Oath of Citizenship

After much scrutiny, The Affordable Care Act, termed “Obamacare,” finally passed through The Senate and House of Representatives, and upheld by the Supreme Court on June 28th, 2012. Through its’ passing, it caused millions of American’s healthcare insurance rates to skyrocket, and drove up insurance rates nationwide. On another note, this also opened insurance to millions of American’s who lacked any kind of health insurance at all. Throughout the country, there is evidence if we walk into…

Our current medical system is not a new concept; it is an idea that has built and forged over the ages, and the Greek culture was and is a major part of this creation. It all started when the ancient people of Greece started to shift from the spiritual world to a natural world. From there they hurled onward in this forward thinking process with hands on medical treatment. With the Greeks outreaching practices the current society is rewarded with their findings, and the world of medicine…

Hate speech in “Animal farm” and “Priscilla the Cambodian” Hate speech is used as one of the apparatuses employed both in “Animal farm” by George Orwell and “Pricilla the Cambodian” by Rattawut Lapcharoensap. Although it occurs in different circumstances and contexts, the two stories share some ideas in common which significantly reflect the act of their characters as well as the societies, which will be explained further. Hate speech is one of the communication methods being used to attack a…

He was born in approximately 460 BCE into a family full of physicians. He is known as “The Father of Medicine.” He is also probably the most well-known for the Hippocratic oath, something doctors today have to take before they can begin practicing medicine. It’s incredible that someone who lived so long ago, thousands of years before us, is still so prominent, not just in theories and practices, but his actual name is still…

Hippocrates is accredited with being as the leading personality to consider that diseases were instigated naturally, not owing to superstition and gods. Moreover, Hippocrates was attributed by the followers of Pythagoras of affiliating medicine and philosophy. He segregated the field of medicine from religion, trusting and holding a debate that disease was not a chastisement imposed by the gods, but rather the result of ecological influences, intake, and lifestyle habits. Certainly there is not…

We live in a world in which medicine continues to evolve leading to an increase in average lifespan, so why would anyone want to cut their time short? Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is a fairly new concept in medicine, it “Occurs when a physician facilitates a patient’s death by providing the necessary means and/or information to enable the patient to perform the life ending act” (Physician Assisted Suicide, 1995). Due to the nature of the act, there have been major ethical and social issues…

According to Phillip Nitschke, author and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, “Does not doing harm mean that we should prolong a life that the patient sees as a painful burden? Surely, the ‘harm’ in this instance is done when we prolong the life, and ‘doing no harm’ means that we should help the patient die” (“The Argument For Assisted Suicide” 2). Euthanasia is one of the most debatable topics in the United States. Assisted suicide imposes many questions…

The Hippocratic Oath is one of the longest standing documents that is still used today. The original oath was drafted in late Fifth Century BCE. It requires new physicians to swear on many healing gods to uphold all ethical standards. However, over the last 1,000 plus years, the oath has been revised. Redrafted in 1964 the modern version states, “I will remember that there is art to medicine as well…

medical provider to benefit the patient. Also not to use people for your own gain. Nor, should the physician 's actions be controlled by their emotions (p. 11). Furthermore, Hippocratic Oath states, "[w]hatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick [. . .]" (Hippocratic Oath Today, 2001). Hippocratic Oath emphasizes the value of a physician to treat the person in need. Moreover, virtue ethics stresses the focus on the individual 's purpose of action rather than the nature…

The lights in the ER blink as the storm rages on outside. I snap back from the sadness of the weather to the job at hand. I rush to the ER to see my patient has broken bones, a punctured lung, and a laceration along his calf. There’s so much blood everywhere, coming from every open wound on his body. His muscles torn apart and his heart pounding, trying to stay alive. Now was my chance everything I learned about anatomy could help me in this moment. No more time to be wasted I go into the room…