Medicine- R.E

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Conscience
'inner voice'. sense of what's right and wrong
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Free will
everyone responsible for their actions. we have free choices in life
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Hippocratic Oath
promising to preserve life at all costs
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Medical ethics
code of conduct in identifying what is good medicine or treatment
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Quality of life
when a person feels of value and capable of contributing to life
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Sanctity of life
life in all forms is sacred
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abortion
termination of an unborn foetus
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ensoulment
moment when a foetus gains a foul
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cloning
make an identical copy
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surrogacy
carrying an unborn child throughout pregnancy
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IVF
egg removed from woman and joined with a sperm cell in test tube
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genetic engineering
altering characteristics by changing its genetic code
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doctrine of double effect
doctor gives drugs to patient to stop distressing symptoms, although it may shorten life
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euthanasia
easy death. painless killing of patient
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transplant
take tissue/organ and implant in another body
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everyone responsible for their actions. we have free choices in life

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Free will

Card 3

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promising to preserve life at all costs

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Card 4

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code of conduct in identifying what is good medicine or treatment

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Card 5

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when a person feels of value and capable of contributing to life

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