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16 Cards in this Set
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Advance Directive
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a legal document that states the person's wishes for medical tx in the even that he or she cannot make these decisions
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Do Not Resuscitate
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DUH
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Hospice Care
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a health care organization, under medicare and medicaid and other third-party insurers, that provides care to teminally ill persons in the comfort of their homes
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Mourning
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the natural process that one goes through following a major loss
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Anticipatory grief
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a reaction to an expected loss such as in terminal illness
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durable power of attorney
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the appointing of someone to make one's wishes known and carry out some decisions regarding one's medical care in the event that one can no longer express oneself
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living will
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a form of advanced directice that states the wishes of a person for life-sustaining tx in case of serious illness
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patient self determination act
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the law that requires that a pt has the right to have advance directives in place. Failure of an institution to inform a person of this right will reult in withholding reimbursement of funding to the institution.
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bereavement
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a state of having sustained a loss
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euthanasia
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known as mercy killing in the past, now refers to the deliberate ending of one's life as well as the withholding of tx.
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loss
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an encounter that one faces during the course of one's life
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palliative care
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a form of helping to relieve the suffering of terminally ill persons
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Cheyne-Stokes respirations
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irregular respiratory rates with periods of apnea
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grief
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the feeling tone or the outward expression in response to a loss
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Maladaptive grief
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responses to loss that usually exhibit an exaggerated, lengthy, unpredictable course that results in unresolved conflicts
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right to die
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duh
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