AHS 321 Ch. 3

___________ euthanasia occurs when a person suffering an incurable disease makes the decision to die.

voluntary

The "Patient Self-Determination Act of 1980" was enacted to ensure that patients are informed of their rights to execute advanced directives and accept or __________ medical care.

refuse

The Supreme Court has ruled that there is __________.

no constitutional right to assisted suicide

The instrument or legal document that describes those treatments an individual wishes or does not wish to receive should he or she become incapacitated and unable to communicate treatment decisions is referred to as a __________.

living will

__________ are designed to provide patients through a legal document the ability to appoint health care agents to make treatment decisions in the event they become incompetent to make their own decisions.

health care proxies

__________treatment is a decision not to initiate treatment or medical intervention for the patient.

with holding

__________ of treatment occurs when the physician recognizes that the effect of treatment will be of no benefit to the patient.

futility

According to __________, every human being of adult years has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body; and the surgeon who performs an operation without his patient's consent commits an assault for which he is liable for damages.

Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act requires that the __________ administer the medications to the patient for purposes of euthanasia.

patient

___________ orders are those given by a physician indicating that in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest "no" resuscitative measures should be used to revive the patient.

DNR