Medical Ethics Key Words 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophy and ethicsGCSEOCR Created by: lucybarberCreated on: 02-05-16 15:22 ABORTION Termination of pregnancy in order to kill a foetus. 1 of 27 ACTIVE EUTHANASIA Deliberately choosing to end a persons life. 2 of 27 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means. 3 of 27 ASSISTED SUICIDE Aiding a seriously ill person to kill themselves who would not otherwise be able to. 4 of 27 CLONING To make an identical copy of something. 5 of 27 CONCEPTION The action of conceiving a child. 6 of 27 DIGNITAS A Swiss group that helps people with severe or terminal illnesses to die with the help of doctors and nurses. 7 of 27 DIGNITY The state of being worthy of honour and respect. 8 of 27 DOMINION Having power or authority over something, to overrule it. 9 of 27 EMBRYO A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception. 10 of 27 ENSOULMENT To gain a soul. 11 of 27 EUTHANASIA The painless killing of someone dying from an incurable, painful illness or an irreversible coma. 12 of 27 FERTILITY TREATMENT The use of medical techniques to improve the chance of conceiving a child. 13 of 27 INFERTILITY Not being able to have children. 14 of 27 IVF - IN-VITRO FERTILISATION The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube. 15 of 27 MEDICAL RESEARCH Research to aid and support the development of knowledge in medicine. 16 of 27 NON-VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so. 17 of 27 PASSIVE EUTHANASIA Allowing a person to die by stopping medical treatment. 18 of 27 PERSONHOOD The quality of being an individual person. 19 of 27 QUALITY OF LIFE The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living. 20 of 27 RIGHT TO DEATH The belief that people should have the freedom to choose to die. 21 of 27 RIGHT TO LIFE The belief that people should be allowed to live and should not have their life taken away form them. 22 of 27 SANCTITY OF LIFE The belief that life is holy and belongs to God. 23 of 27 STEWARDSHIP Looking after something so that it can be passed on to the next generation. 24 of 27 SUICIDE Killing yourself intentionally. 25 of 27 SURROGACY An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman. 26 of 27 VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA Ending life painlessly when someone dying from an incurable, painless illness asks for death. 27 of 27
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