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| A neurological definition of death. A person is this when all electrical activity of that brain has ceased for a specified period of time. A flat EEG recording is one criterion of brain death. |
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| The act of painlessly ending the lives of persons who are suffering from incurable diseases or sever disabilities; sometimes called "mercy killing" |
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| The withholding of available treatments, such as life-sustaining devives, in order to allow a person to die |
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| Death induced deliberatlely, as by injecting a lethal dose of a drug |
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| A program committed to makeing the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as posible. The goals of hospice contrast with those of a hospital, which are to cure disease and prolong life |
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| The type of care emphasized in a hospice, which involves reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity |
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| Kubler-Ross' first stage of dying, in which the dying person denies that she or he is really going to die |
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| Kubler-Ross' second stage of dying, in which the dying person's denial gives way to anger, resentment, rage, and envy |
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| Kubler-Ross' third stage of dying, in which the dying person develops the hope that death can somehow be postpone |
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| Kubler-Ross' fourth stage of dying, in which the dying person comes to accept the certainty of her or his death. A period of depression or preparatory grief may appear |
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| The emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love. |
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