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Medical Ethics, 2004.
This paper discusses, by assailing deontological ethics and virtue ethics and defending utilitarianism, a medical ethics case in which the medical professionals must decide whether or not to perform gender-altering surgery.
2,485 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 109.95
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The paper explains that utilitarianism states that the morality of a surgical gender assignment can be derived as an outcome that would be considered either good or bad; the overall morality of the philosophy and procedure would then be determined based on the positive or negative outcome. The author points out that medical ethics does not fall under deontological ethics because the philosophy states that there are absolute right and wrong answers for every case. The paper relates that, in a situation like surgical procedures, the solution to any problem must be derived on a case-by-case basis and, therefore, cannot have one universal truth; doctors do not have the freedom to decide the future of the newborns without statistical proof that their decision will benefit the child.
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"In this scenario, the surgery for many years was considered as a good alternative to going thorough life deformed. In the case study, it was uncovered that the twin John/Joan, as she aged, was not at all happy with her situation after it was documented in medical journals as a highly successful pro-surgery example. The results of the case study for the twin John/Joan was completely wrong and could even be considered a serious act of malpractice. The twin?s brother even said that his medically altered sister was very manly throughout her early years and even suggested that she always wanted to be a garbage man. ?At the age of six or seven, Joan told her brother she wanted to be a garbage man: "Easy job, good pay."? Since the twin John/Joan?s case was the basis for surgery in the majority of cases, it also should be the basis to not perform the surgery from this point forward. The utilitarianism moral issue now says the medical community should not perform the surgery in the bulk of the cases and it is also morally wrong to withhold the fact that the surgery was performed."
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Medical Ethics, 2006.
A case study of a medical ethics dilemma and how a physician might respond to such a dilemma.
771 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 39.95
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This paper illustrates a medical ethics dilemma by examining a case study of a women suffering from both Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. The paper describes the medical situation of the woman as well as her family's and doctor's opposing responses to the medical situation, which are creating the ethical dilemma. In addition, the it discusses some of the possible approaches that can be taken towards resolving the dilemma, but also points out that there is no solid resolution for this particular dilemma.
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"In essence, what is one to do in such a situation? Although the physician, being a highly-trained medical specialist/surgeon, fully realizes that Ms. Alexander will die from the gangrene infection in her feet if the amputation is not performed, the question is whether he is bound by ethical considerations to yield to the wishes of his patient and her family members or use his better judgment as a physician and perform the operation without their consent."
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Medical Ethics, 2002.
An examination of the principles of medical ethics with an emphasis on the field of genetics and therapy.
1,747 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper discusses how while 21st century technological advances in medicine offer promises of disease eradication, they bring with them a cost and how this cost may take many forms: A loss of privacy, a loss of ownership and a loss of control. It looks at how we must be careful to determine how such technological advances are utilized, be alert to their misuse and set up effective review boards and regulations to insure access, permit scientific progress yet forego misuse and manipulation by elements of greed and even experimentation for experimentation?s sake. It also discusses in turn, the four major interest topics in the field of medical information ethics, privacy, accuracy, property and accessibility.
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"Ultimately, the questions that arise will be those that determine the who, when and why of treatment. Although we have many medical technology breakthroughs at our disposal today, there are many factors that contribute to their lack of use on today?s medical front. One big factor is the insurance mediary who determines the necessity of such treatments, often denying life-saving procedures based on insurance coverage measures. In some cases, HMO groups pay physicians for their lack of specialist referrals. Equipment for procedures is expensive and may not be acquired by hospitals that feature care for high demographics of low-income patients. Therefore, a determination of patient privilege based on race, income or other increment may be purported. Is it ethical to withhold life-saving treatment from a patient based on their race?"
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Teaching Skills Required in a Medical Ethics Course, 2006.
An analysis of the methods and skills required to effectively teach a medical ethics course.
1,959 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 90.95
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This work examines and investigates all available peer-reviewed literature in relation to medical ethics teaching and most specifically in terms of the skills required of a teaching assistant in this initiative.
