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| A PATIENT DEATH THAT REQUIRES INVESTIGATION BY THE CORONER, AS WELL AS AN AUTOPSY ON THE DECEASED. |
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| THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND CARE TO INDIVIDUALS OF CULTURES AND BELIEF SYSTEM DIFFERENT FROM ONE'S OWN. |
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| A FORMAL MEDICAL PROCESS TO DETERMINE BRAIN DEATH. |
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| "DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUCITATION," EMPHASIZES THE PATIENT'S DESIRE TO REFUSE INTERVENTION TO RESUSCITATE. |
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| "DO NOT RESUSCITATE." AN OFFICAL REQUEST TO REFRAIN FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF RESUSCITATION, USUALLY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION. |
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| A PERIOD WITHIN WHICH DEATH IS EXPECTED, USUALLY DAYS TO MONTHS. |
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| A CADAVER MAINTAINED ON CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT TO PROVIDE TISSUE PERFUSION. THIS IS DONE TO MAINTAIN VIABILITY IN ORGANS FOR DONATION. |
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| A SWISS PHYCHIATRIST WHO PROPOSED A THEORY OF DEVELOPMENTAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL STAGES OF THE DYING EXPERIENCE. |
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| A LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE PATIENT STATING THE CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF NEAR DEATH OR A PROGNOSIS OF DEATH. |
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| A RED AND PRUPLE DISCOLORATION OF THE FACE THAT APPEARS SOON AFTER DEATH. |
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| A CADAVER IN WHICH PERFUSION AT AND AFTER DEATH WAS NOT POSSIBLE. ONLY CERTAIN TISSUES MAY BE PROCURED FOR DONATION. |
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| PHYSICAL CARE OF THE BODY TO PREPARE IT FOR VIEWING BY THE FAMILY AND FOR MORTUARY PROCEDURES. |
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| A LAW REQUIRING MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO REQUEST ORGAN PROCUREMENT FORM A DECEASED'S FAMILY. |
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| THE NATURAL STIFFENING OF THE BODY THAT STARTS APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER DEATH AND LASTS ABOUT 24 HOURS. |
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| THE RIGHT OF AN INDIVDUAL TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND PATH OF HIS OR HER LIFE. |
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