Medical ethics

Suicides occur across every segment of the force and Army leadership is committed to reversing the trend of increasing suicidal behavior. Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Material Command (LCMC) Suicide Awareness Response Center (SARC) ensures our Soldiers and Department of the Army (DA) Civilians are informed and educated on the risk factors and warning signs of suicide as well as how to provide assistance and/or intervention. TACOM LCMC SARC provides the resources…

After all, that person is the one dealing with the pain and not everyone else who is objecting the death on their own terms. On the contrary, others might argue that terminally ill patients should not die on their own terms because it would affect the ethic of the doctor due to it going against the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath establishes guidelines for a physician’s practice of medicine (Lindh, Pooler, Tamparo, and Dahl). One promise the oath states will be made is that the doctor…

icole Rodriguez Reading Response #11 According to the Congregational Sacrament, life is a God’s gift given to us to preserve and find something meaningful. For that reason, when somebody tries to kill themselves, we see them as sinners because they are challenging with the sovereignty of God’s rule and loving plan. However, the Congregation Sacrament also voices that life is meant to be happy and fruitful for everyone. This is a contradiction to what most people with terminal illness experienced…

Although there is a considerable amount of evidence supporting why psychologists should not be granted prescription privileges, many opponents argue that permitting this right is necessary. Proponents that support enabling prescription privileges argue their viewpoint through three main reasons. One of their reasons is that each year more people are in need of mental health services. With more people in need of such services, a higher demand for those who are qualified to prescribe medication is…

brings distress to the family. There is no dignity in dying a painful death. As human beings, we strive to die on our own terms and peacefully. Natural law, which is rooted from Christian beliefs, might argue that suffering is good; however, as care ethics come into play, healthcare professionals strive to alleviate the suffering of their patients. I am a proponent of hospice/comfort care, one of the umbrellas of palliative care. Jahner (2015) stated, “palliative care is the fields of medicine…

Later on Dax continued going through the rehabilitation process and still wished to die and he kept asking others to participate in his death. He did state that the real reason he really wanted to die was all because the pain throughout the whole process was truly unbearable and even if he does enjoy his life now, he still believes that every person has the right as to what can or cannot be done to their body; patient autonomy isn’t something that can be compromised, and ultimately the decision…

The word absolute to me sends up red flags. Absolute means concrete, finite, with no room for discussion or individual interjection. My mother would frequently recite George Washington’s infamous phrase that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain , except death and taxes” . I believe that absolute right and wrong eliminates creativity, individualism and circumstantial evidence. I am very leery of all encompassing words like absolute. Most of the posts I have read agree that…

What should we do with the Titanic? Continue reading to see what I think. I believe we should try to salvage and take up the ruins of the Titanic. My points will be the debate about the Titanic, what I think we should do with the remnants of the Titanic, and my conclusion and final statement. Right now actually, there is an ongoing debate about what we should do with the Titanic. Salvage what we can or leave it where it lies? Along with debators there are actually wealthy benefactors…

Assisted suicide is when a terminally ill patient requests a lethal dose of medication from the doctor that is servicing them. I feel as if it is compulsory to be used as for the fact that the death of the patient requesting the medication is certain, it is only a matter of time before it transpires; why put the patient through so much pain if they are going to die anyways? It should be the patient's choice of when they want to die seeing as that they are the ones that are required to deal with…

authorize doctors to do and do not do certain medical procedures in you in case you become incapacitated or medically unconscious to make decisions or even speak. Many people are now including organ donation in their living will. This is a noble and admirable practice. Imagine how many people your organs could save when you die. That is like living your life to the fullest. Even in death, you could be sure you are contributing well to humanity. What medical procedures are covered? A living will…