Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
The “Patient Self-Determination Act of 1980” was enacted to ensure that patients are informed of their rights to execute advanced directives and accept or __________ medical care.
Refuse
The instrument or legal document that describes those treatments an individual wishes or does not wish to receive should he or she become incapacitated and unable to communicate treatment decisions is referred to as a __________.
Living will
__________ euthanasia occurs when lifesaving treatment (such as a respirator) is withdrawn or withheld, allowing the terminally ill patient to die a natural death
Passive
According to __________, every human being of adult years has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body; and the surgeon who performs an operation without his patient’s consent commits an assault for which he is liable for damages.
Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital
__________ became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Oregon
The intentional commission of an act, such as getting a patient a lethal drug that results in death is referred, to as __________ euthanasia
Active
___________ orders are those given by a physician indicating that in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest “no” resuscitative measures should be used to revive the patient.
Do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act requires that the __________ administer the medications to the patient for purposes of euthanasia.
Patient
When there exists an element of uncertainty regarding a patient’s wishes in an emergency situation, the situation should be resolved __________.
in a way that favors the preservation of life.
The Supreme Court has ruled that there is __________.
no constitutional right to assisted suicide
