Death and Dying Midterm questions
and answers already passed
View of death in North America - correct answer ✔✔- inequality in how people live/ inequality
in how people die
- birth, education, work, retirement, die
- poor diet, financial stress, safety etc.
Is death a social experience? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
Indigenous in pre contact era: death - correct answer ✔✔Healthcare providers where shaman
and other healers
Prematurely death
Life expectancy 30-40 years ( same as Europeans at the time)
Precontact era in general : death - correct answer ✔✔Dying care: prayers, gathering of families
etc
Self sacrificing in times of food storage
Death welcomed (heroic) in wars/hunt etc
, Death common
How did nursing homes come to be? - correct answer ✔✔Hospital based, high quality and
cheap labour provided care at homes for terminally ill or dying people
Is death increasing - correct answer ✔✔Yes
How do causes of death vary by age? - correct answer ✔✔1-44 years: accidents, suicide, cancer,
other
45-65 years or older: cancer, heart disease, other
How much does smoking kill? - correct answer ✔✔About 3 times as many deaths as all non-
medical causes of death put together
Half of who died from smoking was middle aged
Killed about 1.2 million in Canada in 50 year period
Major death causes : cancer, respiratory, vascular (ex heart disease)
How common is smoking deaths in cancer? - correct answer ✔✔One in 3 cancer deaths is due
to smoking
Who dies from smoking more? Male or female? - correct answer ✔✔Male
What counts as a premature death? - correct answer ✔✔Under 70
and answers already passed
View of death in North America - correct answer ✔✔- inequality in how people live/ inequality
in how people die
- birth, education, work, retirement, die
- poor diet, financial stress, safety etc.
Is death a social experience? - correct answer ✔✔Yes
Indigenous in pre contact era: death - correct answer ✔✔Healthcare providers where shaman
and other healers
Prematurely death
Life expectancy 30-40 years ( same as Europeans at the time)
Precontact era in general : death - correct answer ✔✔Dying care: prayers, gathering of families
etc
Self sacrificing in times of food storage
Death welcomed (heroic) in wars/hunt etc
, Death common
How did nursing homes come to be? - correct answer ✔✔Hospital based, high quality and
cheap labour provided care at homes for terminally ill or dying people
Is death increasing - correct answer ✔✔Yes
How do causes of death vary by age? - correct answer ✔✔1-44 years: accidents, suicide, cancer,
other
45-65 years or older: cancer, heart disease, other
How much does smoking kill? - correct answer ✔✔About 3 times as many deaths as all non-
medical causes of death put together
Half of who died from smoking was middle aged
Killed about 1.2 million in Canada in 50 year period
Major death causes : cancer, respiratory, vascular (ex heart disease)
How common is smoking deaths in cancer? - correct answer ✔✔One in 3 cancer deaths is due
to smoking
Who dies from smoking more? Male or female? - correct answer ✔✔Male
What counts as a premature death? - correct answer ✔✔Under 70
