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Medicine and Ethics
Medicine and Ethics Values
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADVOCATE | ONE WHO PLEADS THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER; ONE WHO DEFENDS OR MANTAINS A CAUSE OR PROPOSAL |
| ALLOCATING | APPORTIONING FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR TO PARTICULAR PERSONS OR THINGS |
| ANNOTATIONS | NOTES ADDED BY WAY OF COMMENT OR EXPLANATION |
| BENEFICENCE | THE ACT OF DOING OR PRODUCING GOOD, ESPECIALLY PERFORMING ACTS OF CHARITY OF KINDNESS |
| CLINICAL TRIALS | RESERCH STUDIES THAT TEST HOW WELL NEW MEDICAL TREATMENTS OR OTHER INTERVENTIONS WORK IN THE SUBJECTS, USUALLY HUMAN BEINGS |
| DISPARITIES | MARKED DIFFERENCES OF DISTICTIONS |
| DIPOSITION | THE TENDENCY OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TO ACT IN A CERTAIN MANNER UNDER GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES |
| DUTY | OBLIGATORY TASKS, CONDUCT, SERVICE, OR FUNCTIONS THAT ARISE FROM ONE'S POSITION, AS IN LIFE OR IN A GROUP |
| EUTAHANASIA | THE ACT OR PRACTICE OF KILLING OR PERMITTING THE DEATH OF HOPELESSLY SICK OR INJURED INDIVIDUALS IN A RELATIVELY PAINLESS WAY FOR REASON OF MERCY |
| GAMETES | MATURE MALE OR FEMALE GERM CELLS, USUALLY POSSESSING A HAPLOID CHROMOSOME SET AND CAPABLE OF INITIATING FORMATION OF A NEW DIPLOID INDIVIDUAL; SEX CELL, WHETHER SPERM OR OVUM |
| GENOME | THE GENETIC MATERIAL OF AN ORGANISM |
| IDEALISM | THE PRACTICE OF FORMING IDEAS OR LIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF IDEAS |
| IMPAIRED | BEING IN A LESS THAN PERFECT OR LESS THAN WHOLE CONDITION; IT INCLUDES HAVING HANDICAPS OR FUNCTIONAL DEFECTS AND BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND/OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES |
| INFERTILE | NOT FERTILE OR PRODUCTIVE; NOT CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING |
| INTROSPECTION | AN INWARD, REFLACTIVE EXAMINATION OF ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS AND FEELING |
| JUSTICE | WITH REGARD TO MEDICAL ETHICS, THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS AND BURDENS AMONG INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS IN SOCIETY |
| NONMALEFICENCE | REFRAINING FROM THE ACT OR HARMING OR COMMITTING EVIL |
| OPINIONS | FORMAL EXPRESSIONS OF JUDGMENT OR ADVICE BY AN EXPERT; FORMAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE LEGAL REASONS AND PRINCIPLES ON WHICH A LEGAL DECISION IS BASED |
| PHILOSOPHER | A PERSON WHO SEEKS WISDOM OR ENLIGHTENMENT; AN EXPOUNDER OF A THEORY IN A CERTAIN AREA OF EXPERIENCE |
| POSTMORTEM | DONE, COLLECTED, OR OCCURRING AFTER DEATH |
| PROCUREMENT | TO GET POSSESSION OF, TO OBTAIN BY PARTICULAR CARE AND EFFORT |
| PUBLIC DOMAIN | THE REALM EMBRACING PROPERTY RIGHT THAT BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, ARE UNPROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT OR PATENT, AND ARE SUBJECT TO USE OR APPROPRIATION BY ANYONE |
| RAMIFICATIONS | CONSEQUENCES PRODUCED BY A CAUSE OR FOLLOWING FROM A SET OF CONDITIONS |
| REPARATIONS | AMENDS, ACTS OF ATONEMENT, OR SATISFACTION GIVEN AS A RESULT OF A WRONG OR INJURY |
| SOCIOLOGIC | ORIENTED OR DIRECTED TOWARD SOCIAL NEEDS AND PROBLEMS |
| SURROGATE | A SUBSTITUTE; TO PUT IN PLACE OF ANOTHER |
| UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS | CODES USED INSTEAD OF NAMES TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PATIENT IN A METHOD OF ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING |
| VERACITY | A DEVOTION TO OR CONFORMITY WITH THE TRUTH |
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