- A proxy decision-making standard whereby the guardian is directed to make the decision compatible with the previous wishes of the individual
- Care designed to provide relief from pain and suffering rather than cure
- Life that separates the living from the nonliving; life in this sense is not uniquely human but is that which we share with all other living things
- Bringing about the death of someone suffering from terminal illness or intractable pain without the request or consent of the individual
- Certain theories accept that there are rights, both positive and negative, that all humans have simply because they are human. These are called ______ theories.
- ________________ is a procedure in which eggs are removed from a woman and fertilized in a laboratory dish.
- The birth of Louise Brown is the first example of this technological advance
- A state characterized by a permanent eyes-open level of unconsciousness is called _____________
- The individual state in which one is accepted as having the criterion of humanity; an entity possessing moral standing, with legal rights and duties
- Ceasing therapies that prolong life so that death can occur
- A type of euthanasia in which the intent is to ease the dying process or end intractable pain
- The call for a clear and convincing evidence standard in cases of withholding or withdrawing life-saving equipment has led to the increased use of these types of documents
- A differentiation used to determine what level of care is required and what level of care is optional due to high costs, low effectiveness, or other criteria
- According to Tom Beachamp, a person has committed suicide when:
- In December 1989, the ________________ case became one of the first right-to-die cases to be heard by the Supreme Court
- The position that abortion is murder and must be stopped is known as the ___________________ position.
- In the 1973 case ___________, the Supreme court of the United States, relying on the constitutional right of privacy, legalized a woman's right to have an abortion
- The belief that abortion should be illegal as a matter of respect for the sanctity of human life
- The period during pregnancy at which a woman can feel movement of the fetus
- The belief that abortion should be legal and the individual decision a matter of personal liberty