This paper seeks to determine whether it is morally sound to exclude alcoholics from the transplant waiting list or if alcoholics should be placed in a lower slot on the list. One side argues that alcoholics should get equal access to new livers and that all should be placed on the waiting list regardless of the reason that they are in need of a new liver. The other side believes in what is known as maximum benefit, or the idea that alcoholics should not be excluded from the list, but should be placed behind many others, resulting in a very small chance of receiving a new liver. In their paper “Should Alcoholics Compete Equally for Liver Transplantation”, Alvin H. Moss and Mark Siegler seek to determine just this. Moss and Siegler argue the second view, maximum benefit, and say that alcoholics should be placed at the bottom of the transplant waiting list.…
Despite the fact that every person is different, the law argues that the patient should be %100 liable when they put themselves or others in danger as it is still unclear as to how absent they really are from their conscious state. Likewise two children that have experienced the same trauma during their adolescence may have different outcomes depending on how they were allowed to grieve.…
Test Item #2: The definition of the word autonomy means to be self-determined or to have free will. Patients, who are competent and are of an appropriate age, all have the ability to be autonomous when it comes to making decisions about their healthcare.…
A Rhetorical Analysis of “Canadian Lifestyle Choices: A Public Health Failure” In the essay “Canadian Lifestyle Choices: A Public Health Failure”, Daniel Rosenfield et al. discusses the government’s action regarding Canadian health policies. The authors make a strong argument that due to the Canadian governments lacking health policies, the overall health of Canadians is deteriorating. It is further discussed that the decline in health is due to poor regulation of foods, including portion sizes at restaurants, lack of properly labelled products, and added ingredients to foods.…
Andrew Hoang ENG 226 Sec 23 America, are we No. 1? Introduction In the article “In Health, We’re not No. 1,” Robert J. Samuelson compares the state of the United Stats national health, compared to similar countries.…
One of the main and most important principles of the United States foundation is the protection of peoples’ rights and choices. Therefore, when a policy is drafted that limits these rights, there is bound to be discussion over its paternalistic qualities. Paternalistic public policies are generally frowned upon, but, in rare cases, restrictions have to be put in place to protect citizens’ deeper preferences (living a long, healthy life) rather than allowing them to participate in their surface preferences. Robert Goodin discusses smoking; a rare case in which a paternalistic policy could save many smokers from ruining themselves and why the policy is permissible. He proposes four different reasons as to why making paternalistic decisions about smoking is permissible.…
Health is a personal mater. How can a person held someone else responsible for his or her health when that person is not living a healthy life style? Some people tend to blame others for their health issues and demand that the government or health insurance companies should pay for their medicine. Meanwhile some other people believe that everyone is responsible for his or her own health. According to David Zinczenko in his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” the government should be responsible for our health.…
We perceive and comprehend our overall health differently. Jim and Larry mutually believe their general state of health is good, but differ in their approach to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Both men sell cars for the same car dealership, share the same birthday of January 4th but are three years apart in age. Jim L. is a seventy-three year old man who has lived in Omaha, Nebraska his whole life. He has been married for fifty-three years, is the father of two children and grandfather of six grandchildren.…
QHQ #2: Individual Liability Contrary to popular belief, poor access to health care is not the central problem to the health of an individual in poverty; rather, health is associated with certain social determinants of health, specifically individual risk factors. In the book Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America by Laurie Kaye Abraham, the concept of how an individual’s decisions can drastically impact their health is clearly expressed through the lens of Tommy, an uneducated individual who does not follow the advice given by his physician. The choices that Tommy makes in respect to his health outside the four walls of the hospital are what contributes to his declining health. There are two primary individual…
In these short passages, the reader would be informed about the diet issue in America for the past couple of years. Even though, everybody else may have a different opinion and in that way I have chosen to defend on not putting restrictions on what people can and can’t eat. My main reason for this choice is that, people should have full control of their bodies whether they mess them up by eating bad or drugs. In another case, they may work them out too much to the point where they pass out or heart attacks and other problems. I have always believed in freedom and happiness and if this makes people happy then that should be fine.…
Obesity is a disease that plagues America’s old and young more than any other country in the world. Despite efforts to resolve this issue from the communities affected, and by local, state, and federal government this epidemic has yet to come to an end. The most common solutions offered to address the obesity epidemic are ones derived from an economic and dietary approach. Although seemingly worthy solution are commonly agreed upon, however pinpointing an incontestable culprit guilty for this monstrosity cannot be so easily done.…
Reinventing Healthcare Sarah L Bean The government is responsible for the quality of the care individual received in the United States. However, conflict still rises from insurance, cost of care, research, and treatment. The question of control should ever ask regarding the best interest of people in the United States. Let the taxes rises.…
Moynihan, Heath and Henry argue that the pharmaceutical industry capitalises on the want of consumers to eliminate undesirable conditions. They claim that pharmaceutical companies partake in “disease mongering”: that is, they fabricate new diseases by “widening the boundaries of treatable illness”. Critics such as Healy and Dossey agree with this claim. However, I will argue that, although not unfounded, the claim that pharmaceutical companies are guilty of disease mongering is not justified. I will argue that the definition of disease presented by Moynihan, Heath and Henry does not conform to the accepted definition of disease.…
Yihao Wei Perspectives on Public Health and Economics in Obesity Introduction Economics is a board subject, which infers the act of creation, distribution and utilization of wealth, income, and commodities. Obesity, on the other hand, is the condition of having too much body fat. Obesity is a public health problem that has raised concern worldwide. This is because obesity and overweight are the major causes of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, various cancers and other health problems . This, in turn, can lead to usage of wealth in treating, maintaining and caring for the infected persons.…
Health professionals could develop integrated control motivation in Australia by attempting to make exercise a commonly accepted part of life in every household, hence improving levels of physical health. Identified regulation refers to the value benefits of exercise, for example heightened levels of good health. (Ntoumanis, Edmunds & Duda, 2009) Health professionals could target individuals identified regulation by promoting the benefits of physical activity. Introjected regulation is exercising to avoid guilty feelings, which correlates with a low self-determination.…