Chapter 59 End-of-life-care

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Advance Directive

A legal document stating a person’s wish about heath care when that person is unable to make decision

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Autopsy

The examination of the body after death

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Palliative Care

Care that relieves or reduces the intensity of uncomfortable symptoms without producing a cure

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Post-mortem Care

Care of the body after(post) death (mortem)

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Rigor mortis

The stiffness or rigidity (rigor) of skeletal muscles that occur after death(mortis)

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Terminal Illness

An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover; death is expected