Medical specialties

Medical treatment helped millions of people, but there are responsibilities that all health care professionals must abide by to ensure patients’ rights are supported. The established presumption is that every adult of sound mind has the right to decide what will be done to his or her body. Before any treatment is carried out on the patients’ body by any HCP, their consent must be obtained. Consent to treatment can be verbal, written or gestured/implied. The patient must have the capacity or…

Nowadays organ donation is a controversial topic. It is the action of giving an organ by a person so it can be transplanted by surgical technique in the body of the beneficiary. But should it be mandatory? Why and why not. Firstly, everybody wants to accomplish something significant, what can be more noteworthy than saving individuals' lives. There is no reason to keep our organs when we are dead. I comprehend that a few individuals might consider it as stopping our body being our possession;…

Euthanasia is a serious issue in today’s society. Euthanasia is the act of relieving someone of his or her suffering by intentionally ending his or her life. Many people argue that euthanasia is beneficial to the person suffering as well as his or her family. On the other hand, many people argue that euthanasia is morally wrong. Overall, euthanasia is not beneficial to anyone, and the practice should be stopped for good. Those who argue for euthanasia believe that it is an acceptable…

The main issues in this case include the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. The principle of autonomy comes into play when the pharmacy denies Ms. Cross’s right to fill her prescription with cefpodoxime proxetil. Autonomy describes how healthcare professionals should respect the freedom of the patient to make decisions regarding their life and treatment (Veatch and Haddad). Regardless of the reasons as to why it is not on the formulary, Ms. Cross is entitled to…

Often referred to as euthanasia, mercy killing is the practice of taking one's life out of misery. This method is usually used for patients who have incurable diseases and would rather have a painless death than, over a long period of time, suffer. Euthanasia even traces back to as far as the ancient Greeks and Romans in 5th Century B.C. Although prohibited, many physicians gave poisons to their patients anyways. Drawing back to present time, only a handful of countries and U.S. states allow the…

Euthanasia being legal helps prevent many unnecessarily painful deaths. Lastly, the Hippocratic oath, one of the most popular and oldest medical documents is still followed by medical professionals. It states that doctors should do no harm to their patients (“Also… I will utterly reject harm.”). However, it is harmful to patients to let their quality of life deteriorate to the point where they want their lives…

efore learning the top different uses of medical marijuana strain – Girl scout cookies, you might be interested to know that researches of this issue involve medical marijuana or its individual psychoactive compounds administered in carefully measured doses which is a far cry from the variability in marijuana strains sold on streets or in dispensaries. According to the words of Ivor Grant, MD, Chair of the department of psychiatry of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine:…

my lifetime goals, I have to discuss my past experiences in order for the Admission Committee to have insight into my journey to achieve academic excellence with the ultimate goal of becoming a part of the medical community. As far as I can remember, I always wanted to be part of the medical community; I believe that this quest started from my mother’s womb. The reason for this statement is because my mother experienced two great losses during her pregnancy with me; the loss of her sister who…

brain severely. In the article “Does High Potency Marijuana Do More Damage to the Brain” Alice Walton states, “What is clear is that high-potency marijuana is more readily available than it was. A study earlier this year, analyzing recreational and medical marijuana, showed that the THC content in pot can reach up to almost 30%, whereas a few decades ago it was just about 10%. Meanwhile, the other active compound cannabidiol (CBD), which is thought to have therapeutic value, has fallen…

Electronic Health Record Implementation Advancements in technology have grown rapidly over the years, even integrating itself into the medical field. Gone are the days of paper charting and handwritten prescriptions allowing for a decrease in medical errors and an increase in patient safety. With the attacks on September 11, 2001, the nation acknowledged a need for standardized electronic health records. Many facilities have already implemented the use of electronic health records; however,…