Jacobi Medical Center

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has documented that "each year, more than 100 million animals are treated cruel within the laboratories of animal testing (Peta, par 1)." Performing research on animals should be illegal because it is unethical to sentence animals to life in a laboratory cage and intentionally cause them harm. Animals who are caged continuously without any freedom should be considered animal cruelty. Many researchers should also understand that animal testing does not…

Upon graduating high school, I decided to start the first day of the rest of my life by enlisting in the United States Army. At 18, I was convinced I knew what it was I wanted to do with my life. Little did I know at that moment how much I still had left to learn. I served my country for nearly 11 years. It was during my time as a journalist on the battlefield that I saw my first glimpse into the power of medicine. It was also where I noted how fortunate those in the United States truly are when…

Ethical Considerations in Dental Research For centuries, new inventions have played an important role in the evolution of the medical and dental fields. As a result, new ways of healing and restoring the human body were discovered. Of course, the new ideas needed to be tested first to determine safety and effectiveness before applying their use in the medical or dental field. Since the inventions were designed for humans, the best way to test them is on human subjects, if possible.…

Animal testing is a topic that people bring up a lot. But, it has never stopped! We need to take a stand against animal testing. In this article I will be discussing animal testing regarding it is harmful, it isn’t beneficial, and we could have alternative ways to test. First of all animal testing is really harmful. Animal testing is the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, etceteria. for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. But,…

Assisted suicide is done with the help of another person, which is usually done by a physician. The physician provides the medication and or other interventions of suicide to a patient who is capable of carrying out the chosen decision. Assisted suicide is used interchangeable with the term euthanasia. Euthanasia is ending a person’s life that is suffering from a terminal illness or incurable disease. How much pain does a person have to be in to be allowed to die, and who should be able to…

Ultrasound sonography is used in almost every field of medicine practiced today. It is a very important tool in diagnosing several possibly deadly illness. Ultrasound sonography may be the best option in certain situations while other options may not even be a first option. But, as with anything there are certain risk factors that need to be taken into consideration. There are pros and cons to almost everything, however this essay should show you how the pros outway the cons. The field of…

During my neurology elective as a foreign medical student, I had ample opportunities to see patients with multiple neurological conditions that I had only read about in books. Participating in providing health care to such patients fueled my curiosity to learn in-depth about them and develop a deeper…

Problem: Swedish American Medical Center/Belvidere (SAMCB) is a smaller hospital in a neighboring town that Swedish American Health System in Rockford Illinois owns. At SwedishAmerican Medical Center/Belvidere, we currently have one Philips x-ray room and one AMX portable x-ray machine. The medical center only has one computed radiology (CR) laser reader. The x-ray room and portable x-ray both utilize this (CR) laser reader. If the laser reader happens to break down, we have no way of…

Introduction The topic of when life should end is still a very controversial one. Is turning off a life support actually killing a person or is the person’s life already dead in the first instance that is why it is being actually prolonged. In the same line of thought, what of actually being part of the process of assisting a despaired but terminally ill patient relieve themselves their pain by killing themselves. It is called assisted suicide. Is it moral or immoral, ethical or unethical? As…

ethics there are some pros and cons of animal experimentation. Some of the most important advantages are that they have contribute to many self-saving cures and treatments. “The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from…