Bioethics Flashcards
(20 cards)
- Bot G.E.M. Anscombe and Tad Pacholczyk agree that withholding nutrition from a paitent is ethically wrong.
True
- There are no medical circumstances where the withholding of feeding tubes can be considered ethically necessary
False
- Tad Pacholczyk states that death should be the result of ________.
pathological condition
Brain death and PVS are defines as one and the same
False
Which of the following should a person suffering from PVS not be considered for?
Organ Transplant
Euthanasia comes from the Latin word meaning “quite death”
False
A term that refers to an act by which one aids another in ending their life is called assisted suice
True
_____ euthanasia refers to an action to end a life by means such as lethal injection
Active
Frank Pavone states that the right to euthanasia will eventually lead to ____ euthanasia
non-voluntary
John Paul II speaks of euthanasia as the “death of true freedom” in his work _____
Evangelium Vitae
The writer of the Terri Schiavo report states that he believed her death violated this federal law.
Americans with Disabilites Act
According to the author in the previous question (Terri Schiavo) starvation as a means of death is painful
True
The write about the Schiavo situation stated that there has never been anyone who has awakened from PVS
False
Dr. John Haas argued that all forms of stem cell research are unethical
False
Haas states that there is no ethical jurisdiction for scientific research that “____ human life”
Destroys
The Pontifical Academy for Life’s statement on human cloning quotes Hana Jona”s’ observation that such cloning is both “despotic” and “slavish
True
Which of the following ethical arguments concerning human cloning are advanced by the pontifical academy for life?
ALL OF THE ABOVE: (women are exploited, artificial wombs can be created, the clone is a “copy” and lacks dignity)
The Pontifical Academy for Life stated that _____ human cloning is a moral duty
Halting
The Pontifical Academy for Life observed that the “death of God” will lead to the “death of ____”
Mean
_____ believed that doctors should seek to educate their patients about their medial tratement.
Plato
