In my opinion the biggest issue with the transplant ethics case study is deciding whether or not someone serving a 10 year prison sentence should or shouldn’t be considered to get a heart transplant. I personally do not feel that someone serving a prison sentence (especially when it was the second time they had committed the crime and it was a crime that harmed another individual) should get a heart transplant. According to the Case Study presented by Christopher Meyers entitled, “A New Liver for a Prisoner” he writes that in holding persons responsible for their behavior society must sometimes punish them. The argument is not that withholding the organ is a form of morally respectful punishment-after all they are already being punished-but
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I feel that a heart should go to someone that cannot only benefit from the surgery but hopefully will be someone with values and morals who would strive to do good deeds instead of being a menace to society.
In the case study entitled, “A Prisoner in need of a Bone Marrow Transplant” written by Jeffrey Paul it is talking about a prisoner named JB who is serving a prison term for third degree murder and will die without a bone marrow transplant. The question was raised as to whether or not he should be given the opportunity to have a bone marrow transplant because his diagnosis is fatal. Officials would prefer to release JB to save them the cost of $100,000 to save his life as the prognosis of survival is approximately five years, thus also allowing him an early parole. However, given that his crime involved …show more content…
I understand that doing your best doesn’t always mean that you will have a positive outcome. Sometimes doing your best is knowing that you did everything you could or doing want you thought was the right thing to do at the time. So by gaining as much knowledge about this case and being honest with the prisoner I would feel that I did the best I could do with what I was given to work with.
In the case transplant ethics I feel that as a healthcare provider I should look at both the person and the crime that was committed remembering that that the choices that an individual makes will influence the rest of their life. I don’t feel that the person who committed a violent crime should be chosen for a transplant that would prolong their life over an innocent
I feel that a heart should go to someone that cannot only benefit from the surgery but hopefully will be someone with values and morals who would strive to do good deeds instead of being a menace to society.
In the case study entitled, “A Prisoner in need of a Bone Marrow Transplant” written by Jeffrey Paul it is talking about a prisoner named JB who is serving a prison term for third degree murder and will die without a bone marrow transplant. The question was raised as to whether or not he should be given the opportunity to have a bone marrow transplant because his diagnosis is fatal. Officials would prefer to release JB to save them the cost of $100,000 to save his life as the prognosis of survival is approximately five years, thus also allowing him an early parole. However, given that his crime involved …show more content…
I understand that doing your best doesn’t always mean that you will have a positive outcome. Sometimes doing your best is knowing that you did everything you could or doing want you thought was the right thing to do at the time. So by gaining as much knowledge about this case and being honest with the prisoner I would feel that I did the best I could do with what I was given to work with.
In the case transplant ethics I feel that as a healthcare provider I should look at both the person and the crime that was committed remembering that that the choices that an individual makes will influence the rest of their life. I don’t feel that the person who committed a violent crime should be chosen for a transplant that would prolong their life over an innocent