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NA CH. 37 KEY TERMS
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NA CH. 37 KEY TERMS | DEFINITIONS |
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advance directive | a written document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person can no longer make his or her own decisions |
postmortem | after (post) death (mortem) |
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 (rigor) of skeletal muscles that occurs after death (mortis) |
terminal illness | an illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery |