Chapter 59 Flashcards
1
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Advance Directive
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A document stating a person’s wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or her own decisions
2
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Autopsy
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The examination of the body after death
3
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End-of-life Care
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The support and care given during the time surrounding death
4
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Palliative Care
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Care to relieve or reduce the intensity of uncomfortable symptoms without producing a cure
5
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Post- mortem Care
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Care of the body after (post) death (mortem)
6
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Reincarnation
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The belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life
7
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Rigor Mortis
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The stiffness or rigidity (rigor) of skeletal muscles that occurs after death (mortis)
8
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Terminal Illness
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An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover
