Advance Directive: ANSWER A document detailing the person's desires for
health care when that person is unable to make decisions.
Autopsy - Answer Examination of the corpse after death.
ANSWER: End-of-Life Support The support and care provided during the
moment of death
Palliative care emphasizes alleviating or lessening the intensity of
uncomfortable symptoms without providing care.
Post-Mortem Care - ANSWER: Care of the body after death.
Reincarnation - Answer The concept that the spirit or soul is reborn in another
human body or in another type of life
Rigor Mortis - Answer After death, skeletal muscles become stiff or
unyielding.
Terminal sickness - ANSWER A disease or injury from which the person is
unlikely to recover.
ANSWER: Helplessness and failure to cure. Death and dying means
ANSWER: Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs When someone
is dying, you will help meet their needs.(4)
Palliative Care and Hospice - Answer What are the two forms of care that a
person with terminal disease can receive?
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