re and medicine

Question	Answer
abortion	choosing to end a pregnancy removing the foetus. if a mothers life is at risk she may decide to have an abortion rather than die
artificial insemination	the sperm is put in a women's cervix it may be her partners sperm or a donors. if a man is having cancer treatment he may have sperm frozen for a later date
assisted suicide	helping someone take their own life. Illegal in the uk
canon Andrew white	refused embryo stem cell treatment for his illness. a doctor in Iraq pioneered ethical stem cells using a persons own stem cells
conception	the moment the sperm fertilises the egg
egg donation	an egg is donated and in-vitro fertilisation is used. this is a treatment for infertility.
embryo donation	both egg and sperm come from donors and iv-vitro fertilisation is used. this is a treatment for infetility
embryology	biological study of embryos. this has lead to fertility and other treatments
Hippocratic oath	a promise made by doctors to preserve life. doctors promise to look after people
IVF in-vitro fertilisation	the egg is fertilised outside the womb. a way of enabling fertilisation if its not appropriate inside the womb
voluntary euthanasia	mercy killing. if someone is suffering and can communicate that they want help dying
non-voluntary euthanasia	mercy killing. if someone is suffering and can't communicate that they want help dying

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	Created by Nicolas Merriman about 9 years ago