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Medical ethics

Overview:

This unit focuses on hard-hitting medical moral dilemmas that pitch life-limiting sacrifices for faith and belief-based reasoning. Will it ever be acceptable for humans to refuse life-saving treatment? Human responsibilities for themselves and others will be put under the microscope.

Keywords:

Morality

Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.

Mindfulness

A mental state that is achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, that is used as a therapeutic technique.

Blood transfusion

An injection of a volume of blood, previously taken from a healthy person, into a patient.

External link:

BBC Bitesize | Religious Studies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zh3rkqt