Bioethics

The Bell Curve is a well written essay by Dr. Atul Gawande in relation to patients and their diseases, the treatment they do or don’t receive, and what happens when they find out about how good their doctors really are. The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital thought they were doing everything they could to treat patients with cystic fibrosis, by following regular practices for that particular disease. Everyone received the same treatment, medication, therapy twice a day etc. but data showed that…

the care of the other (paragraph 5). It is a selfless duty that care for the whole person (i.e. holistic care) because the health professional’s hands are Gods hands working through you. Religion in health care is the ethics boards and theological bioethics. The social engagements that correlate with “religious tradition about the use and…

Assisted Suicide by Mark Friedman defines physician assisted suicide as a,” form of suicide in which a doctor or nurse provides advice, instruction, or materials to the person who commits suicide” (Friedman). Physician assisted suicide and whether or not it should be legal is an age-old ethical issue sparking severe controversy. The debate dates back to “Greek and roman philosophers”. (Ferguson) There are books, news stories and movies that have been made about the issue. As far back as 1998 60…

Cloning is nothing new. Organisms are considered clones when their entire DNA is identical. Clones are able to happen naturally as is the example of biological twins or they can be made in a lab through modern technologies. The three types of cloning that currently exist are: reproductive cloning, gene cloning, and therapeutic cloning. Cloning an organism is different from cloning a gene. The process of cloning an organism involves making an exact genetic copy of the whole thing rather than…

Critique Paper “The Lonely Selfie King: Selfies and the Conspicuous Prosumption of Gender and Race” Authors: Apryl A. Williams and Beatriz Aldana Marquez Of Texas A&M University, USA Submitted to: Mr. Angelito P. Bautista Jr. Critique Paper I, Angelika P. Mampusti a student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines, College of Communication from Bachelor of Arts in Communication Research II-2 is criticizing an article of Apryl A. Williams and Beatriz Aldana Marquez from Texas…

This project is a contextual project consisting of 10 concepts from various modules treated in BMN03 under the topic titled Ethical Issues in Nursing Practice. In each of the concept, the discussions are based on its meaning, critical analyzes as regards to real life situations or Personal context, social context, applicable to my current job as a nurse, and current research, then conclude it with references, and lastly to show the authenticity of my work, the project was tested for plagiarism…

to make treatment decisions for themselves, parents have the legal and moral authority to make decisions on behalf of their children, but these decisions must be guided by the child’s best interest.” (Wellesley & Jenkins) The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has put forward a list of some of the components of what is considered to be in a child’s best interest in regards to medical treatment. These include the degree of pain inherent from a procedure, future benefits of the procedure and whether…

He is responsible for formulating policy on bioethics and he deals with the safety of experiments. He is a decorated bioethicist and he is the author and editor of many prestigious publications as well as a Board Member on many national and international non-profit organizations. The audience for…

As children, the majority of us were taught some version of the golden rule, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” While commonly, this virtue is credited to biblical teachings that appear in Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12, it is actually a universal notion that emerges throughout multiple cultures, religions, and philosophical ideas. This rule, known collectively as the ethics of reciprocity, appears in Buddhism as “hurt not others with that which pains yourself,” in Judaism as,…

Impacts of Genetic Screening For Parents Genetic screening is defined as "any kind of test performed for the systematic early detection or exclusion of a hereditary disease, the preposition to such a disease or to determine whether a person carries a predisposition that may produce a hereditary disease in offspring." (Godard, Beatrice et al.) Genetic screening is commonly performed for reasons associated with fertility and pregnancy, and, being a relatively new frontier in genetic research,…