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Objective
Methodology
Introduction
Review of the Literature
Summary and Conclusion
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"Specialized skills are required of the teaching assistant if they are to be effective in their effort in a course of medical ethics. Effective teaching skills of a teaching assistant begin with knowledge of the area of study as well as being informed of the curricular goals in that study. The study of medical ethics is an area that is critical in obtaining correct and up-to-date knowledge in order to avoid medical malpractice which is a costly mistake should it occur in the physician's practice."
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Medical Ethics, 2005.
A medical ethics case study using Faith Community Hospital as an example.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, APA, AU$ 114.95
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This paper presents a case study in medical ethics. The paper deals with patient rights and the role of the health care provider in finding a middle ground between patients rights, legal duties and the ethics of the health care provider.
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"Faith Community Hospital is facing a group of questions or problems dealing with religious freedom on one hand and medical ethics on the other. Faith Community Hospital (FCH) is facing a crisis of conscience and the hospital administration must formulate a policy and business model to address the ethical issues that health care professionals face on a daily basis. The hospital's administrator recognizes that allowing staff, medical personnel and patients to set policies for the hospital is inappropriate and can have unexpected and serious repercussions..."
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Medical Ethics, 2004.
A look at the benefits of learning about medical ethics for health care professionals.
2,917 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 125.95
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This paper examines how, in today?s society, the demands of medicine are great and so is the tendency to allow medicine to become routine and to lose sight of the phenomenal value of humanity. It discusses how health care professionals must consider how they can sustain a commitment to patients that truly puts their interests above our own. It also describes why health care professionals should be exclusively concerned with doing as much good as possible and how they can realize this goal by studying medical ethics.
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Introduction
Ethical Principles
Value of Life
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice
Veracity
Fidelity
Confidentiality
Conclusion
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"In 1900, there were few options for the ill because there were few medications and minimal surgical techniques (Stanton, 2003). Many illnesses resulted in death. However, with modern technology, death is no longer the inevitable outcome of illness. Today, many choices of treatments, including simple antibiotic treatment and aggressive life-sustaining treatments, exist. As the end of life nears, there are a variety of choices, including futility, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide. Healthcare professionals are asked to participate in making these difficult choices on a daily basis."
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Medical Ethics: Stem Cell Technology, 2008.
A debate on the medical ethics connected to stem cell technology.
1,092 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 55.95
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This paper discusses the controversial subject of stem cell technology, explaining that at present the only types of stem cell derivative therapies that are eligible for federal funding are those for which adult stem cells are useful. The writer presents arguments in favor of stem cell research and explains how the controversy surrounding the ethics of stem cell research transcends the field of medicine, as they raise legal issues at the core of the US constitutional system.
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"The controversy surrounding the ethics of stem cell research transcend the field of medicine, because they raise legal issues at the core of our constitutional system. Secular medical ethicists define life much differently than traditional religious philosophers, in that scientists employ objective criteria like the development of neural structure, circulation, brainwaves, and the concept of consciousness or sentience. Religious philosophers object to any research use human tissue from the moment it is fertilized, at which point they consider it exploitation of a human being who is fully entitled to human rights and to the protection of law (Sagan, 1997).
"The imposition of religious definitions into secular laws violates the fundamental constitutional principle of separation of Church and State upon which the United States was originally founded. At present, federal funding restrictions passed by the Bush administration severely constrains the field of embryonic stem cell research, forcing some patients to seek derivative therapies abroad, where valuable stem cell research continues without governmental interference."
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Contemporary Medical Ethics and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", 1995.
This paper reviews Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein", in the light of contemporary norms of medical ethics and genetic engineering.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, AU$ 68.95
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"This essay will review Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, in the light of contemporary norms of medical ethics. The first part will briefly describe the plot of the story. The second part of the essay will examine ethical issues raised by the story.
