共用题干 Preferences Vary on Circumstances of DyingAmong terminally（晚期）ill people, attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a _______(1)or bad death,the results of a new study suggest.Dr. Elizabeth K. Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and

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Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

Among terminally（晚期）ill people, attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a
_______(1)or bad death,the results of a new study suggest.
Dr. Elizabeth K. Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed
26 men with_________(2)heart disease or cancer.The men were asked to describe
good and bad deaths,and they also answered________(3)about their preferences
for dying.
"In this small study,terminally ill men described good and bad deaths_____(4),"
Vig said."They did not hold the same views about such issues________(5)the
presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death."
Many of the men considered_______(6)in their sleep to be a good death.The
reasons were varied and included not_________(7) that death was imminent（即将发生
的）,and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men , a prolonged（拖延的）death was __________ (8) a bad
death.Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain,_________
(9)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their______(10)were very important to them,but this did
not mean that they wanted relatives close at the________(11)of death."Valuing family did
not also_________(12)wanting family present at the very end of life,"Vig said.
"In fact,some expressed concerns___________(13)burdening loved ones,"Vig said.
For instance,some men were worried about the emotional or________(14)
impact on their family members,according to the Washington researcher. Some were
worried________(15)their need for care would be a burden on their families,she said.

_________(6)
A:working
B:dying
C: talking
D: dreaming