Additional task to the topic 6. THE PROBLEM OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN BIOETHICS

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Questions:

1. What is "quality of life"?

2. Name the main structural components of the quality of life.

3. Why do doctors and patients assess quality of life differently?

4. Describe 4 levels of quality of life.

5. In what cases can an attempt to improve the quality of life lead to euthanasia?

6. What moral problems arise for a doctor when his patient is a person with a quality of life below the minimum?