Cultural Practices
Stages of Grief
Legal Concepts
Critical Terms
100

What is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds?

Sky Funerals

100

What is the first stage of grief? 

Denial

100

What is a legal document by which a person, the testator, expresses their wishes as to how their property is to be distributed at death, and names one or more persons, the executor, to manage the estate until its final distribution

Will

100

What is the study of death and dying?

Thanatology

200

Which belief system believe in rebirth and that when they die they will be reborn again?

BUDDHIST

200

What are empty feelings on a deeper level, deeper than we ever imagined?

Depression

200

What is a fiduciary arrangement that allows a third party, or trustee, to hold assets on behalf of a beneficiary or beneficiaries?

Trust

200

Who developed the stages of grief?

Elizabeth Kubler Ross

300

Catholic funeral rite is called the

Order of Christian Funerals

300

This stage is about accepting the reality that our loved one is physically gone and recognizing that this new reality is the permanent reality

Acceptance

300

Who is a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.

Beneficary

300

What is the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue?

Death

400

Which religion believes that at death the body and the spirit separate

Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints or Mormons

400

Negative emotions, lashing out at others, verbal aggression, and overall sadness is common among which stage?  

Anger

400

What pays out a sum of money either on the death of the insured person or after a set period.

Life Insurance

400

What is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma?

Euthanasia

500

Which religion practices bathing and dressing the deceased person in white traditional Indian clothing.

Hindu

500

“What if I devote the rest of my life to helping others. Then can I wake up and realize this has all been a bad dream?” “If only…” or “What if…” statements. These are all examples of which stage?

Bargaining

500

Who is the person authorizing the other to act is the principal, grantor, or donor?

Power of Attorney

500

What is a ceremony connected with the burial, cremation, or interment of a corpse?

Funeral