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Functal death
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the absence of a heart beat and breathing
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brain dead
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a diagnosis of death based on the cessation of all signs of brain activeity, as measured by electrical brain waves
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thanatologist
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people who study death and dying
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Living wills
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legal doc designating what medical treatments people want or dont want if they cannot express their wishes
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euthanasia
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The practice of assisting people who are terminally ill to die more quickly
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Home care
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an alternative to hospitalization in which dying people stay in their families and recieve tretment form their families and visiting medical staff
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hospice care
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care provided for the dying in institutions devtoed to those who are terminally ill
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Bereavement
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acknowledgment of the objective fact that one has experienced a death
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grief
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the emotional response to one's loss
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Kubler's stage of death
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Denial, anger, bargaining,depression, acceptance.
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