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Flashcards by katie Dack, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by katie Dack
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| Question | Answer |
| what are the four types of euthanasia? | Voluntary euthanasia, non- voluntary euthanasia, active euthanasia,passive euthanasia |
| what is voluntary euthanasia? | the person wants to die and says so. for example: refusing medical treatment, asking for medical treatment to be stopped or life support machine to be turned off, refusing to eat |
| what is non-voluntary euthanasia? | the person cannot make a decision or make their wishes known. for example person is in a coma, person is too young, person has brain damage |
| what is active euthanasia? | this happens when a medic or another person deliberately acts to cause the patient to die. |
| what is passive euthanasia? | death is brought about by an omission. i.e by withdrawing or withholding treatment in order to let someone die. for example withholding or withdrawing mechanical life support, removing a feeding tube, don't give life-extending drugs |
| what would theists think about euthanasia? | theists are strongly against euthanasia, they would choose pro-life. they would believe its playing god |
| name key word/phrases to use in essays | sanctity of life, quality of life, pro-choice, pro-life, playing god, living will/advanced directive, intensive care, 'best interests of the patient', proxy, Hippocratic oath |
| quotes people have said | "were theirs life theirs hope", "my life, my pain, my death", "life is the right choice" |
| what do Christians think about euthanasia? | not all Christians have the same view. some Christians believe that euthanasia is murder. Christians believe that god doesn't promise us a life free from suffering and that shouldn't try to escape pain. |
| what influences Christians beliefs? | 1 what the bible says 2 what they think Jesus would do 3 what religious leader e.g vicars/ the pope say 4 what other Christians think |
| what did Jesus say that convinced some Christians that euthanasia is ok? for example turning off a life support machine if a patient is brain dead is agreeable | "love your neighbour as you love yourself |
| what is one of the 10 commandments that some makes some Christians think euthanasia is murder? | "thou shalt not kill" |
| name some people who thought about euthanasia but did not kill themselves or was not aloud to commit euthanasia | Christopher Reeve, Steven Hawkins, Christine Darley - Jane |
| why did Christopher Reeve not commit euthanasia? | because he loved his family and did not want to leave them behind he decided to live no matter what happened. |
| what is a hospice? | A hospice is when the terminally ill people spend their last days having fun with their family or friends. |
| what does sanctity of life mean? | it means all life is sacred and special in a holy way and therefore we should cherish it. |
| what is a advanced directive/ living will? | an advanced directive or living will is when a person chooses if they would like to commit euthanasia or stay alive through a disability or disease |
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