ERD
Weight Loss
M or M
The Principles
Drastic Measures
100

The human person is a this of body and soul.

What is unity?

100

This virtue allows man to gain self-mastery over disordered desires for food and drink.

What is temperance?

100

Catholic bioethicists agree that surgical interventions that restore or heal are morally this.

What is permissible?

100

This principle demands we reasonably protect the entirety of the body - anatomy and function.

What is integrity?

100

The term "prophalaxis" means this?

What is prevention or preventative?

200

Patients have this and this to preserve the integrity of the human body. 

What are right and duty?

200

This non-surgical intervention discussed by Fr. Tad reduces appetite by blocking electrical signals in the abdomen. 

What is gastric pacemaker?

200

According to the ABCS, this is performed to restore or heal the patient's body?

What is plastic surgery?

200

This prinicple permits us to remove a part of the body to save the whole when certain conditions are met. 

What is totality?

200
A mastectomy removes this bodily tissue.

What is breast tissue?

300

It can be morally permissible to remove or do this to the function of one part of the body for the sake of the whole body.

What is suppress?

300

This is a reversible bariatric surgery.

What is a gastric band?

300

According to the ABCS, this is performed to enhance the patient's body. 

What is cosmetic surgery?

300

This pope affirmed the limits of totality in his encyclical letter Humanae vitae.

Who is Pope St. Paul VI?

300
A mutation of one of these two genes places a woman at higher risk of future breast cancer. 

What is BRCA 1 or 2?

400

In order to be morally permissible, there must be no other reasonable means of addressing this type of condition. 

What is pathological?

400

This surgical procedure intended for weight loss involves the surgical reconstruction of the stomach and small intestines, leaving the top of the stomach intact. 

What is roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

400

Fr. Nicanor defends certain cosmetic procedures (e.g., ear piercing and hair dyeing) if it does not cause this and is intended for a morally upright purpose. 

What is disproportionate harm?

400

This Greek philosopher wrote about the telos or purpose of the parts of the body. 

Who is Aristotle?

400

In addition to a double mastectomy, these other reproductive organs can be removed to prevent future breast cancer when certain conditions are met.

What are the fallopian tubes and ovaries?
500

The benefits expected from the procedure must be this to the burdens it imposes.

What is proportionate?

500

This is what GLP-1 stands for.

What is glucagon-like peptide-1?

500

This type of certainty can be reasonably gained, while falling short of absolute certainty.

What is prudential certainty?

500

This pope was a prolific writer on bioethical issues in the mid-20th century and discussed at length the principles discussed in this unit. 

Who is Pope Pius XII?

500

Fr. Tad gave four additional risks factors for future breast cancer. Name two of the four. 

What are (1) strong family history of breast cancer at a young age, (2) the absence of a full term pregnancy, (3) an abortion or miscarriage of the first pregnancy, and (4) a male relative who developed breast cancer?