are crafted by a medicalprofessional on behalf of a seriously ill patient

focuses on providing comfort and relief from physical and emotional pain topatients throughout their illness, even while being treated

is referred to as the greatest age reached by any member of agiven population (or species)

refers to women and minorities being placed inleadership positions when the risk of failure is high

is intentionally causing death, usually through a lethal dose of medication

that is, their characteristic manner of thinking,feeling, behaving, and relating to others

Grief that occurs when a death is expected, and survivors have time toprepare to some extent before the loss is referred to as

is the invisible barrier that keeps women and minorities from rising tohigher positions regardless of their qualifications

is their emotional and sexual attraction to aparticular gender

how environmental factors are thought to changegene expression by switching genes on and of