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actual loss
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can be identified by others and can arise either in response to or in anticipation of a situation
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advance health care directive
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a variety of legal and lay documents that allow persons to specify aspects of care they wish to receive should they become unable to make or communicate their preferences
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algor mortis
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the gradual decrease of the body's temperature after death.
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anticipatory grief
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grief experienced in advance of the event.
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anticipatory loss
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the experience of loss before the loss actually occurs.
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autopsy
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an examination of the body after death to determine the cause of death and to learn more about a disease process.
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bereavement
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a subjective response of a person who has experienced the loss of a significant other through death
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cerebral death
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the higher brain center or cerebral cortex is irreversibly destroyed
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closed awareness
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a type of awareness in which the client is unaware of impending death
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coroner
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a public official, not necessarily a physician, appointed or elected to inquire into the causes of death.
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do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
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a physician's order that specifies no effort be made to resuscitate the client with terminal or irreversible illness in the event of a respiratory or cardiac arrest.
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dysfunctional grief
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the state in which an individual or group experiences prolonged, unresolved grief and engages in detrimental activities.
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end of life care
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care provided in the final weeks before death
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euthanasia
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the act of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from incurable or distressing disease
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grief
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emotional suffering often caused by bereavement.
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health care proxy
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a legal statement that appoints a proxy to make medical decisions for the client in the event the client in unable to do so.
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heart-lung death
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the traditional clinical signs of death: cessation of the apical pulse, respirations, and blood pressure.
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higher brain death
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see Cerebral death
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hospice
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the delivery of care for terminally ill clients either in health care facilities or in the client's home.
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living will
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a document that states medical treatments the client chooses to omit or refuse in the event that the client is unable to make these decisions
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livor mortis
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discoloration of the skin caused by breakdown of the red blood cells, occurs after blood circulation has ceased; appears in the dependent areas of the body.
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loss
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an actual or potential situation in which a valued ability, object, or person is inaccessible or changed so that it is perceived as no longer valuable.
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medical examiner
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a physician who usually has advanced education in pathology or forensic medicine who determines causes of death.
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mortician
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a person trained in the care of the dead; also called an undertaker.
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mourning
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the process through which grief is eventually resolved or altered.
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mutual pretense
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a type of awareness in which the client, family, and health personnel know that the prognosis is terminal but do not talk about it, and make an effort not to raise the subject.
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open awareness
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a type of awareness in which a client and people around know about the impending death.
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palliative care
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symptom care of clients for whom disease no longer responds to cure-focused treatment.
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perceived loss
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the loss experienced by a person that cannot be verified by others.
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postmortem examination
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see Autopsy. An examination of the body after death to determine the cause of death and to learn more about a disease process.
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rigor mortis
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The stiffening of the body that occurs after death.
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shroud
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a large piece of plastic or cotton material used to enclose a body after death.
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undertaker
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see Mortician. a person trained in the care of the dead; also called an undertaker. a person trained in the care of the dead; also called an undertaker.
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