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28 Cards in this Set
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the moral lives and actions of people and the impact of our actions on the well-being of others
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ethics
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who we ought to become as persons
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“being”:
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Character traits, attitudes, feelings and dispositions that should define us as people and shape how we act in relation to others
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virtues
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a doctor prescribes a dose of lethal drugs to a person with a fatal illness
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Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)
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the use of certain undifferentiated cells to heal disease
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Stem cell research
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the evaluation of genes for possible diseases
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Genetic testing
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the process of reflecting on the best course of action among alternative choices
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discernment
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the goals of human life, the virtues and characteristics that ought to define us as people, and the principles that should guide our actions in concrete situations
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normative
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The state of sin which according to Christian theology characterizes all human beings as a result of Adam’s sin
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Original sin
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to rise above or go beyond the limits
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transcend
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a life in which we develop as individuals in relation to other people, God, and creation.
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flourish: “human flourishing”
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lack of feeling or emotion; lack of interest or concern
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apathetic
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principle which states “do not harm others”
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nonmaleficence
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principle which states “promote the good of others”
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beneficence
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principle which states “people should be free to choose their own way of life”
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autonomy
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the study of how human people and communities are affected by medicine, medical technologies, and the decisions we make in health care on various levels. HCE is done against the backdrop of a normative basis.
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Health Care Ethics
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one is at risk of not being seen as a person deserving of respect and loving concern
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vulnerability
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the realization that the patient is at a certain disadvantage in relating to the caregiver
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patient-caregiver relationship
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adherence to a code, a sense of fairness
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integrity
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a culture which places personal rights above all others
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Individualistic society
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a promise embodying a code of medical ethics, usually taken at the beginning of a medical career
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Hippocratic Oath
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to deprive of the power of reproduction
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sterilization
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the act or practice of killing persons who are hopelessly ill for reasons of mercy
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euthanasia
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a system under which an authority undertakes to supply needs or regulate conduct of those under its control
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paternalism
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Nazi physicians were tried for performing unethical, harmful, and sometimes fatal experiments on concentration camp victims during World War II
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Nuremberg Tribunal
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conducted by the United States Public Health Service and began around 1930 and lasted until 1972. Subjects who were poor and uninformed were victimized by a lack of information
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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a process of filtering the blood artificially and reintroducing the filtered blood back into the body
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dialysis
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antibiotic acids which are produced from molds
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penicillin
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