Summary: Ch 20
- This + 400k other summaries
- A unique study and practice tool
- Never study anything twice again
- Get the grades you hope for
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
Read the summary and the most important questions on Ch 20
-
1 Ch 20
This is a preview. There are 41 more flashcards available for chapter 1
Show more cards here -
Components comprising the death system include
people
place/ contexts
times
objects
symbols -
Death system to the ancient greeks
to live a full life and die with glory -
Life expectancy in the 1900s
47 years old -
When all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specific period of time
Brain death -
A flat EEG reading for a period of time means
brain death -
includes both higher cortical functions and the lower brain-stem functions
brain death -
A legal document that reflects the patients advance care planning
living will -
States whether life-sustaining procedures should or should not be used to prolong the life of an individual when death is imminent
Advance directive -
The act of painlessly ending the lives of persons who are suffering from incurable diseases; mercy killing
Euthanasia -
The withholding of available treatments in order to allow someone to die
Passive euthanasia
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding