Year 9 Keywords: Matters of Life and Death

JPS@BMS

Supernatural - Something that cannot be explained by natural laws Abortion - The removal of the foetus from the womb before it can survive on its own Death - The irreversible loss of life Double Effect - If doing something morally good has a morally bad side-effect it's ethically ok to do it providing the bad side-effect wasn't intended Euthanasia - A gentle and easy death Heaven - A place where good people are said to go when they die Hell - A place where bad people are said to go when they die Hospice - An institution that cares for terminally ill patients through management of wellbeing Near death experience - The experience of leaving your body when near death Palliative care - Treatment of physical and mental pain without curing the causes Purgatory - A place of cleansing for the soul until it can enter heaven Reincarnation - Belief that a soul is reborn in another form Death - The irreversible loss of life