LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
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THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006
SO 3951 – BIO-MEDICAL ETHICS AND LAW
Date & Time : 30-10-2006/9.00-12.00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Part-A
Answer all the questions in 30 words each: ( 2X10 = 20 Marks)
- What is teleological ethics?
- What is consequentialism?
- What are the three dimensions of persons to consider in treatment?
- What is health according to WHO?
- What are the three models of nature? Give an explanation of each in a line or two.
- What do you know about Euthenics and Eugenics?
- What is active Euthanasia?
- What is soft paternalism?
- Explain Paternalism.
- What is medicine?
Part – B
Answer any five questions from the following in 300 words each: (5X8=40 Marks)
- How do you connect the principle of the subjective benefit of the patient with the principle of beneficence and the definition of medicine?
- What are the technological, scientific, ethical, commercial, and legal challenges against health care and medicine?
- When can one forego hydration, nutrition, and treatment? Explain?
- Discuss the concept of abortion as enunciated by various schools of thought?
- How do you obtain organs for transplantation?
- What are the criteria to allow oneself for experimentation?
- Is right to life fundamental or absolute? Elucidate.
Part -C
Answer any two questions in 1200 words each: (2X20 = 40 Marks)
- What is In-vitro Fertilization? Explain its kinds. Who is a surrogate mother or husband? Discuss the ethical dilemma this reproductive technology causes.
- What is the definition of death?
- What is the relationship between religion and medicine? Discuss it in the context of the world religions.
- Explain the following principles with examples: Right, Autonomy, Inviolability of Life, Stewardship of Life, Totality, Beneficence, Hard Paternalism.