Medical restraint

Patients and average individuals are most likely to support policy change because they suffer the most from HAC. Medical personnel face an intermediate level of harm, because their livelihood and reputation is affected, but they are not directly impacted by the patient’s injury. There may be psychological impacts because many take on the Hippocratic oath to do no harm…

First and foremost, second-hand smoke already exists due to tobacco. Tobacco has little to no medical use but legal for adults. Just like with tobacco, there should be a set of laws governing the use of marijuana. We can ban smoking it in public places, like the parks. Furthermore, it is possible to consume marijuana by means of food and drink. The…

appropriately in a hospital setting. This year I learned how to complete a history and a physical. Even though I still have a lot to learn, this year will be an important foundation for my future as a physician. When I began my year at New York Medical College I was slightly concerned about the early clinical exposure. Getting early clinical exposure sounds important, but…

Somewhere around the beginning of March 2003 I lost a close family member of mine due to the improper medical care of some health professionals, such as nurses and doctors. This incident caused me to become interested in the subject of End of Life Care. End of Life Care is “the health care, not only that of a hospitalized patient in their last few days or minutes, but more broadly care of those with a terminal illness or terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive, and incurable”.…

debilitating illnesses and diseases with no chances of a cure or die an earlier death with a little of our dignity and financial security intact, up to legislation? These are some of the questions brought to light in one of the most highly debated medical ethics questions. There are many factors that play into both sides that support the argument of the legalization of euthanasia. With that, there are many methods to carrying out this act in a controlled manner. The issue with this is the…

“I would never want to be kept alive artificially,” 39 year old quadriplegic French man, Vincent Lambert stated to his wife before his motorbike accident in 2008. However, Vincent has remained in a vegetative state since, causing controversy about his condition and whether he should be allowed to choose to end his life. According to French Law, his wife has the capacity to make a decision about her partners’ life; causing controversy between his family and furthermore reignites the debate on…

When considering the genre of medical science and the work of doctors, we typically imagine these areas in regard to making revolutionary discoveries and saving lives. Is this realistic or a rose-tinted view? History shows medicine and doctors can ‘go bad’ spectacularly. Some medical controversies were accidents, but many have resulted from deliberate actions. Sometimes doctors believed the greater good, as they saw it, was more important than ethical behavior. Many of these incidents were not…

So, many of them are opposed to euthanasia/physician assisted suicide because of religious preferences , but if they had a severe brain disease, or cancer, they wouldn’t be thinking of having the option of this? they rather die slowly with pain. Probably, they don’t think of this because they are healthy and don’t realize what these terminally elderly people go through. The chart above, shows how many patients male/female who decided to go on with euthanasia and/or physician assisted suicide…

patients and that they will do no harm. Those against assisted death argue that providing prescriptions to knowingly help a patient end their life goes against a physician’s oath and whole reason for being in the medical field. How would the population as a whole view the integrity of the medical profession if doctors prescribe medications to harm their patients?…

states interest in the protecting the human lives yields to the patients right to refuse medical treatment. In re Quinlan case has made a significant impact and influenced United States law by providing the framework for deciding difficult and controversial legal issues that continue to appear modern medicine advances. Almost every decision since this case has recognized the patients right to refuse medical treatment. This case has also made it clear that when a patient has no autonomy, the…