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jwb375

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Which of the following is an essential ingredient of a good death?
 
  A) offering the dying person care, affection, companionship, and esteem
  B) hiding the truth about the terminal aspect of the diagnosis from the dying person
  C) avoiding discussions about the past and the future, focusing on the present
  D) making sure that the medical staff uses all possible life-saving measures

Question 2

Nurse Elena wants to do all she can to help her terminally ill patients. She can accomplish this by __________.
 
  A) providing pain medication and assuring her patients that they are going to recover soon
  B) talking to patients families about deaths certainty, but shielding the patients from that information
  C) helping her patients learn enough about their condition to make reasoned choices about whether to fight on or end treatment
  D) avoiding discussions about the past and minimizing her patients personal control over the final phase of life



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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