Medical ethics

However, the laws in California prevents her from doing so. Thus, Maynard moved to Oregon where, unlike California, it was legal to do assisted suicide if it is considered as a "medical treatment if the assistance is provided by a physician" (Patient's Rights Council). Because of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, Maynard was able to end her life on her terms. With Maynard's story, a problem has a ride of whether terminally ill individuals…

APA Code of Ethics, and then when they enter to the labor field they forget about them by engaging in inappropriate practices. I consider that Sontag’s passage want to raise awareness that it is necessary to remember that is and is not proper. I ponder that when we rely on the use of memory as our means to do what is correct, we would be more prone to forget; especially that which is not ingrained in us. Being that said, I believe that ethics must go beyond a mere reminder. Good ethics should be…

Death: the feared five-letter word. Everyone is unsure of what is after scares many. Some believe in an afterlife, just to have some peace of mind. What is indisputable by any is that death is inevitable. Both Dillard and Woolf recognize death as a part of life, but what separates them, is their perception of death. Dillard describes death as something beautiful. She describes it with almost admiration. To Dillard, death is not fatal. And with her use of several different symbols, she gets her…

“Mental health is an integral part of health; indeed, there is no health without mental health” (World Health Organization, 2014). Furthermore, the World Health Organization website (WHO) defines mental health as: “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community” (World Health Organization, 2014). In the United States, the…

There’s many different ways people die. Someone might drown, others can suffer from a heart attack or even get hit by a car. We could get even more serious and say cancer, organ failure or a brain tumor. As of recently though, countries have started debating on a new way people can die. Euthanasia or physician assisted suicide has become a very talked about topic all around the world. As of now, only people over the age of 18, in their right state of mind and with a terminal illness that only…

Research shows that a large sum of medicare money is dedicated to the end of life care. The term euthanasia comes from the Greek for “good death”. According to Vaughn, it is an act of ending a person’s life for their own sake. There are four kinds of euthanasia which include active voluntary or nonvoluntary euthanasia and passive voluntary or nonvoluntary euthanasia. Active euthanasia is consciously conducting the act with an intent to end the life of someone while passive euthanasia is the…

Just a few months ago before I moved to the US my grandmother got hospitalized due to her age and her physical condition. Fortunately, I had the chance to pay a call. In a white, cold room that’s no bigger than my bedroom, I saw a fragile body of my grandma laying on a mattress graves of pain with hoses attached to her body connecting to a monitor. At that time, I feel really sorry for her, yet I can’t do anything about it. I do really want to take off that burden from her, release her from any…

ends, along with the right to make decisions, free from government or societal intervention, with regards to his or her own self. This liberalist viewpoint is of particular importance with regards to the medical system. As a result of individual liberty, there is intended freedom within the medical…

If a person is on the line of death in a long and slow way, they should have the right to end their suffrage and life in a comfortable way. This can be done by something known as mercy killing and sometimes known as euthanasia. Mercy killing is when a doctor directly ends with their patient’s life, this is done in order to put the patient out of its suffrage and relieve them from an incurable and terminal condition. It creates an enormous controversy if mercy killing should be allowed to any…

Human Sacrifice surprisingly occurs more often than one thinks, being practiced throughout many generations and continues to be practiced today. “The Practice of Human Sacrifice” by Dr. Mike Parker-Pearson, looks further into the obscure topic ranging from 5,000 years ago to present. The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, is set in an agricultural village in Europe where the townsfolk gather every June 26th to sacrifice one person for their crops. It's becoming clearer that almost…