QUESTION 1

Ethics primarily concerns __Morality_ questions, which are questions about what is morally right or wrong and what people ought to do, as opposed to questions about what people think is right or wrong or about how people actually do behave.

QUESTION 2

Biomedical ethics or health care ethics involves theexamination of the personal moral dilemmas and the __________________________ that particularly concern the medical or health care field

QUESTION 3

_______________________ can and often do conflict with morality. There is no necessary connection between what is legal and what is right, or between what is illegal and what is wrong.

QUESTION 4

Those who believe what's called "Divine Command Theory" believe that if an action is morally wrong, then it is morally wrong solely because ______ condemns or commands against that action.

QUESTION 5

_____________is the normative ethical theory which says that our fundamental moral obligation is simply to do whatever is one's ownbest interest.

QUESTION 6

__________________________ is the normative ethical theory which holds that our fundamental moral obligation is maximize happiness and minimize suffering, all sentient creatures considered. (watch your spelling on this one!)

QUESTION 7

_______________________ is the normative ethical theory which holds that our fundamental moral obligation is never to treat others as mere means to ends, but to always others as ends-in-themselves---that is, to always respect the autonomy of others.

QUESTION 8

According to Beauchamp's Principlism, there are four moral principles that should be followed and weighed in any given situation: autonomy, justice, ____________________ , and nonmaleficence.

QUESTION 9

_________________ is consent with full (or a sufficient amount of) information about whatever procedure one is consenting to

QUESTION 10

Receiving informed consent from a person before doing something to them is an act of _____________ for that person's autonomy.

QUESTION 11

According to Bruce Jennings, the concept of ______________________ is best summed up as "I rule me, and no one else rules I".

QUESTION 12

Generally, consent can be _____________ at any time. Though once someone has clearly given their informed consent, consent can be assumed until the person expresses the desire to retract their consent.

QUESTION 13

Generally, health care professionals should be careful not to exhibit __________________, which is the view or attitude that one's own culture or way of life is superior to all others

QUESTION 14

___________________________ is the view that a person's actions are right or wrong only relative to the culture to which that person belongs.

QUESTION 15

______________________, a form of FGM, is the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting the labia minora and/or the labia majora, with or without the excision of the clitoris.

QUESTION 16

According to Beauchamp, parents who refuse lifesaving treatments for their children is a case of overreaching ____________, and health care professionals have a greater obligation to look after the child's interest.