HEIT 1020 - Bell Ringer Week 7

The study of ethical issues resulting from technologic and scientific advances is called _____.

• biethics

• eugenics

• medical technology

• the scientific method

The effort to improve the human species through control of hereditary factors is called _____.

• eugenics

• euthanasia

• genetics

• surrogacy

An advanced directive is best described as a document that _____.

• advises heirs as to a patient’s desires regarding making endowments to hospitals

• describes treatment a patient wishes to have or not have in case of incapacitation

• orders the disbursement of an estate after death, similar to a power of attorney

• results in a requirement that the patient’s last will and testament be probated

The difference between a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care is that a _________.

• durable power of attorney designates specific treatments that should be held or withheld in the event a patient becomes incapacitated

• durable power of attorney and living will are both executed by the family after the patient becomes incapacitated, determining the surrogate decision maker

• living will designates treatment, while a durable power of attorney designates a surrogate decision maker

• living will is executed while the patient is competent and designates a person who makes decisions in the event he is incapacitated

Euthanasia is the act or practice of causing death painlessly, with the aim to end suffering. Which act is associated with passive euthanasia?

• DNR order

• Initiating the dying process

• Withdrawing treatment

• Withholding treatment