Medical Ethics
- Created by: Sophie Choi
- Created on: 12-11-12 18:42
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- Medical Ethics
- Sanctity of life
- christians conclude that life is special, sacred, unique and should be protected
- Life is a gift from God and begins at the moment of conception
- The bible says: "body is the temple of the holy spirit"
- Humans have a soul
- Jesus was a human
- The bible says " you must not murder"
- God is the " giver of life" and decides when we live or die. Humans don't have the right to do this.
- Genesis says that humans are "created in the image of God"
- The bible says that "God knew each one of us before we were born"
- christians conclude that life is special, sacred, unique and should be protected
- Abortion
- Not a secure relationship
- Under age
- War
- Incorrect environment
- Mentally unfit to bring up a child
- Accident
- ****
- Not being able to afford
- pass on medical condition
- Fertility treatment
- Homosexual
- Infertile
- Single
- Illness
- Too old
- Mental health
- People with disabilities
- Cloning
- A scientific process by which cells are copied exactly, so the new cell is made up with the same DNA
- Euthanasia
- Voluntary Euthanasia
- When someone asks to end his or her life but is unable to commit suicide without help. often called 'assisted suicide'
- Involuntary Euthanasia
- When other people decide that it would be best if someone's life ends, because the person is not bale to make the decision independantly
- Active Euthanasia
- When the action is taken to bring life to an end: for example a lethal dose of drugs might be given. This is against the law.
- Passive Euthanasia
- when a decision is made to stop treatment, even death will be the result.
- Voluntary Euthanasia
- Animal Testing
- yes
- Human life is greater value than animal life
- Millions of animals are killed each year for food so if they are used for medical research it is a more worthy death
- no
- Animals ahve the same right to life as humans
- Deaths through research are necessary and are no different to murder
- When they are locked up they can experience stress
- yes
- Sanctity of life
- Abortion
- Not a secure relationship
- Under age
- War
- Incorrect environment
- Mentally unfit to bring up a child
- Accident
- ****
- Not being able to afford
- pass on medical condition
- Involuntary Euthanasia
- When other people decide that it would be best if someone's life ends, because the person is not bale to make the decision independantly
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