The end of life, which can be determined in different ways. Medical definition is when the brain stops functioning
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Non-voluntary euthaniasia
The person is too ill or unable to ask for help to end their life but it is believed to be their wish or is in their best interests.
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Involuntary euthanasia
This refers to the practice used in Nazi Germany where a person is not asked or no consideration is given to what would be in their best interests
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Active euthanasia
when the dying person is killed to put them out of pain. What is done ends their life - their illness does not kill them
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Ageism
Prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
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euthanasia
Mercy killing. Bringing about a painless death for someone who is suffereing a terminal illness or who has a quality of life they cannot bear. Done out of loving kindness
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Passive euthanasia
when the dying person is allowed to die through taking away medical support they have - the illness is allowed to kill them e.g stopping the drugs that help keep them alive
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Life support machines
keeping someone slive by artificial means using a machine e.g a respirator which breathes for someone, a dyalysis machine for feeding someone through a tube directly to the stomach
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hospice
A home for the dying. People may go there to die or when they have a terminal illness for respite care to give their families a rest
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Quality Of Life
A description of how good someones life is
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sanctity of life
the idea that life is sacred and god-given
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Terminally ill
a person has an illness that will kill them - doctors are unable to make them better
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palliative care
giving someone who is terminally ill effective pain relief from their illness to allow them to have as much quality of life as possible
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respite care
when the carer of a person who is terminally ill or seriously disabled is given a holiday/break from caring for their relative
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bereavement/ bereaved
the word used to describe people who have recently had a relative who has died
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extended family
where several generations of the same family live together in the same house of very nearby
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care home
where elderly people can live in a community and they can be looked after usually because they have become too frail to live on their own at home
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nursing home
where mainly elderly people can live and have their medical needs looked after by nurses. Costs more because the person needs more care
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nuclear family
where parents and children live together in the same house
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The end of life, which can be determined in different ways. Medical definition is when the brain stops functioning
Back
Death
Card 3
Front
The person is too ill or unable to ask for help to end their life but it is believed to be their wish or is in their best interests.
Back
Card 4
Front
This refers to the practice used in Nazi Germany where a person is not asked or no consideration is given to what would be in their best interests
Back
Card 5
Front
when the dying person is killed to put them out of pain. What is done ends their life - their illness does not kill them
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