Week 2 Funeral Service Practitioners and Staff Flashcards
Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling, personal and/or written contact that come after the funeral
aftercare
An examination of a human body, organ, or other body part following death to determine the cause and manner of death
autopsy
Diseases, injuries, or complications that resulted in death
cause of death
A public officer whose duty it is to investigate cause of death when the question of accident, suicide, or homicide may be evident or where there was no doctor in attendance
coroner
The attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation.
due diligence
The intentional failure or the reckless disregard of the consequences with respect to conduct affecting the life or property of another
gross negligent act
a claim or charge against real or personal property for payment of some debt
lien
failure to perform a professional service with the ability and care generally exercised by others in the profession.
malpractice
the mode of death, such as accident, homicide, natural, or suicide
manner of death
a forensically-trained physician whose duty it is to investigate questionable or unattended deaths (has replaced the coroner in many states)
medical examiner
condition which may result from an outrageous intentional or grossly negligent act and may be accompanied by physical injury
mental anguish
any altering or change made to a dead human body from the time of death, other than by natural causes
mutilation
failure to exercise reasonable care
negligence
an act with complete disregard for proper conduct which transcends the bounds of common decency
outrageous act
an action to recover possession of wrongfully withheld personal property
replevin
