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| is a place of palliative care, where the elderly go to relive their suffering, but not to be cured;where they die naturally |
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| is where you die to relieve pain or suffering |
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| is as simply as saying to end life |
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| its the belif that people should have the right to control their own life,their own body and future |
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| Providing something to end someone's life an example is poison or injection |
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| it is where you withdraw medical support to end someones life; e.g. turning off a life support machine |
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| is the enjoyment of life contrast to the sanctity of life |
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| is where you keep life going |
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| it is a machine which is used to sustain someone life and to help human organs that do not function such as helping lungs to breathe |
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| there are two types of death Brain death,when the brain stops working-irreversible cardiac death, when the heart stops beating-sometimes reversible. Some people on life support machines are brain dead,but their heart and lungs are kept going by the machine. |
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| there are many beliefs on life after death in Buddism, Sikism and Hinduism,they believe in reincarnation where as in Christianity,Islam and Judaism they believe in heaven or hell. |
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| Finance(the case of the elderly) |
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| the money situation that the elderly face |
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| Problems the elderly are faced with |
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Ageism-the discrimination of the age
Finance-the elderly strugle with money as after a certain age they retire and this may lead to poverty.
Place of care after retirement: resendential homes and hospices can be expensive which can exceed their pension and result in debt. Whilst their family may not treat them well or might have small children to look after and therefore could not be able to look after their parents. |
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| the way in which someone may act on their beliefs such as the implications of sanctity of life is to looking after themselves. |
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| the way in which the elderly end work at an certain age this can mean that the elderly are in poverty and not entertained by the job they have. |
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| it is grief of someone dying or someone that has already died |
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| Contrasts/dissaprovals on the law and euthanasia |
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the law in the UK states that passive Euthanasia is acceptable.
UK law says that active euthanasia is not permitted
In Australia euthanisa is illegal |
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| its the question about right or wrong considering the subject of medical treatment |
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| there are many type of citizens in the world but in this case the elderly in society |
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| Why should the elderly be cared in Hospices |
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1.It is a place of palliative care where the elderly can go to relive their suffering
2.It stops them from needing euthanasia
3. They will be able to socialise with other people with similiar conditions/age and reduces the burden on the family as they will not have to watch their parents death |
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| The responsibility of a group for the rest of the group (e.g. familiy's responsibility for each other, church group's responsibilty, government's responsibility) |
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