Death and Dying

Running Head: Death and Dying

Death and Dying
Jacqueline Lewis
Medical Ethics
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Outline

Introduction: Death and Dying
I. Death
a) Definition
1) Clinical
2) Physical
II. Types
a) Physical
b) Clinical
III. Dying
a) Stages
b) Needs
IV. Advance Directives
a) Definition
b) Types

V. Losses / Grief
a) Child
b) Spouse

V I. Conclusion




Death
Death is a cessation of all life (metabolic) processes. Death involves the organism as a whole (Somatic) or is confined to cell and tissues within the organism (physical). Certain criteria determine if death has occurred; loss of a heartbeat, decrease in body temperature, loss of color in the body, and biological disintegration. Some causes of death include but are not limited to injury, acute or chronic disease, and neophasia (cancer).
A physical death is called “Necrobiosisâ...