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Dying is the final stage of life which will eventually lead to death. Diagnosing dying is a complex process of clinical decision-making, and most practice checklists facilitating this diagnosis are based on cancer diagnoses.

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Instance of
change of state
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immediate cause of
death
opposite of
survival
has cause
Suicide
characteristic of
human
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24 sections
Contents
  • Signs of dying
  • Cultural perspectives on dying
  • Africa
  • Asante and Ga
  • Zulu
  • Hadza, !Kung Bushmen and Pygmy
  • Nyakyusa
  • Western Societies
  • China
  • South Pacific
  • Religious perspectives on dying
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • Medicalization
  • Resuscitation
  • End-of-life care
  • Psychological adjustment processes
  • Phase and stage models
  • Influencing factors
  • Awareness
  • See also
  • References

Dying is the final stage of life which will eventually lead to death. Diagnosing dying is a complex process of clinical decision-making, and most practice checklists facilitating this diagnosis are based on cancer diagnoses.

== Signs of dying ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dying” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.