| A | B |
|---|
| Palliative Care | Focus of care is controling pain and other symptoms including quality of life; making the resident as comfortable as possible. |
| Postmortem | After Death |
| Lividity | the pooling of blood under the skin after a person dies. |
| Denial | a person cannot accept that she has a terminal illness |
| Anger | a dying person may express anger, which is an expression of other feelings such as fear or frustration |
| Bargaining | making a deal: "If I stop smoking, then maybe I can live 1 more year." |
| Depression | Deep saddness |
| Acceptance | to feel at peace about a situation |
| rigor mortis | The stiffness of skeletal musles tha occurs after death. |
| rigidity | stiffness (rigor) |
| Grief/Grieving | extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died |
| DNR | Do Not Resuscitate- bring back to life |
| DNI | Do Not Intubate- insert a breathing tube |
