Chapter 27

Question 1

Anticipatory Grief

Answer 1

a period of mourning when the dying person or his family is expecting the death

Question 2

Autopsy

Answer 2

An examination of a body by a pathologist to try to determine the cause of death

Question 3

bereavement

Answer 3

the period following a loss in which mourning occurs

Question 4

cremation

Answer 4

the process of burning a dead body until it turns to ash

Question 5

death

Answer 5

the end of life; the cessation of all body functions

Question 6

grief

Answer 6

a deeply emotional process that is a response to loss

Question 7

grief counseling

Answer 7

therapy to try to help a person cope after someone has died

Question 8

grief process

Answer 8

the varying emotional responses to grief

Question 9

mourning

Answer 9

the period in which people work to adapt to a loss; influenced by culture, tradition, and society

Question 10

palliative care

Answer 10

care that focuses on pain relief, controlling symptoms, preventing side effects, and complications

Question 11

Pathologist

Answer 11

a doctor with advanced training in the examination of organs and tissue

Question 12

postmortem care

Answer 12

care of the body after death

Question 13

rigor mortis

Answer 13

Latin is the term for the condition after death in which the muscles in the body become stiff and rigid.

Question 14

terminal illness

Answer 14

a disease or condition that will eventually cause death