Medical Ethics - Key Words
- Created by: Aniqa101
- Created on: 21-03-15 14:42
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- Medical Ethics
- Sanctity of Life
- The belief that life is holy or sacred, it belongs to God and is a gift which should be protected
- Cloning
- The act of making an exact genetic replica of a living being
- Abortion
- The ending of a pregnancy through unnatural means before the birth of the baby
- IVF
- Taking an egg and sperm combining them in a lab and placing the fertilised egg into the woman
- Suicide
- The act of a person willingly ending their own life
- Pro-Life
- Life should be preserved at all costs
- Euthanasia
- Active
- Someone physically takes an action to end a life
- Passive
- The person will die naturally, but is kept alive by artificial means, what is keeping her alive is stopped
- The taking of your own life with the assistance of another when terminally ill
- Active
- Pro-Choice
- Mothers choice whether she chooses to have an abortion
- Animal Testing
- Experiments on animals
- Sanctity of Life
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