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Advance directive
Documents related to end-of-life choices, including living wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare agents.
Living will
A legal document stating a person’s treatment preferences in the event of terminal illness.
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Documents detailing patient wishes regarding resuscitation and life-sustaining treatments.
Patient Self-Determination Act
Requires facilities to inform patients of their rights to make advance directives.
Durable Power of Attorney
Allows a designated person to make medical decisions on behalf of another person.
DNR
Do Not Resuscitate; a medical order to not perform CPR.
DNI
Do Not Intubate; a medical order to avoid placing a tube in the airway.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of grief
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
Uniform Determination of Death Act
Establishes criteria for determining death, including irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.
Death with Dignity measure
Allows physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients under certain conditions.
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Legislation allowing individuals 18 and older to donate their body or organs with proper consent.
Autopsy authorization
The process requiring consent from family or legally authorized persons for performing an autopsy.
Medication choices in end-of-life care
Decisions about medications based on individual factors such as age, weight, and pain threshold.
Ethical considerations in end-of-life care
Factors influencing decisions, including age, cost, economic status, and health.
Cultural views on death
Different beliefs and practices regarding death and dying across various cultures.
Grief work (TEAR)
A process involving accepting the reality of loss, experiencing pain, adjusting to the environment, and reinvesting in a new reality.
Assisted death
Laws allowing physicians to prescribe medication for patients to end their lives under specific conditions.