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Medical ethics Flashcards

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What is IVF

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IN VITRO FERTILISATION is when a sperm and an egg are put together in a test tube until an embryo is formed

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What is pro life

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For life, and completely against abortion

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What is pro choice

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When the choice to abort a foetus is the mothers only

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Define the term abortion

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The deliberate expulsion of a foetus from the uterus

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What is AID

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Artificial insemination by doner

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What is AIH

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Artificial insemination by husband

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Define the term dominion

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Having authority over something (to rule over)

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What is stewerdship

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To look after something or take care of it

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What is suicide

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The intentional ending of your own life

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What is the definition of euthanasia

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Helping somebody who has a terminal illness die an easy and merciful death

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Name two purposes of sex for Christians

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To create children (old fashioned)

Binds the couple together s they become ‘one flesh’

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State a quote relating to adultery

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Do not commit adultery

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13
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Name three methods of contraception

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Condoms
Morning after pill
Cool

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14
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Define contraception

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The deliberate prevention of pregnancy

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What is procreation

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That sex is only for creating children

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Name two reasons for contraception and two against

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For

People may not want to have children
Stop teenage pregnancies

Against
Christians believe that it defeats the whole purpose of sex and stops sex being special
Not always effective

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What is chastity

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Vowing not to have Dec until marriage

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What is abstinence

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To stop doing something you enjoy

19
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What is celibacy

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Vowing not to ever have sex (nuns and monks)

20
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What is an ectopic pregnancy

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Where the foetus grows in the Fallopian tubes rather that in the womb

21
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Name two reasons why the Church of England might consider abortion

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The child would have a low quality of life

The mother was raped

22
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What is the double effect

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Where doing something morally good has a morally bad side effect. E.g saving the mothers life but aborting the foetus

23
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When is abortion allowed up to

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24 weeks

24
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What do the Roman Catholics think about abortion

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That is is murder because we were all made in gods image

25
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Name 2 things that Christians believe about fertility treatment

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That it should be encourage because it brings so much happiness to people

That it is bad because God decides whether people should have children or not, ‘God closed Hannah’s womb’

26
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What is cloning

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The making of a replica

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What is therapeutic cloning

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Where single cells are taken from a person or an embryo and reprogrammed to create stem cells that can be used for medical treatments

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What is reproductive cloning

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Cloning which creates offspring

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Why are some Christians against cloning

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Because it is unnatural and tampering with life -‘we should not play God’

30
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What is a sin

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An act that goes against gods wishes

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What is meant by suffering

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Physical, mental or spiritual pain

32
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Why nigh Christians be against suicide

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God chooses when people are born and when they die

‘The body is a temple of the Holy Spirit’ meaning that the body should be treated as a place where God lives and should be respected

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What is voluntary euthanasia

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When somebody asks to end their life but is unable to commit suicide without help

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What is involuntary euthanasia

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When other people decide that it would be best to end somebody’s life

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What is active euthanasia

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When an action is taken to bring a life to an end, eg a lethal dose of drugs

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What is passive euthanasia

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When a decision is made to stop any treatment in order to let the person die, eg stop medication

37
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Name two reasons why animal testing may be used

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For cosmetics

For new medicine

38
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Why would some Christians be against animal testing

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Because God told Noah to save the animals, meaning that hey are important and should not be hurt

39
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What is meant by the term ‘sanctity of life’

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The belief that there is something special or sacred about life

40
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What do humanist think about abortion

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They believe that the further along the pregnancy, the more unacceptable it is to carry out an abortion because the foetus becomes more human like. Meaning that they deserve human rights

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What do humanist think about fertility treatment

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They think that it is good because it would improve people’s quality of life

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What do humanist think about cloning

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They think that it is a slippery slope because it could get out of hand and we could soon be creating our own babies

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What do humanist think about suicide and euthanasia

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They think that we should consider the persons quality of life rather than the right to life and support them in their decision

44
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What do humanist think about animal testing

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They be olive that Charles Darwins theory of evolution shows how some animals are so alike to humans,back their is a very fine line between testing on animals and testing in humans

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