University of California Los Angeles

According to critics, Kübler-Ross’s theory fails to acknowledge the frequency with which dying patients experience anxiety. enhanced perceptions of control. depression. social support.

Analyses of the effectiveness of coping strategies in managing the stress associated with chronic health disorders conclude that the coping strategies used by chronically ill patients are significantly different from the strategies observed in healthy samples. avoidant coping is associated with reduced psychological distress and better psychological adjustment. confrontative coping is associated with better adjustment than the use of multiple coping strategies. active coping is more consistently associated with good adjustment.

Typically, chronic progressive pain involves intermittent episodes of pain that are acute in character but chronic inasmuch as the condition repeats for more than six months. involves constant pain that varies in severity, persists for six months or longer, and is relatively unresponsive to treatment. is associated with degenerative disorders, involves constant pain that increases in severity over time, and lasts longer than six months. goes on for six months or less and disappears when the tissue damage is repaired.

_____ means that a patient no longer feels anything in an area of the body that once hurt. Pain threshold Pain sensitivity Pain behavior Pain control

Adherence to treatment regimens is significantly higher in patients being treated for acute disorders. significantly lower in patients being treated for acute disorders. unaffected by the side effects of treatment. problematic with people who have chronic health disorders.

Which of the following statements is true about death in men and women? Women die earlier than men because women engage in more risky behavior. Men use automobiles less than women, contributing to their low death rate from accidents. The chief reason why men die earlier than women is suicide. Women die earlier than men only in countries where childbirth technology is poorly developed.