Law & Ethics 9-12

Conscious medical act that results in death

Cessation of bodily activity; circulatory/respiratory functions have irreversible ceased, and the brain.

Organisms are created asexually, usually from a single cell of the parent organism.

Public official who investigates & has inquests over those who die from unknown/ violent causes.

Mid-to late teens who legally live outside their parents/guardians control.

Manipulating DNA within cells of plants, and animals so harmful traits will be eliminated in offsprings.

Study of hereditary. Accounts for natural differences & resemblances among organisms related by descent

A facility to transition dying patients

Begun in 1990-2000 U.S. government funded. Mapping all human Gene's

Advance directive that specifies an individual's end-of-life wishes

Mid to late teen are considered mature enough to comprehend a Mds recommendation and give informed consent

A Md who investigates suspicious and unexplained deaths

Passed in 1984 statue that provides Grant's to qualified organ procurement organizations and established an organ procurement & transplantation network

Treatment of a terminally I'll patients symptoms to make dying more comfortable also called comfort care

A legal doctrine that gives the state the authority to act in a child's best interest.

The act of allowing a patients to die naturally without medical interference

Allows mother to allow mothers to abandon new borns to designated safe facilities without penalty. State law.

Cell that have potential to become any type of body cell.

6 months to 1 year to live

"Laci & conners act" federal law(2004) prosecution of anyone who causes injury to or death of a fetus in utero

#'s collected for population of live births, death, fatal deaths, marriages, divorces ect.

Act of ending a patients life by medical means with his/hers permission

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

Transplantation of animal tissues or organs into humans

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

The sale & use of drugs

Drug enforcement administration

Food and drug administration

Tests & approves drugs before releasing them for the public use.

Occupational safety & health act

Written standards for health and safety in the workplace

Unexplained fractures, unusual placement of bruises, bite marks, extreme weight loss, unexplained venereal diseases.

Physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, financial

Employer or employee can end the employment at anytime for any reason

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.