The United States is a pluralistic society that allows for
multiple positions on ethical issues
There are thousands of human genetic diseases. At least
500 of these genes are attributable to them,
cystic fibrosis
a disease that afflicts one in 3,000 Caucasians
hemophilia, a failure of blood clotting that subjects
one in 4,500 (Hemophilia A) and one in 20,000 (Hemophilia B)
Tay-Sachs disease, a genetically defective enzyme that causes retardation and early death in
one of 3,500 persons of Ashkenazic (Eastern European) Jewish ancestry
Testing for genetic information is relatively simple and just requires a DNA sample from
solid tissues, blood, saliva, or other nucleated cells.
Amniocentesis allows physicians to perform
genetic tests for defects before birth.
there are no federal regulations related to______?
human reproductive cloning,
Couples select both gender and physical traits in a baby when they undergo what form of fertility treatment.
based on a procedure called preimplantation genetic diagnosis
DNA:
an essential component of all living matter and the basic chromosomal material transmitting the hereditary pattern.
(PGD)
preimplantation genetic diagnosis
the U.S. Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, protects a woman's right to ?
privacy in a first- trimester abortion. This right to privacy allows the woman to communicate solely with her physician concerning an abortion
wrongful death
death caused by negligence
On___________ the Department of HHS provided a final draft of the Baby Doe regulations for the treatment of handicapped children. Public policy behind these regulations prevents withholding of medical care from an infant with one or more non-congenital an
April 15, 1985,
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation notes that drug therapies for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV has reduced the number of infected babies born in the United States to?
fewer than 200 per year.
An advance directive asserts an individual's right to ?
accept or refuse treatment and gives direction to relatives, friends, and medical professionals.
There are three major forms of advance directives:
living will, durable power of attorney, and health care proxy.
The Patient Self-Determination Act, enacted in ??
1990
durable power of attorney:
a document allowing the principal (the person writing the durable power of attorney) to delegate to another person the legal authority to act on the principal's behalf.
All _______states recognize some version of the __________
50 and durable power of attorney.
Michigan physician Jack Kevorkian completed??
Eight years of a 10- to 25-year prison sentence
do-not-resuscitate Orders
As a result of the treatment of cardiopulmonary arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), patients may be literally brought back to life after the traditional signs of a death have appeared. Whether CPR should be used on every patient is a question
Cardiopulmonary arrest is what???
Cessation of normal functioning of the heart and lungs.
removal of life support is??
An intentional act
It has been legally recognized that individuals have the right to make ______________________.
decisions affecting their own death.
Euthanasia is Greek for?
GOOD DEATH
Assisted Suicide is
One person making it possible for another person to commit suicide.
Euthanasia is
Mercy killing, or actively assisting someone to terminate their life at their request.
Genetic diseases are linked to a defect in
a single gene
Public policy behind these regulations prevents withholding of medical care from an infant with one or more non-congenital anomalies by defining the withholding of medical care as neglect. According to the rules___________
Baby doe regulations: if there is treatment for the condition, it must be provided.
The Patient Self-Determination Act requires health care facilities to provide written information to each adult admission regarding patient rights under state law to make decisions involving the
acceptance or refusal of medical or surgical treatment.
The Patient Self-Determination Act also requires
documentation of the patient's receipt of this information in the medical record as well as whether a patient has executed an advance directive.
Michigan physician Jack Kevorkian went to jail for ??
Second-degree murder after he administered a lethal injection into a terminal patient