Medical Ethics

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Define Abortion
the deliberate termination of a pregnancy
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Define Euthanasia
a gentle, easy death
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Define Suicide
ending your own life
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What is Involuntary euthanasia?
when the person does not have a say, e.g. in a coma. Usually, a family member would make the decision
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What is voluntary euthansia?
when someone requests to die
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What is passive euthanasia?
when you know someone is going to die but you do nothing to stop it, e.g. not giving any medication to try and prolong their life
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Define assisted suicide
when someone takes part in helping someone kill themselves
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What is AIH, AID and IVF?
Articicial Insemination by Husband, Artificial Insemination by Donor and In Vitro Fertilisation
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Define the sanctity of life
the idea that life is a precious, sacred and special gift from God
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1: All life deserves respect
Christians say that everyone is equal and are valuable to God
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2: Life is a gift from God
God is the creator of life and therefore is the only one to take it away
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3: Life should not be destroyed
goes against the 10 Commandments, "thou shall not kill"
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4: Human life is precious
Humans are made in the image of God
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5: God has a plan for all human life
God mapped out our life making is all unique
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Define stewardship
the power to look after something that does not belong to you
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Define dominion
the power to use something but not abuse it
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Define DNA cloning
where copies are made of a DNA sequence and the copies are used in many experiments
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Define reproductive cloning
where an animal is produced with the same DNA of another animal (cloned from the cell of an already existing animal)
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Define therapeutic cloning
the production of human embryos in order to gather stem cells to use in research
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a gentle, easy death

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Define Euthanasia

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ending your own life

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when the person does not have a say, e.g. in a coma. Usually, a family member would make the decision

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when someone requests to die

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