Medical ethics

Active euthanasia is when someone takes the direct action to kill someone, it also can be described as “mercy killing “. It could be argued morally that active euthanasia is right due to the person only wanting to end the suffering of the patient. Therefore they are only acting off of what they feel is right. Yet if one believes in a higher power in certain religions killing is a sin, and is wrong no matter if the reasoning is for better judgement. Passive euthanasia is when someone allows…

moral agency. Autonomy implies that people have an inherent right to make treatment decision and should thus be active participant in their own care. An advanced directive upholds autonomy by indicating to the medical system and family what your desires are when it comes to prevalent medical issues. They are an important stepping stone towards ensuring your legacy will never detour from your desires. With this assignment, I chose to complete an advanced…

Go Softly Into That Good Night On April 15, 1975, Karen Ann Quinlan was hospitalized after ingesting Diazepam [usually prescribed for anxiety], dextropropoxyphene [a mild painkiller], and alcohol. At the time of being hospitalized, she weighed a “mere 115 pounds (52 kg),” (Harris 22). This was Thirty pounds under what someone her height and age should weigh. The night of the incident, she had attended a friends party at a local bar. It was recorded in police reports that she had, “digested…

The focus of this assignment is to look at and analyse the mental health and illness aspects of people in our community. Using a case study of a mental health presentation, explore the research and critical thinking related to the assessment and pre-hospital management of mental health patients. Exploring the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms of several mental health illness and critically evaluate the pre-hospital assessment and management and compare this to best paramedic practice.…

“Never let me go” is a suggestive philosophical work about love, life, mortality and the choice we face between challenging our destinies and accepting them. This movie takes place after the Second World War where human cloning is predominant in medical science. Human clones are created so that they can donate their organs as young adults. These young adults were raised in a boarding school and were known as the “future donors”. They will die after donating their fourth organ, which is their…

Eva’s death is crucial in understanding Eva as Christ in Uncle Tom’s Cabin . Her death is a very hotly debated subject by literary critics. One critic, Isabella White, in her article, “The Uses of Death in Uncle Tom’s Cabin offers several possible explanations for why Stowe had Eva die in the novel. One of her theories is that “Eva’s death is a condemnation of a world which has caused her too much pain.” (White 9) She states that Eva was simply too good for the world she lived in, and Stowe has…

knowledge of my aching shame. /Shame, shame, shame / drown in your fucking shame (Kane 7)”. This shame is more or less rooted in a judgmental view of the other. Indeed, without the other, the “I” would not have come to terms with the process of medical treatment.” To win the…

Both Hamlet and Holden Caulfield have extreme psychological issues that stem from the tragic deaths that occured within their families. However, literary critics have questioned the authenticity of Hamlet’s so-called “insanity” for centuries. Holden’s mental illness is much more believable than the psychological issues that Hamlet claims to have. This is shown through Holden’s obsession with suicide, Hamlet’s soliloquies about his pretend madness, and Hamlet’s odd, irrational behavior that is so…

Socrates’s Argument on Death The topic of death frightens human beings for several reasons because of the speculation and the anxiety that surround death. Even though most people fear death, philosophers such as Socrates argue that there is no valid reason to fear death (Ahrensdorf 1995). According to 5Socrates, death is a blessing in the context of the relocation of the soul. Socrates avers that death is something that people should not fear and provide several arguments to validate his…

To Live in Pain Should patients have the right to die via physician-assisted suicide? Why would anyone want to live out the rest of their days in pain? My goal in this essay is to express my emotions on patients and their right to die via physician-assisted suicide. I support suicide via physician-assistance. There are many reasons on supporting this kind of suicide, but my main three arguments are the pain of the patient, the cost of hospital treatments to keep…