Rs: Medical Ethics Flashcards
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Euthanasia
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Literally “good death” also known as a mercy killer or assisted suicide, when a person is helped to die
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Medical ethics
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Issues of right and wrong regarding medicine and health care
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Hospice
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A hospital for care of terminal ill patients
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Chronic illness
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An illness that causes extreme and constant pain but that does not in itself kill the patient
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Palliative care
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Medical care focused on making the patient comfortable rather than on curing them, usually given to dying patients
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Surrogacy
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Having a child for a woman who is unable to have her own
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Embryology
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Testing human embryos for medical research
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Sanctity of life
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The idea that Ll human life is sacred to god
