Kali was in a serious accident and is being kept alive by life support, even though there is no hope for recovery. She did not provide a written statement of her wishes for her medical care, so there is nothing her family can do. What should have been completed in order to take her off life support?
a. right to treatment
b. advance directive
c. privileged communication
d. confidentiality agreement
b
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a. minimizing. b. neurotransmitter failure. c. a cognitive distortion. d. hormonal imbalance
Rogers described fully functioning persons as happy, blissful, or contented at all times
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Wilfred was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He is beginning to feel a sense of loss and hopelessness. This is characteristic of which stage of death and dying?
a. anger b. depression c. denial d. acceptance e. bargaining
After a response has been extinguished, it will often reappear after a short time has passed. This is called
a. adaptiveness. b. expectation checking. c. an extinction recovery. d. a spontaneous recovery.