| Term | Definition |
|---|
| description | a word picture |
| evaluation | assignment; judgement concerning the worth, quality, significance, or value of a situation, person, or product |
| externship | a supervised employment experience in a qualified healthcare facility as part of the educational curriculum |
| obligation | responsibility; a moral, social or legal state |
| perplexing | trouble with doubt, puzzling |
| petty | small, having little value, mean, narrow-minded |
| transition | passing from one condition, place or activity to another |
| absurd | contrary to sense or reason |
| advance directives | a living will; a document, written in advance, that states the patients wishes regarding end-of-life care |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy or pity for |
| devastate | to lay waste, plunder, destroy |
| fortitude | courageous endurance |
| holistic | considering the whole or entire scope of a situation |
| hospice movement | an organization dedicated to providing care with dignity people who are terminally ill |
| hostility | unfriendliness, empty |
| incomprehensible | beyond belief, not to be grasped by the mind |
| living will | advance directive; a document, written in advance, that states the patients wishes regarding end-of-life care |
| marginal | close to the lower limit of acceptability |
| nonchalant | unconcerned, indifferent |
| solace | an easing of grief, to comfort |
| terminal | final, end; a terminal illness, refers to a condition that can not be reversed |
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