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| advance directive | a document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or her own decisions |
| autopsy | the examination of the body after death |
| end of life care | the support and care given during the time surrounding death |
| palliative care | care that involves relieving or reducine the intensity of uncomfortable symptoms without producing a cure |
| post-mortem care | care of the body after death |
| reincarnation | the belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life |
| rigor mortis | the stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles that occurs after death |
| terminal illness | an illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover |
