Whether a Patient with a Fatal Cancer Should Be Subjected

question 104

Multiple Choice

Whether a patient with a fatal cancer should be subjected to aggressive treatment and whether a patient's life support machine should be turned off are issues studied in the field of

• A) psychoethics.
• B) socioethics.
• C) bioethics.
• D) medethics.

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Definitions:

Nativist Theory

A theory in psychology that suggests that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth.

Syntax

The set of rules and principles that dictate the structure of sentences in a language, including word order and sentence formation.

Semantics

The study of meaning in language, including the analysis of the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used, preventing them from seeing alternative uses.