death notification
Fatal news delivery
Death notification is the formal process of informing someone that a person has died, typically performed by law enforcement, military personnel, or medical staff.
The term often refers specifically to notifying next of kin: Two officers arrived to make the death notification.
It also names the training and protocols around delivering such news with appropriate sensitivity and support.
- next of kinNearest living family members
- bereavedDeprived by death
- fallen soldierMilitary member killed serving
- folded flagCeremonially creased national banner
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
coroner · officer · doorbell · front door · uniform · condolences · grief · shock · bad news · next morning · identification · morgue · casualty · telegram · phone call · widow · tragedy · remains
- death recordsvital records, certified copy, obituaries, vital record, registrar
- death ritesfuneral, cremation, burial, natural burial, sea burial
death notificationbirth announcement
Notice of newborn's arrival
wedding announcement · pregnancy announcement · engagement announcement · good news · graduation announcement
death notificationwellness check
Visit confirming someone's condition
welfare check · award presentation · courtesy call · medal ceremony
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