Medical treatments

child whether they receive a life-saving treatment or not. The parent is deemed competent and seems to understand the situation. The parent decides to refuse the treatment for their child and a physician has to decide whether to grant the refusal or reject it. I believe, based on the required reading on consent, that the philosophers Allen Buchanan and Dan W. Brock would need additional information on the scenario, such as whether there are alternative treatment options. I would agree with their…

Medical tourism is a type of touristic travel which involves a person who lives in one country to travel to another country to receive medical aid. Medical procedures taken abroad have a variety in options like dentistry, hip replacement, cosmetic surgeries, oncology, cardiology, cardiovascular surgeries, cancer treatments, scans, orthopedics and neurology. Popular sites that are the hot spot for undergoing medical procedures, in increasing to decreasing order, are primarily started off with…

In 1990, a pivotal case was brought before the US Court of Appeals that exposed the patriarchal paradox. Cynthia R. Daniels chronicles the story of Angela Carder in her 1993 piece “Bodily Integrity and Forced Medical Treatment: The Case of Angela Carder.” Pregnant Carder had previously battled cancer, which had since gone into remission. She had agreed with her physician that if there was a chance that her life was at risk, she would have a cesarean after the twenty-eighth…

condition called Hypercalcemia. Blue’s parents, after stumbling across the Ashley Treatment case, believe GAT will improve her life and are seeking permission to have her undergo the procedure. However, permission requires…

the idea that some psychological disorders were caused by angry gods or spirits. His beliefs and writings were later used as evidence to rationalize the burning of witches. Following Celsus, Claudius Galen (131-200 A.D) developed a new structure of medical knowledge based on the study of anatomy rather than on philosophical assumptions. This marks a major turning point in the beliefs…

3-6-month-old baby. To treat her disease her parents decided to use a treatment that’s normally used to stimulate the growth of an individual called Growth Attenuation. Along with the growth attenuation, they decided to have a hysterectomy, estrogen therapy, and an appendectomy. This form of treatment to me is unethical, unnecessary and as a human her rights were violated. However, Gary L. Stein and Sandy walker would agree that this form of treatment has improved…

The Solution to Sewage: Sewage Management. Immediately she felt weak, everything went dark and she fell. Victoria Brown is but, a young girl that lives by the river bank in Ikeja, Lagos. She lives there with her mother, alongside with other people who cannot afford a furnished home. She was rushed to the nearby hospital after she lost consciousness. The doctor carried out a few tests on her. She kept on throwing up and she could not eat. Her mother was worried about her only child. The doctor…

In this case is used the medical paternalism theory. “From another perspective, if life itself, rather than life of a certain quality with autonomy and dignity, were of ultimate value, then even defensive wars could never be fortified” (Steinbock 66p) “Ashley, called the “pillow angel” by her parents, suffers from a developmental brain condition known as static encephalopathy “(P Clark). When I did research about this case I find out the exact type of brain damage Ashley has. “Static…

the lake. While it is a bit helpful that peasants are trying to clean the water by straining out the sludge with cloths and trucking away the pollution, it doesn’t stop the problem at the source. The best solution would be to rebuild the sewage treatment plant that was destroyed and possibly build more because putting on a Band-Aid doesn’t stop a wound from hurting. The community needs to also be cautious and mindful about where their…

where it comes from. Based on this reason, wastewater treatment is needed and crucial for converting the wastewater into an effluent that can be either discharged to the environment or reused. However, wastewater treatment plant posed safety and health hazards to the wastewater treatment worker. Work in the wastewater treatment sector was considered hazardous. Workers many experience health problem and deaths. The roles of wastewater treatment plant worker are day-to-day operate and maintain…