BIOETHICS

RATIONALIZATION ACTIVITY 18

1. This care is given for people living with a serious illness to relieve pain and alleviate their suffering, example is
patient with terminal cancer?
A. Rehabilatative care
B. Primary care
C. Secondary care
D. Palliative care

Answer: D
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem. Associated
with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering.

2. These programs are set up to provide palliative care, abatement of pain and an environment that encourages dignity,
but they do not cure or treat intensively.
A. Palliative programs
B. Hospice programs
C. Rehabilitation programs
D. None of the above

Answer: B
Hospice programs concept has been very effective in dealing with the terminally ill. There specialize units designed to
reduce suffering and provide humane care for the dying.

3. The best known hospice in Great Britain, founded by Dr. Cicely Saunders in 1967?
A. St. Luke’s
B. St. Christopher’s
C. St. Agustin’s
D. All of the above

Answer: B
St. Christopher’s is the best known hospice in Great Britain which is founded by Dr. Cicely Saunders in 1967. In this
hospice great effort is devoted to keeping patient clean, caring for the skin, preventing bed sores, controlling nausea and
vomiting, and treating neuropsychiatric symptoms. Their rooms are cheerful, flowers are abundant and the patient
receive personalized care designed to virtually eliminate pain and suffering.

4. He is a noted ethicist and a theologian, In the situation of euthanasia he quoted that “It is harder morally to justify
letting someone die a slow and ugly death, dehumanized, than it is to justify helping him to escape from such misery.”
A. Dr. Cicely Saunders
B. Joel Feinberg
C. Christopher White
D. Joseph Fletcher

Answer: D
Joseph Fletcher is known for his theory of situation ethics, He is an ethicist and ordained Episcopal priest but later
identified himself as an atheist. Regarding euthanasia, he quoted “It is harder morally to justify letting someone die a slow
and ugly death, dehumanized, than it is to justify helping him to escape from such misery.” This is a case at least in
any code of ethics which is humanistic or personalistic, i.e., in any code of ethics which has a value system that puts
humanness and personal integrity above biological life and function.

5. Euthanasia is synonymously known as which means putting a person to death painlessly or allowing to die,
as withholding extreme medical measures a person is suffering from an incurable disease or condition?
A. Mercy killing
B. Suicide
C. Homicide
D. Killing me softly

Answer: A
Mercy killing is a painless death, or intentional ending of the life of a person suffering from an incurable or painful
disease at his or her request. Also known as euthanasia.