We often need to hear a message repeated, because we often don’t “get it” the first time. What does “get it” mean here in paragraph 1?
A. Take it
B. Understand it.
C. Put it.
D. Buy it.
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We are talking about the subject of living wills, patient rights and self-determination in terminal health care. What does “terminate” mean here in paragraph 2?
A. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
B. A contact on an electrical device (such as a batter) at which electric current enters or leaves.
C. Either extremity of something that has length.
D. Causing or ending in or approaching death.
What can a living will tell your physician or health care provider?
A. What types of treatment you want if you become terminally ill.
B. What types of treatment you do not want if you become terminally ill.
C. To name a person as a proxy to make these health care decisions for you.
D. All of the above.
For what situations are living wills created?
A. In the emergency room.
B. In the operating room.
C. In the ICU.
D. When the patient is perhaps out of intensive care and being kept alive with machinery.
While the trend in health care over the past twenty years has been toward patient empowerment, physicians are still ultimately responsible for the health care decisions made in a patient’s treatment. What does “empowerment” mean?
A. Taking power from.
B. Giving power to.
C. Sharing power with.
D. Splitting power between.