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Active Euthanasia
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When one person takes action to that brings about another persons death. (Ex. provides a lethal overdose of pain medication)
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Bereavement
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Sense of loss that accompanies the death of a loved one.
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Grief
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the response a person has to a loss of a person, body part or object
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Health Care Proxy
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The person with a Living Will indicates to make all the medical decisions in the even they become unable
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Hospice
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Support and care of the dying person and family
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Living Will
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Indicates the medical interventions a person wants as he or she nears death or becomes critically ill and is not able to express preferences.
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Mourning
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The behavioral process that helps resolve or alter the grief.
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Palliative Care
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Interdisciplinary care given to a person that had a life long disease or terminal disease.
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Passive Euthanasia
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When a seriously ill patient is allowed to die naturally. (DNR)
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Physician Assisted Suicide
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The physician provides the means that allow a person to end their life.
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Thanatologist
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one who studies death and believes that adjustment to dying does not occur in well ordered stages.
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Voluntary Euthanasia
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When someone takes action that brings about another person's death. (Providing a lethal dose of medication)
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