| A | B |
|---|
| acceptance | attitude of complacency; last stage of dying |
| anger | emotional response to feeling victimized; no way to retaliate against fate |
| anticipatory grieving | grieving that begins before a loss actually occurs |
| autopsy | postmortem examination |
| bargaining | psychological mechanism for delaying the inevitable |
| brain death | a condition in which there is an irreversible loss of function of the whole brain, including the brainstem |
| coroner | person legally designated to investigate deaths that may not be the result of natural causes |
| death certificate | legal document confirming a person's death |
| denial | psychological defense mechanism in which a person refuses to believe that certain iinformation is true |
| depression | sad mood |
| dying with dignity | treating a terminally ill person with respect regardless of his or her emotional, physical, or cognitive state |
| grief response | psychological and physical phenomena experienced by those who grieve |
| grief work | activities involved in grieving |
| grieving | process of feeling acute sorrow over a loss |
| hospice | facility for or concept addressing the care of terminally ill clients |
| morgue | area where dead bodies are temporarily held or examined |
| mortician | person who prepares the body for burial or cremation |
| multiple organ failure | condition in which two or more organ systems gradually cease to function |
| paranormal experiences | those outside scientific |
| pathologic grief | condition in which a person cannot accept someone's death |
| postmortem care | care of the body after death |
| respite care | relief for a caregiver |
| shroud | covering for a dead body |
| terminal illness | illness with no potential for cure |
| waiting for permission phenomenon | a terminally ill client's forestalling of death when he or she feels that loved ones are not yet prepared to deal with the client's death |
