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Exam 21: Preparing for Aging, Death, and Dying

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Thanatology is the study of life after death.

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B) False

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Question 22

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Successful aging involves all of the following EXCEPT

A) avoiding debilitating diseases and disability by eating a healthy diet,exercising,and not smoking.
B) maintaining cognitive function and engaging in mentally challenging tasks.
C) refusing to accept physical,emotional,and social changes associated with growing older.
D) participating in meaningful activities,including social,family,and volunteer activities.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Mattie was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 67.If she is like the average Alzheimer's disease patient,she will probably live to about age

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Explain why it is important to build bone mass in your childhood,teens,and early twenties,and identify at least two ways to do this.

All of the following are ways to help a grieving friend EXCEPT

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