Theory/ Basic Principles
Meeting Topics
Ethics 101
History
Death
100
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character or a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
What are morals
100
A state of deep unconsciousness that lasts for a prolonged or indefinite period, caused especially by severe injury or illness
What is coma
100
The branch of philosophy related to morals, moral principle, and moral judgments
What is ethics
100
Bioethics can be traced back to this ancient Greek physician.
Who is Hippocrates
100
End-of-life care that involves a home providing care for the sick, especially the terminally ill.
What is a hospice
200
An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action or the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong
What is conscience
200
A condition in which a medical patient is completely unresponsive to psychological and physical stimuli and displays no sign of higher brain function, being kept alive only by medical intervention (PVS)
What is a Persistent Vegetative State
200
An undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
What is a stem cell
200
a female domestic sheep and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.
Who is Dolly the Sheep
200
A medical order to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) in respect of the patient's wishes
What is a DNR or do not resuscitate order
300
The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group (the patient's ability to enjoy normal life activities)
What is quality of life
300
The ability of the person to make his or her own decisions and the capacity to make an informed, un-coerced decision. This ethical principle emphasizes the right to self-determination and acknowledges a person’s right to make choices based on personal values and beliefs.
What is autonomy
300
The discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research and applications especially in medicine
What is bioethics
300
A US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers
What is HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
300
The intentional and often painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma
What is euthanasia
400
Something that is the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval. A topic that lacks consensus and often sparks debate marked especially by the expression of opposing views
What is controversial
400
This process offers the elderly and terminally ill the chance to freeze their body using preservation with liquid nitrogen in the hopes of coming back to life in the future
What is Cryogenic Freezing
400
A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones (ex: The trolley problem)
What is a dilemma
400
This organization adopted America's first Code of Ethics in 1847 (AMA)
What is the American Medical Association
400
A written document that allows a patient to give explicit instructions about medical treatment to be administered when the patient is terminally ill or permanently unconscious; also called an advance directive
What is a Living Will
500
Greatest good for the greatest number of people and the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.
What is Utilitarianism
500
A being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts or a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device (part human and part machine)
What is a cyborg
500
This branch of practical bioethics addresses ethical issues "at the bedside" and between patients, families, and health care providers and a practical discipline that provides a structured approach to assist physicians in identifying, analyzing and resolving ethical issues in clinical medicine
What are Clinical Ethics
500
A woman who suffered cardiac arrest and entered a comatose state after massive brain damage due to lack of oxygen. Her parents and husband fought a very long a publicized legal battle after her husband filed a petition to remove her feeding tube.
Who is Terri Schiavo
500
The act of a physician knowingly providing the means for a person with decision making capability to take their own life
What is physician-assisted suicide or physician-assisted death
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