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What Type of Care Involves Not Just Ceasing Medical Interventions

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What type of care involves not just ceasing medical interventions that would prolong a person's life but also taking steps that would hasten death?


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Ill-Gotten Gains

Profits or benefits acquired dishonestly or through unethical means.

Just-World Phenomenon

A cognitive bias that leads individuals to believe that the world is inherently fair, leading them to rationalize an unwarranted, good or bad situation as deserving.

Natural Disaster

Severe, catastrophic events resulting from natural processes of the Earth, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions.

Punished

The administration of a negative consequence or removal of a positive stimulus following an undesired behavior, with the intention of decreasing that behavior's occurrence in the future.

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