The Ethics Committee of a Hospital Serves in an Advisory

question 4

Multiple Choice

The ethics committee of a hospital serves in an advisory capacity to patients,families,and staff to

• A)decide who gets donated organs.
• B)review difficult ethical issues.
• C)determine when care will be discontinued.
• D)all of the above.

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Definitions:

Pacemaker

An electronic medical device implanted in the chest to regulate the heartbeat, used in conditions where the heart's natural rhythm is too slow.

Atria

The atria are the two upper chambers of the heart, responsible for receiving blood from the veins and pumping it into the ventricles, which then circulate it to the lungs and the rest of the body.

Ventricles

Hollow chambers within the brain that produce cerebrospinal fluid, or within the heart that pump blood throughout the body.

ECG

An abbreviation for Electrocardiogram, a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart to show whether it is working normally.