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36- sample q - cappacino - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
Plz, only respond with clear explanation. Thank YOU.
This one does not make sense at all to me.
36.
A 6-year-old boy with glioblastoma has a recurrence of the tumor despite aggressive treatment. The physician discusses the patient's prognosis with his parents and recommends palliative care. The parents ask how they should talk with their son about his prognosis and possible death. The physician advises that the
parents should be honest and follow the patient's lead during the conversation. This patient most likely has which of the following concepts of death?
(A) Being asleep
(B) Being final
© Being a long journey
(D) Being a temporary separation from his parents
(E) No understanding of death
I chose E cuz I was thinking it's a 6 yo boy he wouldn't know much. But answer is B?
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
e is true upto 5yr,has no conception of death as an irreversible process.
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
What else am I supposed to know about children and the death concept for the exam? Thank YOU...
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
i have read
'Children's conceptions of illness and death' from kaplan.From here i can only exclude E
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
from RBS behav,a 6 year old child know the finality of death ,but not for himself ,just about the others'death.
he will know ,he can die when he is 9 year old.
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-04-2015
b is right , kid upto 7 knows death is final , but kid doesnt konw that he or she can die also.
0 - ArchivalUser - 06-05-2015
Oh... didn't know that. Thank you all!