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Part A Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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What does vivisection mean?

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experimenting on animals for medical and science purposes

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What does anti-vivisection mean?

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belief that experimenting on animals for medical and science purposes are wrong

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What dominion mean?

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to have authority/control over something

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What does stewardship mean?

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someone who looks after something/someone else

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What does ex-nihilo mean?

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out of nothing

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What is creationism?

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God created the world in seven days

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What does it mean to have an abortion?

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removal of the foetus from the womb before it can survive outside

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what is pro-choice?

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tat the women has the right to decide what should happen to the foetus

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What is conception?

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The egg being fertilised by the sperm

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what does ‘sanctity of life’?

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all human life I sacred and a gift form God

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what is ‘quality of life’?

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how good or bad someone’s life is

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what is fertility treatment?

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artificial treatment used to help with conception when it can not be done naturally

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what is surrogacy?

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a women carrying the embryo for a women who can not carry it herself

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What is AID?

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artificial insemination by doctor

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What is AIH?

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artificial insemination by husband

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What is IVF?

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in vitro fertilisation

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What is cloning?

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direct use of something or someone to create an identical replica

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What is eugenics?

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development of certain characterises through cloning

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What is euthanasia?

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to help someone end their life I they are terminally ill

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What passive euthanasia?

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withdrawal of treatment

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What is active euthanasia?

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ending their life with something

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What is involuntary euthanasia?

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has no chose in their own death (like someone in a coma)

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What is voluntary euthanasia?

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they have the chose to end their own life

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