Exam 16: End of Life Issues

A ___________ permits one individual, known as the "principal," to give to another person, called the "attorney-in-fact," the authority to act on his or her behalf.

___________ is the legal mechanism by which a court declares a person incompetent and appoints a person to act in his/her best interests

Federal regulations require hospital-based researchers to obtain the approval of a(n) ___________ prior to conducting clinical trials.

The act or practice of painlessly putting to death a person suffering from an incurable condition is ___________.

In order for courts to determine that an incompetent person desired to decline extraordinary medical care, that desire would be best served if the patient ___________.

Withdrawal of treatment should be considered ___________.

In a case where a new drug of unknown effectiveness was administered to a patient at a navy medical center despite other known and effective drugs being available and injury resulted, the navy was held liable because ____________.

Dr. ___________ claims to have assisted in the suicides of 130 patients who had suffered tormenting pain for years.

The ___________ held in June 1990 that the U.S. Constitution does not forbid Missouri from requiring that there be clear and convincing evidence of an incompetent's wishes as to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment before removing such treatment.

___________ are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions they want taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make healthcare decisions as a result of illness or incapacity.

The cases dealing with euthanasia lead to the public, courts, and religious groups wanting to know the legal definition of death. In 1974, the AMA accepted death as ___________.

In the Florida Terry Schiavo case, where the patient had no "living will" and was in a persistent vegetative state, her spouse/guardian had her feeding tubes removed against her parents' wishes and the state took their side. The final outcome of the case emphasizes ___________.

Once a ___________ is executed by a competent patient and filed with the hospital, it will allow the hospital to withdraw life support from a patient who falls into an irreversible coma.

_____________ are genes or DNA sequences with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify specific cells and diseases, as well as individuals and species.

The ___________ of 1990 provides that patients have a right to formulate advance directives and to make decisions regarding their health care.

Physician assisted death is an example of ___________.

The In re Quinlan case was so significant because

The number of people who will die this year due to lack of organ donations is estimated to be ___________.

Euthanasia originated from the Greek word euthanatos, meaning ___________.

The ___________ strives to provide viable alternatives that will lead to the optimal resolution of many difficult dilemmas facing patients, including end-of-life issues.