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Dancing with Prognostic Dilemmas

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Pre-Test Quiz (below), Video (above), Post-Test Quiz (below).
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Name*
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Which statement is true about prognoses as required by U.S. aid-in-dying laws?*
- If the patient is in hospice care, they always qualify for an aid-in-dying prognosis of <6 months.
- The patient must have less than 6 months to live, as determined by their oncologist.
- Aid-in-dying laws require a less than 6-month prognosis.
- Aid-in-dying laws require absolute certainty about the prognosis before the doctor can prescribe aid-in-dying medications.
Prognoses for patients requesting aid-in-dying are usually*
- readily apparent.
- not readily apparent.
- difficult to determine for cancer patients.
- easy to determine for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
A patient deemed to have a greater than 6-month prognosis can*
- start the requirements for aid in dying.
- receive aid-in-dying medications as long as they promise not to take them yet.
- discuss their desires with their doctor but not officially start the process.
- use an advance directive to request aid in dying for when they have less than 6 months to live.
For a patient to qualify for medical aid in dying, the "less than 6-month prognosis" must always be*
- certain.
- true in the best judgment of the aid-in-dying attending physician.
- verified by a hospice admission.
- certified by the patient’s primary physician.

Please do not hit “Submit” until you have answered 3 of 4 questions correctly to receive credit (refresh this page to retake the test). If after clicking “Submit” you are still on the Course page, open the Post-Test Quiz and fill in the missing fields (*). After passing the Quiz, go to Evaluation.

Name*
First Last
Degree*
Email*
Date*
State & City. List your organization, if relevant.*
Which statement is true about prognoses as required by U.S. aid-in-dying laws?*
- If the patient is in hospice care, they always qualify for an aid-in-dying prognosis of <6 months.
- The patient must have less than 6 months to live, as determined by their oncologist.
- Aid-in-dying laws require a less than 6-month prognosis.
- Aid-in-dying laws require absolute certainty about prognosis before the doctor can deliver aid-in-dying medications.
Prognoses for patients requesting aid-in-dying are usually*
- readily apparent.
- not readily apparent.
- difficult to determine for cancer patients.
- easy to determine for patients with Alzheimers disease.
A patient deemed to have a greater than 6-month prognosis can*
- start the requirements for aid in dying.
- receive aid-in-dying medications as long as they promise not to take them yet.
- discuss their desires with their doctor but not officially start the process.
- use an advance directive to request aid in dying for when they have a less than 6 months prognosis.
For a patient to qualify for medical aid in dying, the "less than 6-month" prognosis must always be*
- certain.
- true in the best judgment of the aid-in-dying attending physician.
- verified by a hospice admission.
- certified by the patient’s primary physician.
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