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a period which vital signs are absent but resuscitation is still possible is called?
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clinical death
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absence of vital signs, including brain activity; resuscitation is no longer possible
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brain death
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the point at which family members and medical personnel treat the deceased person as a corpse is called?
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social death
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a hypothetical life story created for himself or herself by an adolescent that tends to portray adolescents' future lives in overly optimistic terms?
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personal fable
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the scientific study of death and dying
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thanatology
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