Medical Ethics - created from Mind Map

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Sanctity of life

Abortion

Fertility Treatment.

Cloning

Euthanasia

All life is sacred.

All people are precious gifts from God.

Every person is of equal worth to God.

A persons age, health or ability does not determine their valuable to God.

Life should be treated with the most respect.

Honor God through their bodies and how they live their lives.

God gives life.

"Before I formed in the womb I knew you."

"You knit me together in my mother's womb."

"Do not murder."

"Your yourself are God's temple."

Catholics believe life begins at contraception. To harm the embryo/ fetus would be classed as murder.

Church of England believe life begins at birth.

This is an act of worship to God.

Therefore he will guide people if they have faith in Him.

Pro-life.

Pro-choice

Deliberate abortion is not right.

Abortion goes against "Do not murder."

Life begins at conception.

We should not interfere with life which is God'd creation

Foetus has the right to life.

Adoption is the better option if there is an unwanted baby.

Roman Catholics.

Only if the mothers life is at risk.

"You knit me together."

Abortion is acceptable under curtain circumstances.

Sanctity of Life suggests the mother' life is more sacred.

The principal of Agape teaches Christians to have unconditional love.

"Treat others how you'd like to be treated".

A women has the right to choose.

Church Of England.

Sometimes the best thing to do is have an abortion- depending on the home situation.

People who have abortions should be supported.

IVF (In Virto Fertilisation)

AID (Artificial Insemination of Donor)

AIH (Artificial Insemination by Husband)

Surrogacy

Roman Catholic Church

Conception of the human embryo out side of the mothers body.

Anonymous donor used to provide sperm or eggs.

IVF is not acceptable because embryos are alive and then disposed of.

AID and Surrogacy are not acceptable. They both introduce someone new to the relationhip.

Some say AIH is acceptable because it uses insemination from the husband. Others say it is wrong because it is not natural conception.

It is said God "closed" Hannah's womb, it was God's plan.

Adoption is a better alternative.

6th commandment "Do not murder".

"Do not commit adultary"

Reproductive Cloning.

Therapeutic Cloning.

Roman Catholic Church

Church of England

Producing an animal that ha exactly the same DNA as another animal.

Human embryos are used to gather stem cells that can be used for research.

Embryos are then destroyed before foetal stage.

Reproductive is unatural.

Therapeutic is immoral.

It is like "playing God".

New life is created to harvest DNA and is then killed to remove stem cells.

"Do not murder"

Therapeutic can be seen as ethical as it does not result in the embryo being destroyed.

Some see it as unnatural.

When a terminally ill person chooses to end their life as they feel they have the right to do so a it is their body.

Voluntary; when a terminally ill person asks another to help them die.

Involuntary; where a person is unable to make the decision (it is made for them by family/medical staff).

Action; where action is taken to end a terminally ill persons life (e.g. given drugs, food is stopped).

Passive; where action is taken to remove something keeping a terminally ill person alive artificially (e.g. the turning off of the life support).

Assisted suicide; where the means to commit suicide are given to a terminally ill person (e.g. placing drugs in their reach).

Reg Crew- travelled to Switzerland to be helped to die.

Illegal in the UK.

Roman Catholic Church

Church of England

Life is sacred.

Goes against "do not murder".

God created life, therefore it is not up to us to take it.

Many people suffer and manage meanwhile alive though keeping faith.

The principle of "Double Effect" is acceptable. (e.g. when medicine is used to relieve pain, but the side effects speed up their death.)

Are against Euthanasia, prefer hospices.

"Never will I leave you, never will I abandon you".

We should focus more on the quality of life, rather than the sanctity of life.

Sometimes the most loving thing.

Humans were given "dominion".

"Treat others the way you'd like to be treated".