Medical ethics

pros and cons. In dealing with competent, terminally ill individuals to avoid severe or excruciating pain and embrace a peaceful, timely, and dignified death. The right to die debate is a controversial specific. The debates are centered around the ethics and rights of allowing citizens or the people who are terminally ill to request and receive assisted dying. I think people should be able to have the decision whether to live or to die. People should be able to have control of one’s own body…

Stem cell research is one of the most highly disputed topics today in terms of medical ethics. In a nutshell, stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in culture and to give rise to specialized cells. Because of this function, scientists and doctors are inspired to control them and grow them for a multitude of different causes. The main types of stem cell research that are focused on today are adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem…

Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. For example, There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands and Flanders, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient". There…

Rob Moll, stated, “Whatever the medical decisions made, and under any circumstance, we can express our faith in God, our love for one another, our hope in the resurrection, while having done this will have been faithful, in the eyes of the believer, God, and neighbor”. Yet, the writer…

‘’Choice should be intrinsic to all aspects of life and death’’ (OCSWSSW, p.61) Social workers are challenged to provide expertise and skill in direct services to clients and their families. The Code of Ethics (OCSWSSW) dictates that discussing all options available to the patients and families in a end-of-life situation. Social workers are not to promote any means in particular to the patient’s options. The impact might be difficult but to increase our…

the “right choice” if you are terminally ill or if you have cancer. Although treatment is available, many people cannot pay out of pocket due to lack of income, so they would assume to just end their life thru medications received from a medical doctor. A medical doctor in Mississippi cannot physically say “here’s your medication, you have to take it,” but in Oregon it is legal to practice assisted suicide and euthanasia (History and Debate of Euthanasia…

Creating an advanced directive not only gives an individual control over his/her medical wishes, but it also takes away from the family, the burden of making such a tough treatment choice. The very last place you want to have a conversation about who will be one’s healthcare agent is in an emergency. It is better to plan ahead to avoid unnecessary stress. Though this is unlike the previous two, but the POLST form is also another document to put into consideration. It is a physician order for…

It is a set of ten ethical principles created in an attempt to establish standards and guidelines for medical experimentation in humans. The Nuremberg code was established to protect the human subjects and serve as a foundation for ethical clinical research (Ghooi, 2011). It was developed because of the horrors of human experimentation done by Nazi physicians…

In addition, by signing up for a social media platform the users were aware that their data is being collected, making it clear that their information will be protected and specific information will be public. C1 expressed her concerns clearly as medical schools purchase social media data of applicants and her social media information is “inaccurate”. Since the information she posts is flexible based on what she wants private and public, data collection is okay, but…

do not violate another individual’s autonomy (Beauchamp & Childress, 2013). Mike is admitted to an inpatient psychiatric ward involuntarily. As part of his treatment he may require some medications after assessment and diagnosis have been made by medical personnel. It is the nurse’s responsibility under the Health and Disability Act (MOH, 2009) to “seek to obtain the consent of the patient to any treatment even though that treatment may be authorised by or under this Act without the patient's…