Watch the movie and answer the following questions:
a) Describe ethical issues portrayed in this movie.
And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts portrayed about the discovery of HIV and AIDS since 1997. The death of an actor, Rock Hudson caused by AIDS had turned the world attention towards HIV and AIDS. Four communities had mentioned in this movie are gay community, the medical community, the political and governmental community, and the media. Each community portrayed different role in this movie. HIV and AIDS virus rises from the sexual activity by gay community. The lack of response in the medical and political communities, as well as the stigmatization caused by the news media, turned it into an epidemic.
The unseen ethical principle in this movie is non-maleficence. It can be seen when the people at the blood bank refused to do screening process because it cost money despite the fact that Center of Disease Control (CDC) had order them to do so. They have no interest in hearing that people are dying due to the infected blood from their bank. In this cases, the blood bank is responsible in the massive spreading of this disease to children and many others who would not have otherwise contracted it. It is morally unacceptable that any medical professional would …show more content…
Don Francis has practiced Kantian ethics because he assumed that all patients that were infected should receive same level of treatment, regardless of who they were. However, there were still many of medical professionals did not practice Kantin ethics during that time because they probably did not know the nature of HIV and AIDS very well. Majority of people did not know how HIV was transmitted and a social stigma was carried by those infected with it. Dr. Francis and other CDC doctors practiced Kantian ethics when dealing with all of the initial patients that they had. They also warn gay populations about the public bathhouse that caused the transmission of HIV
a) Describe ethical issues portrayed in this movie.
And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts portrayed about the discovery of HIV and AIDS since 1997. The death of an actor, Rock Hudson caused by AIDS had turned the world attention towards HIV and AIDS. Four communities had mentioned in this movie are gay community, the medical community, the political and governmental community, and the media. Each community portrayed different role in this movie. HIV and AIDS virus rises from the sexual activity by gay community. The lack of response in the medical and political communities, as well as the stigmatization caused by the news media, turned it into an epidemic.
The unseen ethical principle in this movie is non-maleficence. It can be seen when the people at the blood bank refused to do screening process because it cost money despite the fact that Center of Disease Control (CDC) had order them to do so. They have no interest in hearing that people are dying due to the infected blood from their bank. In this cases, the blood bank is responsible in the massive spreading of this disease to children and many others who would not have otherwise contracted it. It is morally unacceptable that any medical professional would …show more content…
Don Francis has practiced Kantian ethics because he assumed that all patients that were infected should receive same level of treatment, regardless of who they were. However, there were still many of medical professionals did not practice Kantin ethics during that time because they probably did not know the nature of HIV and AIDS very well. Majority of people did not know how HIV was transmitted and a social stigma was carried by those infected with it. Dr. Francis and other CDC doctors practiced Kantian ethics when dealing with all of the initial patients that they had. They also warn gay populations about the public bathhouse that caused the transmission of HIV