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What is bioethics
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-application of ethics to the field of medicine
-blends law, philosophy, and medicine |
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Main Questions of bioethics
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-What is right or good thing to do?
-What are our obligations to one another? |
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Gamete
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haploid sex cell
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Fertilization
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fushion of egg and sperm
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Zygote
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Fertillized egg
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Diploid
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2 sets of chromosomes
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Haploid
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1 set of chromosomes
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Embryogenesis
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cell division and differentiation from the moment of conception through the 8th week
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Meiosis
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process of producing sex cells
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Mitosis
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process of producing identical daughter cells for growth and tissue repair
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Medical Abortions
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1st trimester
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Surgical Abortions
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2nd and 3rd trimester. invasive techniques used
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Utilitarianism
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the ends justify the means. and actions are judged on the results not on motives or intentions
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Kantian Ethics
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the motive is the most important factor in determining what is ethical.
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Nurture VS nature
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Genes
environment |
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Genetic Disease
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Sickle Cell
PKU Cystic Fibrosis Achrondoplasia Progeria Albinism |
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Gene Therapy/ Gene Engineering
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Positive vs Negative Therapy
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Eugenics
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the use of genetics to improve the human race
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In vivo
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within a living organism
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In vitro
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within an artificial medium outside a living organism
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Surrogate Mother
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pregnant woman who intends to relinquish child after birth
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Traditional surrogacy
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surrogate is pregnant with her own biological child
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gestational surrogacy
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surrogate becomes oregnant via embryo transfer
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Embryo Cloning
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duplicates the process that nature uses to produce twins or triplets
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Adult DNA cloning
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intended to produce a duplicate of an animal
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Theraputic Cloning
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Stem cells are used to produce tissue to create a organ
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