Deck 10: Euthanasia Flashcards

1
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L’euthanasie

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Euthanasia, mercy killing

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Se suicider

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To commit suicide, to kill oneself

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Mettre un terme à sa vie

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To put an end to one’s life

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4
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Une tentative de suicide

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A suicide attempt

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5
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Le suicide aidé

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Assisted suicide

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6
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Le suicide médicalement assisté

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Doctor-assisted suicide

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7
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Donner son consentement

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To give one’s consent

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8
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Mourir paisiblement

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To die peacefully

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Mourir dignement

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To die with dignity

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10
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La caractère sacré de la vie

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The sacredness, the sanctity of life

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Une maladie incurable

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A terminal disease , an incurable disease

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Une maladie dégénérative

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A degenerative disease

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13
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Être en phase terminale

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To be terminally ill

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Être atteint de laisions cérébrales

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To be brain-damaged

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Des lésions cérébrales irréversibles

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Irreversible brain damage

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16
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Tomber / être dans le coma

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To fall into / be in a coma

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17
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Être dans un coma dépassé

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To be brain dead

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Être dans un état végétatif

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To be in vegetative state

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Être un fardeau pour sa famille

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To be a burden for one’s family

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20
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La paralysie

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Paralysis

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Être paraplégique, avoir les jambes paralysées

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To be paralyzed from the waist down, to be paraplegic

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Être tétraplégique, être paralysé des quatre membres

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To be paralyzed from the neck down, to be quadriplegic

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23
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Hémiplégique

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Paralyzed on one side

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Être grabataire

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To be bedridden

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Être sous assistance respiratoire
To be on life support, to be hooked up to a respirator
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Être nourri artificiellement
To be hooked up to feeding tubes
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Les soins médicaux
Medical care, health care
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Une unité de soin palliatifs
A care unit for the terminally ill
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Un médecin
A doctor
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Une infirmière
A nurse
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Un(e) aide-soignant(e)
A nursing auxiliary, a nurse’s aide
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Guérir un patient
To cure a patient
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Maintenir qqn en vie
To keep sb alive
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Prolonger la vie
To prolong life
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L’acharnement thérapeutique
Prolonging life through medical means
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La souffrance
Suffering
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La douleur
Pain
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Insupportable
Unbearable
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Douleur insoutenable
Excruciating pain
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Souffrir le martyre
To be in agony
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Douloureux / indolore
Painful / painless
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Un analgésique, un antalgique
A painkiller
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Être sous sédatifs
To be under sedation
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Prescrire des tranquillisants, des calmants
To prescribe tranquilizers
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Une ordonnance
A prescription
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Soulager la douleur
To alleviate pain, to relieve pain
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Soulagement
Relief
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Alléger les souffrances de qqn
To ease sb’s suffering
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Les soins palliatifs
Palliative treatment, palliative care
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Pratiquer l’euthanasie
To practice, carry out euthanasia
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Arrêter les soins
To stop, to withhold, to withdraw medical treatment
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Débrancher un tube d’alimentation
To disconnect a feeding tube
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Débrancher l’aide respiratoire
To turn off life support
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L’arrêt des soins
The cessation, the withdrawal of treatment
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Abréger la vie de qqn
To shorten sb’s life
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Accélérer la mort de qqn
To speed, to hasten sb’s death
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Faire une piqûre mortelle à qqn
To inject sb with a lethal substance
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Une polémique
A controversy
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Un problème controversé
A controversial, contentious issue
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L’euthanasie est une question qui divise l’opinion
Euthanasia is a divisive issue
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Être pour l’euthanasie
To be in favour of euthanasia
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Les partisans de l’euthanasie
Supporters, advocates of euthanasia
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Légaliser / dépénaliser l’euthanasie
To legalize / decriminalize euthanasia
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Être contre, s’opposer à l’euthanasie
To oppose euthanasia
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Les opposants à, les adversaires de l’euthanasie
Critics, opponents of euthanasia
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Être sur une pente dangereuse
To be on a slippery slope
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Interdire l’euthanasie
To ban, to outlaw euthanasia