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a written statement of desired medical treatment should a person become incurably ill
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advance medical directive
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the phase of dying in which gasps and muscle spasms occur during the first moments in which the body can no longer sustain life
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agonal phase
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before a prolonged, expected death, acknowledging that the loss is inevitable and preparing emotionally for it
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anticipatory grieving
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a death that makes sense in terms of the individual's pattern of living and values and, at the same time, preserves or restores significant relationships and is as free of suffering as possible
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appropriate death
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the experience of losing a loved one by death
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bereavement
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irreversible cessation of all activity in the brain and the brain stem; the definition of death accepted in most industrialized nations
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brain death
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the phase of dying in which heartbeat, circulation, breathing, and brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible
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clinical death
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fear and apprehension of death
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death anxiety
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a perspective that assumes that effective coping with loss requires people to oscillate between dealing with the emotional consequences of loss and attending to life changes, which - when handled successfully - have restorative, or healing, effects
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dual-process model of coping with loss
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a written statement that authorizes appointment of another person (usually, although not always, a family member) to make health care decisions on one's behalf in case of incompetence
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durable power of attorney for health care
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the practice of ending the life of a person suffering from an incurable condition
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euthanasia
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intense physical and psychological distress following the loss of a loved one
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grief
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a comprehensive program of support services that focuses on meeting terminally ill patients' physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and that offers follow-up bereavement services to families
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hospice
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a written statement that specifies the treatments a person does or does not want in case of a terminal illness, come, or other near-death situation
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living will
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the phase of dying in which the individual passes into permanent death
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mortality
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the culturally specified expression of the bereaved person's thoughts and feelings through funerals and other rituals
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mourning
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care for terminally ill, suffering patients that relieves pain and other symptoms (such as breathing difficulties, insomnia, and depression), aimed at protecting that patient's quality of life rather than prolonging life
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palliative, or comfort, care
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the practice of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, permitting a patient to die naturally
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passive euthanasia
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a state produced by absence of brainwave activity in the cortex in which the person in unconscious, displays no voluntary movements, and has no hope of recovery
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persistent vegetative state
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the practice of ending a patient's suffering, at the patient's request, before a natural end to life; a form of mercy killing
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voluntary active euthanasia
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