Exam 9: Decisions at the End of Life

Explain the court's decision regarding Elizabeth Bouvia.

Match each item to the definition listed below -The individual state in which one is accepted as having the criterion of humanity; an entity possessing moral standing, with legal rights and duties

Periodically in the papers, one reads about a patient who had been in a vegetative state for years, miraculously awakening, summoning family, talking, etc. These seemingly miraculous cures, when all hope for benefit was considered lost, are often used to argue against the use of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia especially for patients in long-term vegetative states. In an essay, respond to the argument that one should not consider active euthanasia based on the fact that a cure could be found, or that somewhere someone had a miraculous recovery.

Match each item to the definition listed below -Life that is uniquely human, as defined by memories, relationships, desires, plans, sense of self?

Match each item to the definition listed below -Care designed to provide relief from pain and suffering rather than cure?

The court's decision in the Nancy Cruzan case, which called for clear and convincing evidence in regard to patient choice in these matters has resulted in the increased use of ____________________.

Care that is considered optional due to high costs, low effectiveness, or other criteria is considered ______________.

Following the Baby Doe case, a hotline was set up to take calls from individuals who felt that a handicapped infant was receiving less than ____________________ medical care.

A state characterized by a permanent eyes-open level of unconsciousness is called _______________.

A __________________ goes into effect only if a patient is terminally ill and death is imminent.

In which of the following cases did the New Jersey Supreme court rule that the state has no right to order respiratory support to be continued??

Bringing about the death of someone suffering from terminal illness or intractable pain without the request or consent of the individual is called ____________________.

Differentiate between "life" as defined in either a biological or biographical sense.

Match each item to the definition listed below -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.?

Match each item to the definition listed below -A type of euthanasia in which the intent is to ease the dying process or end intractable pain

In some nations the organs of executed prisoners are routinely harvested and made available for transplants. Defend or refute this practice using an acceptable ethical argument.

When we speak of life in the sense of relationships, dreams, and expectations for the future, we are speaking of ____________________.

Life that separates the living from the nonliving (e.g., that separates plants from rocks) is termed ____________________.

Discuss the two major arguments for the practice of euthanasia.

Defend or refute a "communitarian" approach for the acquisition of human organs for transplants, where organs are routinely harvested unless a conscientious objection has been registered.