Medical Ethics Key Words

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  • Created by: Jinesha
  • Created on: 29-03-15 12:45
Medical research
Scientific experiments that are carried out to help find cures for disease
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Palliative Care
Treatment given to a terminally-ill patient to ease their pain
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Euthanasia
'A gentle or easy death' - when someone is killed to ease their pain
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Sanctity of Life
Life is holy/sacred and belongs to god
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Doctrine of Double Effect
The belief that abortion is only considered acceptable if it is a side effect of another operation designed to save the mother's life, eg. removal of a cancerous womb
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IVF
In vitro fertilisation - when an egg is fertilised by a sperm in a laboratory before being inserted into the woman
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Voluntary Euthanasia
A person in pain asks a doctor to end his/her life painlessly
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Involuntary Euthanasia
Ending someone's life painlessly when they are not able to ask for themselves (eg. in a coma) but a relative makes that request on their behalf
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Passive Euthanasia
Medical assistance is taken away, eg. a life support machine is switched off, or medication is no longer given. This is legal in the UK
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Active Euthanasia
Something is actively 'given' to the patient to speed up death, eg. a lethal injection. This is illegal in the UK
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Animal Research
Experiments on animals used mainly to help find cures for many human medical conditions and sometimes used to test the safety of products for human use, eg. cosmetics
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Treatment given to a terminally-ill patient to ease their pain

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Palliative Care

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'A gentle or easy death' - when someone is killed to ease their pain

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Card 4

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Life is holy/sacred and belongs to god

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Card 5

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The belief that abortion is only considered acceptable if it is a side effect of another operation designed to save the mother's life, eg. removal of a cancerous womb

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