Stage1: Denial, Stage2: Anger, Stage3: Bargaining, Stage4: Depression, Stage5: Acceptance

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Allows individuals to donate their bodies or body parts, after death, for use in transplant surgery, tissue banks, or medical research or education.

National Organ Transplant Act

a federal law that provides grants to qualified organ procurement organizations and established an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

the practice of intentionally ending a person's life to relieve them from unbearable suffering, typically when there is no hope for recovery

withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to allow a patient to die naturally

the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering

Involuntary euthanasia

the act of ending a person's life without their consent

Right-to-Die Movement

Currently, eight states and D.C. have Death with Dignity laws

Services for patients with terminal illness and their families

Treatment of a patient’s symptoms to make dying more comfortable; also called comfort care

Treatment directed towards curing a patient’s disease

Do-not-resuscitate order

Order written at the request of patients or their authorized representatives that cardiopulmonary resuscitation not be used to sustain life in a medical crisis

Health care power of attorney

legal document that specifically identifies a person to take responsibility for a patient’s health care decisions when the patient is not able to do so

Durable power of attorney

An advance directive that confers upon a designee the authority to make a variety of legal decisions on behalf of the grantor, usually including health care decisions

An advance directive that specifies an individual’s end-of-life wishes

Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

requires providers to ask patients if they have advance directives.

Postmortem examination determines cause of death and/or obtains physiological evidence when necessary.

Deep stupor from which the patient cannot be roused by external stimuli

Persistent vegetative state

Severe mental impairment with irreversible cessation of higher functions of the brain, most often caused by damage to the cerebral cortex

Uniform Determination of Death Act

Proposed by the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical Research in 1981

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Chap 12 Med ethics

Term	Definition
5 stages of grief	Stage1: Denial, Stage2: Anger, Stage3: Bargaining, Stage4: Depression, Stage5: Acceptance
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act	Allows individuals to donate their bodies or body parts, after death, for use in transplant surgery, tissue banks, or medical research or education.
National Organ Transplant Act	a federal law that provides grants to qualified organ procurement organizations and established an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
Active euthanasia	the practice of intentionally ending a person's life to relieve them from unbearable suffering, typically when there is no hope for recovery
Passive euthanasia	withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to allow a patient to die naturally
Voluntary euthanasia	the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering
Involuntary euthanasia	the act of ending a person's life without their consent
Right-to-Die Movement	Currently, eight states and D.C. have Death with Dignity laws
Hospice	Services for patients with terminal illness and their families
Palliative care	Treatment of a patient’s symptoms to make dying more comfortable; also called comfort care
Curative care	Treatment directed towards curing a patient’s disease
Do-not-resuscitate order	Order written at the request of patients or their authorized representatives that cardiopulmonary resuscitation not be used to sustain life in a medical crisis
Health care power of attorney	legal document that specifically identifies a person to take responsibility for a patient’s health care decisions when the patient is not able to do so
Durable power of attorney	An advance directive that confers upon a designee the authority to make a variety of legal decisions on behalf of the grantor, usually including health care decisions
Living will	An advance directive that specifies an individual’s end-of-life wishes
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)	requires providers to ask patients if they have advance directives.
Autopsy	Postmortem examination determines cause of death and/or obtains physiological evidence when necessary.
Coma	Deep stupor from which the patient cannot be roused by external stimuli
Persistent vegetative state	Severe mental impairment with irreversible cessation of higher functions of the brain, most often caused by damage to the cerebral cortex
Uniform Determination of Death Act	Proposed by the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical Research in 1981

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