| D007258 |
Informed Consent |
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment. |
Consent, Informed |
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| D012151 |
Resuscitation |
The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
Resuscitations |
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| D004992 |
Ethics, Medical |
The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families. |
Medical Ethics |
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| D005065 |
Euthanasia |
The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed) |
Mercy Killing,Killing, Mercy,Killings, Mercy,Mercy Killings |
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| D005066 |
Euthanasia, Passive |
Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment. |
Allowing to Die,Euthanasia, Negative,Negative Euthanasia,Passive Euthanasia |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D012297 |
Right to Die |
The right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patient's dying. |
Death with Dignity,Dignity, Death with |
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| D013405 |
Suicide |
The act of killing oneself. |
Suicides |
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| D013727 |
Terminal Care |
Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness. |
End-Of-Life Care,End of Life Care,Care, End-Of-Life,Care, Terminal,End-Of-Life Cares |
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| D018570 |
Risk Assessment |
The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988) |
Assessment, Risk,Benefit-Risk Assessment,Risk Analysis,Risk-Benefit Assessment,Health Risk Assessment,Risks and Benefits,Analysis, Risk,Assessment, Benefit-Risk,Assessment, Health Risk,Assessment, Risk-Benefit,Benefit Risk Assessment,Benefit-Risk Assessments,Benefits and Risks,Health Risk Assessments,Risk Analyses,Risk Assessment, Health,Risk Assessments,Risk Benefit Assessment,Risk-Benefit Assessments |
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