Published in 1818, Frankenstein is the story of the archetypal "mad scientist" bent upon playing in God's sandbox. Victor Frankenstein is a young graduate science scholar whose passion is discovering the biological forces which bestow life itself. He is not content, however, with simply observing the processes emanating from these forces; rather, he finds himself compelled to harness these forces and create human life with his own hands. This compulsion dominates his very existence during ... "
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Medical Ethics and Decision Making, 2004.
An in-depth analysis of the medical profession and health care organizations, focusing on the ethics of cost control and the ensuing effects on medical decision making.
7,970 words (approx. 31.9 pages), 50 sources, MLA, AU$ 249.95
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This paper discusses the revolution of accountability and assessment in the medical field and what it means for doctors in the United Kingdom and in America. The paper contends that doctors everywhere must deal with ethics, guidelines, and responsibility to their patients. The paper examines the issue of medical insurance and describes the dilemmas facing the doctor who has to treat patients according to their financial situation.
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A New Revolution in Ethics
The Importance of Quality
Guidelines, Accountability, and Rapid Expansion
Controversial Issues and Ethical Behavior
Bioethics
Informed Consent
History of the Issue
Law Versus 'Common Sense'
The Strongest Cases
The Feasibility of Ethical Accountability
Ideas for the Future
Concluding Information
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"In 1988, what many called the ?third revolution? in medical care came about (Dunevitz, 1999). The first revolution was after the Second World War, and this caused an explosion in the number of hospitals and doctors, as well as the research that went into the field (Dunevitz, 1999). Medicare and Medicaid were created and the field of medicine was growing so rapidly that it was hard to follow it and understand everything that was happening to it (Dunevitz, 1999). In the 1970?s, cost and how to contain it became more of an issue than the growth of medicine and not only employers but the government began to work against the costs that were getting out of control (Dunevitz, 1999)."
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Medical Ethics, 2007.
A presentation of a medical case study involving an ethical dilemma and the options for action.
1,394 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 67.95
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This paper presents a case study of a woman who is in premature labor and whose husband is refusing to consent to a c-section. The paper presents the facts of the case and then discusses the ethical dilemmas and considerations that need to be taken into account. It concludes by discussing the possible options for action in this case.
Table of Contents:
Gather Relevant Information
Identify the Practical Problem
Ethical Issues and Questions
Ethical Principles
Analysis and Justification
Options for Action
Select Action
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"4. Given the nature of the issues involved and the need for the informed consent of the patient and of her husband, if this can be achieved. A way to accomplish this is to bring in an outside Chinese speaker to translate for the woman, by-passing the husband, who might be telling her something different than the doctors are telling her or who might be mistranslating what she says so as to impose his point of view. The various ethical issues still pertain, but at least it is the woman who is making the decision for herself and not the husband. The custom in China may be different, but the actual right rests with the individual and not with a substitute unless the patient says so."
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Issues in Medical Ethics, 2000.
An examination of the social, psychological and ethical issues concerned with death.
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This paper looks at issues of death and the medical ethics involved . The author examines the phenomena of comas and brain death and the moral and ethical dilemmas concerned.
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"Looking back throughout the history of medicine, there was a time when people believed that death occurred when the heart stopped and breathing ceased. Cessation of respiration was often determined by placing a feather beneath the nose of the patient where it would move with the slightest breath. A doctor simply placed their ear on the patient?s chest and listened for a heartbeat to determine if the person was still alive. However, since little was known about states of limited or nonexistent consciousness in which a heartbeat was undetectable to the human ear, some people were buried alive. Tragedies like this made it clear that new methods were needed to determine when a person was considered dead. "
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Medical Ethics, 2003.
Examines the issue of the terminally ill.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 12 sources, AU$ 91.95
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Discusses the ethical principles of health care leaders. Describes the moral principle of beneficence and considers concepts of death with dignity, patient rights, informed consent, and distributive justice. Discusses the moral, ethical, and medical decisions faced by physicians.
