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UPDATE 2024/2025
advance directives
Legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life care ahead
of time.
DNR
A do-not-resuscitate order, is a medical order written by a doctor. It instructs health care
providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or
if the patient's heart stops beating.
Euthanasia
the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an
irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.
Grief
is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has
died, to which a bond or affection was formed.
healthcare proxy
or durable power of attorney for health care, allows you to designate another person as
your agent to make health care decisions on your behalf.
used in combination with living wills, are referred to as "Advanced Directives."
Hospice
,is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and
symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life.
prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.
Intestacy
is the state of dying without a will. If a person dies without a will he is said to have "died
intestate." The estate of a person who has died intestate goes through probate court.
The state's laws will determine who will inherit the decedent's assets.
living will
a written, legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not
want to be used to keep you alive, as well as your preferences for other medical
decisions, such as pain management or organ donation. In determining your wishes,
think about your values.
Palliative
is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and
mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex illnesses.
Culture
is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human
societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits
of the individuals in these groups.
Ethnic
or ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared
attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
Heritage
, is a person's unique, inherited sense of family identity: the values, traditions, culture,
and artifacts handed down by previous generations.
Patriarchal
is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political
leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. Some societies are
also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.
Religion
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God
or gods.
Shaman
a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil
spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically,
such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing.
Talisman
an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and
to bring good luck.
Wuzho/marime
inseparably linked to personal hygiene and the differing nature of the sexes. A woman is
clean from the waist up and marime from the waist down, because of associations with
menstruation and pregnancy.
Yin Yang
is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes how obviously opposite or contrary
forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the
UPDATE 2024/2025
advance directives
Legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life care ahead
of time.
DNR
A do-not-resuscitate order, is a medical order written by a doctor. It instructs health care
providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or
if the patient's heart stops beating.
Euthanasia
the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an
irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries.
Grief
is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or some living thing that has
died, to which a bond or affection was formed.
healthcare proxy
or durable power of attorney for health care, allows you to designate another person as
your agent to make health care decisions on your behalf.
used in combination with living wills, are referred to as "Advanced Directives."
Hospice
,is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and
symptoms and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life.
prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.
Intestacy
is the state of dying without a will. If a person dies without a will he is said to have "died
intestate." The estate of a person who has died intestate goes through probate court.
The state's laws will determine who will inherit the decedent's assets.
living will
a written, legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not
want to be used to keep you alive, as well as your preferences for other medical
decisions, such as pain management or organ donation. In determining your wishes,
think about your values.
Palliative
is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and
mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex illnesses.
Culture
is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human
societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits
of the individuals in these groups.
Ethnic
or ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared
attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
Heritage
, is a person's unique, inherited sense of family identity: the values, traditions, culture,
and artifacts handed down by previous generations.
Patriarchal
is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political
leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. Some societies are
also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.
Religion
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God
or gods.
Shaman
a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil
spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically,
such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing.
Talisman
an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and
to bring good luck.
Wuzho/marime
inseparably linked to personal hygiene and the differing nature of the sexes. A woman is
clean from the waist up and marime from the waist down, because of associations with
menstruation and pregnancy.
Yin Yang
is a Chinese philosophical concept that describes how obviously opposite or contrary
forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the
