For Chapter 7: Facing Death: Living with Life-Threatening Illness , discuss two of the six questions below. In your submission, identify by number which questions you are answering.
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Identify the financial, personal, social, and psychological costs of life-threatening illness.
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Describe the possible reactions of the patient, friends, and family to news of a life-threatening diagnosis.
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Compare the four patterns of family interaction identified by Glaser and Strauss and analyze the pros and cons of each.
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Assess the comparative benefits of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy in treating cancer and describe how each functions to eradicate cancer cells.
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Contrast two patterns of dying trajectories and design, for each, methods of helping a loved one who has a life-threatening illness.
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Differentiate the social role of dying patients from that of patients who anticipate recovery.
