Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2408 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Process of Dying
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The idea
Death is a series of events over time, even when sudden; terminal decline, in the last few years of life, varies with prior functioning, disease and depression.
In practice
In a slow death, eating stops, sleep increases, blood pressure falls, limbs cool, breathing grows irregular and consciousness fades.
Where people slip
The course describes these changes descriptively, without clinical detail.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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