d. all of these. 90. In her most famous work, On Death and Dying, Kubler-Ross concluded that terminally ill people often progress through five stages as they face death. These five stages are a. denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. b. denial, questioning, hopelessness, renewal, and acceptance. c. questioning, depression, bargaining, resolution, and acceptance. d. shock, anger, depression, bargaining, and resolution.