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"We are familiar with the idea in the Hippocratic Oath all graduating medical students swear to, that,. At the very least, doctors will do no harm. Yet, what is rarely discussed is another part of this oath: "I ..."
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medical Ethics, 2002.
This paper is an ethical analysis of the role of the doctor and of the nurse in disclosing unexpected information that is made available because of new technologies.
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This paper begins with a hypothetical scenario that involves new technologies in genetics and unanticipated information regarding organ donors amongst family members. The author argues that health practitioners are not ethically obligated to reveal sensitive information that comes about in the scenario provided. .
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Ethical Analysis of a Medical Situation, 2006.
An in-depth analysis of a medical error and its ethical issues.
3,110 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 130.95
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This paper analyzes the case of a young patient who received a heart-lung transplant. However, there was a medical mistake and the patient ultimately was declared legally brain dead, removed from life support and subsequently died. The paper discusses the facts of the situation in more depth and analyzes the ethical medical issues that were involved.
Table of Contents:
Relevant Information
Ethical Problem Statement
Identification of Ethical Issues
Selection of Ethical Framework
Analysis and Justification
Counterarguments
Action to be Taken
Completion and Evaluation of Action
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"There are other ways of looking at the situation and so counterarguments could be made. The first counterargument likely to be made is that the physicians and facility made an error and caused the condition of the patient. Therefore, they have a responsibility to restore the condition of the patient. This may be a valid argument if the patient is considered in isolation. However, the nature of the demand for transplant organs means that the patient is not the only consideration. Giving the patient a second set of organs means that another person does not receive them. With thousands of people dying because they do not receive a transplant in time, it is not valid to focus only on the patient while ignoring the bigger picture."
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Ethics, Health Care and Culture, 2005.
This paper discusses the connection between culture and medical ethics and looks at this matter in particular in Canada.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This essay examines how cultural values enter into the ethical issues involved in health care. The essay looks at some examples of where understanding and respecting the patient's culture is not only important for optimal communication between doctor and patient, but is also important in the healing process. The writer points out that the issue of culture in medical ethics in particularly important in a culturally diverse country like Canada.
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"This essay looks at how cultural values enter into ethical issues in health care and why it is important for health care workers to be aware of and be sensitive to different cultural values that may be associated with health care. This is particularly important in a multi-cultural society like Canada, where patient come from many diverse cultures and are to varying degree living in traditional settings of their culture. Understanding a patient's culture and being sensitive to different cultural views enables the health care workers to optimally communicate with the patient and thus provide the best care for the patient and in accordance with the patient's wishes."
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Medical Sociology, 2002.
A study of different approaches of medical sociology and ethics to improving health care for the poor and low-income communities.
8,981 words (approx. 35.9 pages), 46 sources, MLA, AU$ 270.95
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This paper examines the approaches of medical social economics and ethics to improving access the adequate levels of health care for the poor and for low-income communities. The contexts of this examination are scientific reasoning, moral authority and applied ethics in a professional role. The principal focus is on the concept of universality in access to health care, or, more specifically, the absence of universality of access in the health care system in the United States. It looks at how the focus on universality of access develops the relationship between such access and the adequacy of health care delivered to the poor in the United States.
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Introduction
Problem Description
Study Purpose
Definitions
Theoretical Framework and Background
Theoretical Framework
The Case for Universality in Health Care
The Welfare State
Assessing Contemporary American Health Care
Applying Theory to Understand Practice
Comparing the American and Canadian Health Care Systems Within the Context of Theory
Conclusion
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"Moral authority may reside in any individual, group, or organization. With respect to the delivery of health care services, moral authority typically is viewed as being the province of the health care provider. While moral authority is relevant within this context, moral authority also is important in relation to political and social leaders in the effort to introduce the concept of universality of access into health care delivery in the United States. The successful efforts of Marian Edelman and Hillary Clinton in promoting the rights of children in the United States are examples of the effective application of moral authority in the promotion of a cause wherein such efforts are not led by professionals in a specific field."
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