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On this page are: Versions of the LLQ, followed by Section Descriptions __________________________________________________________________ Which version should I use? If you simply want read the LLQ, thinking over and perhaps marking some of the questions, and do not need to save your work, use the Full Version (with explanatory text) or the Brief Version (with links to explanatory text). These versions are divided into 12 sections of from 4 to 17 items each for a total of 113 questions. Each section is on one web page, so adding the page to your Favorites (MS Explorer) or bookmarking it (Netscape navigator) allows you to return to that section. If you want to spend less time, try the Short Version (50 questions on one web page). The Full and Brief Versions are like small interactive books that are meant to be read over several sittings. If you want to work on the LLQ over a period of time and save what you have already done so you can pick up where you left off, you can do one of several things: 1) If you have Microsoft Word, you can use the MS Word-Form Version which allows you to work the LLQ offline. For details see the MS Word Version Instructions. 2) You can use print out one of the Paper&Pencil Versions (Full, Brief, or Short) and fill in your responses by hand. This version is in PDF format. (A Word Paper-and-pencil version is also available.) 3) You can work on, finish and then print out one section at a time. Since each section is on one web page, printing out that section will preserve your work in printed form. If you have not finished the section, you can fill in the rest of the questions by hand. Note that the Short Version is all on one web page. If you just want to look over the content of the LLQ, check the Very Brief Version. It contains the questions without text or any of the multiple-choice responses. It is all on one web page. _________________________________________________________________ Below are descriptions of the 12 sections of the LLQ. Each section is on a separate web page. The links are to sections in the Full Version. Who I am. What I am trying to do. The purposes of the LLQ. Denying your instincts. Social change. Prelude: Choosing not think about or plan for D&D What if you don't feel like exploring D&D at this time or at any other time? Section 1: Your general ideas about leaving life and where they came fromWhere do you fall on personality characteristics that can affect your approach to leaving life? What do you think happens after life? What do you do when you don’t have enough information to make a well-informed decision (as in deciding whether to take a chance on what happens to you after you leave)? What did you learn about D&D as you were growing up from your family, in school, and from the media and other sources? Why it is so difficult to think about and plan for leaving life as you do other challenging situations? Section 2: Your reactions when other people leave lifeHow have you reacted when people close to you have left life? How do you feel at funerals? How did the person who was leaving feel and behave? How well do you think that doctors, nurses, hospice people and others treated the dying person and his survivors? Section 3: How you have been dealing with D&D up until nowWhat steps have you taken to plan for your exit from life? Have you made regular and living wills? What keeps you from doing more? Have you ever considered leaving life voluntarily? What lead up to this thought? What kept you from doing so? Section 4: "Very Old Age""Very Old Age" defined. How you rate on some characteristics that can affect your response to Very Old Age. How you think you will adjust -- or how you are adjusting -- to Very Old Age. How you think that Very Old people cope. Could you appreciate some of the advantages of being a Very Old Person? Section 5: Quality of life and sufferingThe difficulties of assessing quality of life (QOL) and level of suffering. Ways for you to estimate your own levels. How do you respond to the suffering of others? What do you think about the possibility that suffering can be meaningful or have other benefits? Section 6: The effects that your leaving would have on othersDo you think that a person's value to others should affect a his or her decision to leave? How do you think your exit would affect your family and society? How would others react if you left voluntarily? Section 7: Other factors affecting the desire to leaveWhat do you think happens after we leave, and how would this affect your willingness to go? Could technology or other means be used to reduce the fear of leaving? What difference would it make if leaving voluntarily were acceptable to a one's relatives and to society? What difference would financial or other incentives make? Should permission for and help with leaving be extended to everyone or just to a chosen few? Section 8: An example of social and political consequences: the “slippery slope”If it is OK for some people to leave life voluntarily under special circumstances, will there will be pressure on others to leave that is applied by people who want them gone for their own selfish reasons? How well do you think you could resist the temptation to subtlety influence an aged relative whose continued presence was emotionally draining and expensive? Section 9: The decision to leaveIn this section, all the factors that could affect the decision as to whether to leave life are brought together for your consideration. Section 10: Things to do before voluntarily or involuntarily leaving lifeSaying “Good-bye” and other last messages. Resolving conflicts and other “unfinished business”. Reviewing your life. What you want your exit to be like: what would happen, who would be there. Practical aspects of leaving: more legal matters, planning the circumstances of your exit, discussing your plan with others, etc..* What are some obstacles to your doing some of these things?
Section 11: What to do with your responses to the LLQWhat you can do in the area of D&D to help yourself, the people close to you, and society. There is a list of Web sites that will help you keep up with developments in this area, and that can provide practical help and support. There is also a form you can send me with suggestions for improving the LLQ. Section 12: Moving away from D&D: returning to life as usualHow to stop thinking about D&D when you are ready to. AppendicesBook Table of Contents. This book is in progress, as of Summer, 2003. It expands on the topics and ideas covered in the LLQ. Other D&D Questionnaires There are links to three other questionnaires that are shorter than the LLQ. Other Measures of Quality of Life This appendix contains eight other QOL questionnaires. Some are scored, and some sample your QOL over several days or more. |
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