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Papers On Medical Ethics
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Ethics of Colorectal Cancer Screenings
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This 8 page paper considers the idea that as a society, Americans have chosen to "sacrifice" the lives of people under age 50 to colon cancer, rather than imposing a cost of screening at a younger age. It also considers mandatory annual screening for the entire population as a viable way to end this cancer. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: HVColcan.rtf
Ethics of Decisions Regarding Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State
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This 7 page paper discusses the controversy regarding end of life care. The Terri Shiavo case is mentioned. Utilitarianism is defined and that model is used to examine the issue along with the concept of the sanctity of life. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA623PVS.rtf
Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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A 6 page paper discussing what embryonic stem cell research is; the US government’s current ban on creating new lines; ethical questions and the philosophies of Kant and Mill. The paper concludes that adult stem cell research should receive additional attention. Adult stem cells appear to respond in the same ways as embryonic stem cells, and there is no ethical consequence as in research with embryos. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSstemCellRes.rtf
Ethics of Human Cloning
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A 4 page paper discussing the ethics of human cloning. The paper treats therapeutic and reproductive cloning separately, and illustrates the applicability of the philosophies of Kant, Mill and Rawls. There is little ethical support for reproductive cloning, but therapeutic cloning is less clear. One author states that we should not avoid a technology simply because we do not yet have it completely identified. Those awaiting transplant organ availability likely would agree. It is left to the rest of us to decide what is or is not acceptable in our society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSethClone.rtf
Ethics of Human Cloning
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A 3 page paper discussing the ethics of human cloning. Stem cells used in therapeutic cloning are most plentiful in placenta and aborted fetuses, but they also are available in every adult. Therapeutic cloning does not seem to be as much an issue as is the origin of the stem cells from which cloning can be accomplished. All ethical issues should be served through adult donation of stem cells, in the same way adults now donate blood and organs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSethClone2.rtf
Ethics Of Managed Care
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This 4 page paper discusses managed health care and the ethics of them. The essay identifies the limits placed on patients and physicians. The basic argument is that managed health care companies are neither ethical nor moral. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: PGethhmo.RTF
Ethics Of Medicine
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A 20 page paper that provides an intensive overview of the necessity for ethics in medicine and considers this in light of the increasing problem of dishonesty in medicine. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: Medice.wps
Ethics Of Physician-Reported Syphilis
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5 pages in length. The moral obligation Jeff's doctor is compelled to uphold falls under support of deontological ethics, a theory that espouses one's moral duty in any given situation. As a physician, he is torn between his purported duty to warn and the obligation to protect doctor/patient confidentiality; however, the moment Jeff's actions caused other people to become unwitting victims of his indiscretion, the deontological obligation overruled any professional accountability the doctor may have had. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCSyphl.rtf
Ethics/Organ Transplantation
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A 4 page research paper that explores the issues surrounding organ transplantation. The write specifically looks at the ethical issues raised by a Colorado man advertising for a donor on the Internet and receiving a donor kidney as a result. The issue of payment for donor organs is also discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khdonkid.rtf
Eugenics and Disability -- Will History Repeat Itself ?
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An 8 page paper on the controversy surrounding the genetic implications of the Human Genome Project. It discusses whether the ability to identify disabling conditions from DNA will ultimately hurt the disabled community by ushering in a new era of eugenics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Eugenic.wps
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