PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes -Relativism, W. D. Ross, Eugenics
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Conflict of interests: individual has two or more interests/obligations, both legitimate but in conflict with one another. Biomedical ethics/bioethics: study of theoretical rights/obligations in health care relationships between health care professionals and patient; and practical moral issues within these relationships. Advance directives: written statements made while patient is competent for use when no longer competent stating what medical treatments would/not be acceptable. Passive euthanasia: refusal/withdrawal of life-saving treatment to allow patient death from underlying illness/injury. Active euthanasia: direct action causing death of patients by hpcs. Physician-assisted suicide: voluntary suicide by patient committed with assistance of physician providing means. Eugenics: controlled breeding practices to improve genetic quality of offspring. Allocation: distribution of goods/services among possibilities for use. Macroallocation: whether we have a right to receive health care and if so now much; social decisions about expenditure and distribution of resources for health care. Microallocation: rationing of health care services to individuals; deciding who will obtain available resources.
