advance directive
allowing to die
artificial nutrition and hydration
autonomy
beneficence
beneficiary
bequest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
codicil
coma
comfort measures only (CMO)
death benefit
Death with Dignity Act
do not resuscitate (DNR)
double effect
durable power of attorney for health care
end-of-life care
estate
ethical will
ethics
executor
extraordinary measures
Five Wishes
futile treatment
health care proxy
Hippocratic oath
informed consent
intestate succession
justice
life insurance
life-sustaining treatment
living trust
living will
minimally conscious state
neonatal intensive care
passive euthanasia
Patient Self-Determination Act
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
physician-assisted death
probate
prognosis
right to die
slippery slope
substituted judgment
surrogate
terminal sedation
testator
vegetative state
viatical settlement
will
withholding vs. withdrawing treatment
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