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UNIT 12

FINAL REVIEW
CHAPTER 15 -- Aging, Dying & Death
  1. Learning Objectives
  2. Things To Do This Unit
  3. Reading & Viewing Assignments
  4. Activities

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

  1. Define aging, senescence, life span, and life expectancy.
  2. Describe the impact that "Baby Boomers" are having on American society as they age.
  3. Define ageism and describe its effects.
  4. List physical changes that are associated with the normal aging process.
  5. Identify four health conditions that are associated with unhealthy aging.
  6. Identify psychosocial changes that are associated with aging.
  7. Discuss theories that explain why people age.
  8. Explain what is meant by "successful aging" and a "good death."
  9. Describe actions that reduce the likelihood of dying prematurely.
  10. List four signs of death.
  11. Discuss the five stages that Kübler-Ross developed to describe the emotional responses of dying persons.
  12. Define euthanasia and differentiate between active and passive forms of euthanasia.
  13. Explain the value of having an advance directive.
  14. Differentiate between normal and abnormal grieving.

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Things To Do This Unit

  1. Use the Online Final Review as a study guide for the chapters.
  2. Finish Quiz 2 and prepare to submit it.

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Reading & Viewing Assignments

  1. View Lesson #24 When Life Ends and Lesson #13 Other Path- Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
  2. Read Chapter 15 (Aging, Dying & Death), pages 374-399

Please Note: In the 12-week version of this course, these viewing lessons will be broadcast after the final exam date.  For this reason, there are no exam questions covering these lessons.  If you are not using television broadcasts to view the video lessons, please view these lessons this unit.

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Activities

Final Review

The final review has been prepared in the following format for your convenience:

  1. A review outline in RTF (rich text format), which can be read in either Word or WordPerfect and can be printed out: Final Exam Outline

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