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Animal Health
End of Life
Term | Definition |
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Geriatrics | Branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people |
Hospice | Facility or program designed to provide a caring environment to meet the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill |
Incontinence | Involuntary urination or defecation |
Hirsutism | Abnormally excessive hair growth associated with Cushing disease in horses and ponies |
Bereavement | State of sadness, grief, and mourning after the loss of a loved one |
Grief Process | The emotional process that one experiences when anticipating or following the loss of an object of attachment |
Compassion | The quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanted to do something about it |
Euthanasia | Greek for "good sleep"; method of intentionally ending a life to relieve suffering |
Denial | Normal defense that saves to buffer an individual from some unbearable news or shock |
Bargaining | Stage of grief experienced as conscious or unconscious attempts to control the situation or refute the loss |
Anger | Stage of grief during which anger is the primary emotion expressed directly, indirectly, and specifically or generally |
Depression | Actual grief; sorrow |
Resolution | Stage during which there is no longer anger or depression, but acceptance |
Catharsis | The release of pent-up emotions with resulting alleviation of symptoms |
Validation | Process of understanding and expressing acceptance of another person's emotional state |
Barbiturates | Nervous system depressants used to induce sleep, and in high doses, as anesthetics and euthanasia agents |