Chapter 55: End-Of-Life Care

End of life care

The support and care given during the time surrounding death

Rigor mortis

The stiffness or rigity of skeletal muscles yhat occue after death

Advanced directives

A document stating a person's wishes about health care what that person cannot make his or her own decisions

Post-mortem care

Care of the body after death

Terminal illness

An illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery

Reincarnation

Belief that the the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another form of life

Autopsy

Exam of the body after death

Palliative care

Care that involves relieving or reducing the intensity or uncomfortable symptoms without producing a cure