Funeral Directing Set 1(FSE2060)
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sgoldthorp on February 25, 2010
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Funeral Directing @ St. Pete College
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Malpractice | The failure of a professional person to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or neglect. |
| Matricide | Killing of one's mother. |
| Parricide | Killing of either or both parents. |
| Intestate | To die leaving no valid will. |
| Infanticide | Killing of an infant. |
| Ethics | The principles of morality including both the science of good and nature of right. |
| Etiquette | Conventional requirements as to social behavior. |
| Euthanasia | Act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from incurable and distressing disease; mercy killing. |
| Fetal Death | Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother. |
| Genocide | Killing of an entire people or nation. |
| Clientele | a. Group of clients; b. Those who adhere or resort to a person for professional help and advice. |
| Code Of Ethics | Self-imposed rules of conduct specific to the group only. |
| Creed | A formal summary of religious belief, a confession of religious beliefs, principles or opinions professed or adhered to. |
| Apprentice (Trainee Intern) | A person registered for instruction in embalming and/or funeral directing under the supervision of an authorized licensed embalmer and/or funeral director. |
| Professional Service | The term applied to the duties which a funeral director and his staff do for their clients as part of their service. |
| Uroxicide | Killing of a wife by her husband. |
| Patricide | Killing of one's father. |
| Potters Field | A piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. |
| Indigent (Pauper) | Lacking the necessities of life. Needy. Poor. |
| Homicide | Killing of a human being. |
| Preparation Room | That portion of the funeral home especially designed and equipped for embalming the dead human remains. |
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