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Active euthanasia |
Conscious medical act that results in death |
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Brain death |
Cessation of bodily activity; circulatory/respiratory functions have irreversible ceased, and the brain. |
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Cloning |
Organisms are created asexually, usually from a single cell of the parent organism. |
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Coroner |
Public official who investigates & has inquests over those who die from unknown/ violent causes. |
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Emancipation minors |
Mid-to late teens who legally live outside their parents/guardians control. |
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Genetic engineering |
Manipulating DNA within cells of plants, and animals so harmful traits will be eliminated in offsprings. |
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Genetics |
Study of hereditary. Accounts for natural differences & resemblances among organisms related by descent |
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Hospice |
A facility to transition dying patients |
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Human genome project |
Begun in 1990-2000 U.S. government funded. Mapping all human Gene's |
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Living will |
Advance directive that specifies an individual's end-of-life wishes |
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Mature minors |
Mid to late teen are considered mature enough to comprehend a Mds recommendation and give informed consent |
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Medical examiner |
A Md who investigates suspicious and unexplained deaths |
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National organ transplant act |
Passed in 1984 statue that provides Grant's to qualified organ procurement organizations and established an organ procurement & transplantation network |
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Palliative care |
Treatment of a terminally I'll patients symptoms to make dying more comfortable also called comfort care |
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Parens patriae |
A legal doctrine that gives the state the authority to act in a child's best interest. |
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Passive euthanasia |
The act of allowing a patients to die naturally without medical interference |
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Safe haven laws |
Allows mother to allow mothers to abandon new borns to designated safe facilities without penalty. State law. |
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Stem cells |
Cell that have potential to become any type of body cell. |
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Terminally ill |
6 months to 1 year to live |
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Unborn victims of violence act |
"Laci & conners act" federal law(2004) prosecution of anyone who causes injury to or death of a fetus in utero |
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Vital statistics |
#'s collected for population of live births, death, fatal deaths, marriages, divorces ect. |
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Voluntary euthanasia |
Act of ending a patients life by medical means with his/hers permission |
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Wrongful discharge |
State statues that allows a person beneficiaries to correct for loss to the estate of the deceased for future earnings when a death is judged to have been die to negligence |
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Xenotransplantation |
Transplantation of animal tissues or organs into humans |
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When is it against the law to sign a death certificate |
1. Possibly due to criminal cause 2. Not attended by a physician within specificed length of time before death 3. Due to causes undetermined by the MD 4. Violence or otherwise suspicious |
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What does the DEA regulate? |
The sale & use of drugs Drug enforcement administration |
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What does FDA regulate? |
Food and drug administration Tests & approves drugs before releasing them for the public use. |
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What does OSHA regulate? |
Occupational safety & health act Written standards for health and safety in the workplace |
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What are signs a provider should be aware of to recognize possible abuse? |
Unexplained fractures, unusual placement of bruises, bite marks, extreme weight loss, unexplained venereal diseases. |
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3 or more types of elder abuse |
Physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, financial |
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What does employment-at-will mean? |
Employer or employee can end the employment at anytime for any reason |
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Points of title vii of the civil rights act and why is the act important |
Business with 15 or more employees a least 20 weeks of the year. Prevents employers from discriminating in hiring or firing on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin & prevents judges from affirmative action plans. |