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Papers On Medical Ethics
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Health Questions and Answers
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A 5 page paper which addresses 7 different health industry quotations with answers in regards to possible questions that might arise. Issues such as physician's involvement in HMOs, ethics, gatekeeping, test rationing, and ethical concerns. Bibliography lists 3 sources. RAhlthq&a.wps
Filename: RAhlthq&a.wps
Hippocratic Oath
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This 3-page paper discusses whether or not the Hippocratic Oath encourages medical paternalism or patient autonomy; it finds that the Oath does encourage paternalism and suggests a way to begin revising it to encourage patient autonomy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVHippo.rtf
HIV/AIDS Patients and Suicide
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This 18 page report discusses the
many issues associated with suicide and people with HIV/AIDS. The
disease has raised numerous issues such as access to care,
prevention, cost of treatment, drug therapy and much more. Not
surprisingly, it has also intensified the debate regarding right
to die, physician assisted suicide, and the moral issues
associated with suicide. As people are forced to live with a
disease that slowly but surely robs them of all strength and any
measure of personal dignity, many have made the decision not to
endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to
experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal
autonomy, the emotional and physical suffering, and the related
care issues are presented in terms of both AIDS patients and
their caregivers. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BWsuiaid.rtf
HMOs and the Uninsured
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A 12 page paper answering 3 questions about HMOs, the uninsured, HMO ethics and implications for US health care. Questions address HMO structure; relationship with the uninsured; HMO behavior ethics; who the uninsured are; and consequences for American society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KShmoUnins.rtf
HMOs: History and Future
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A 10 page paper divided into two parts. The first is a five-page discussion of HMOs' history and future, concentrating on Paul Ellwood's (2002) proposal that the HMO structure be replaced with his HEROIC one. The second part of the paper answers 4 questions addressing Medicare and Medicaid's influence on the evolution of American healthcare, and assessment of President Bush's ban on continued collection of stem cells from aborted embryos. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KShmoHistory.rtf
Home HIV Testing: An Issue of Patient Privacy
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A 7 page overview of the controversy surrounding home testing for HIV. Identifies AIDS, and HIV) as a tragic disease for which there are tragic consequences both epidemiologically and sociologically. Contends that because of the social stigma which all too often results with the disease and the insecurity of medical records in general, home testing is not an option but a necessity. Concludes that while what is really needed is stricter regulation at the federal level ensuring the privacy of medical records, that regulation is slow in coming and therefore home testing is a needed option. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPHIVtst.wps
Hospice: A Personal Option for the Terminally Ill
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A 20 page exploration of the dying process and how it is typically handled in the healthcare establishment. The author presents hospice as a viable alternative to this often less than optimum situation. Hospice cares not just for the clinical aspects of the patients health but also for their personal, social, and psychological aspects. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: PPhospic.rtf
How Medical Care Played into Gilda Radner's Plight
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This 7 page paper focuses on the book It's Always Something, which is an autobiographical account of Gilda Radner's ordeal with ovarian cancer. The paper examines medical ethics and the types of medical care provided to this Saturday Night Live star. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA545GR2.rtf
How The Law Reasons About Bioethical Issues And The Criteria
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8 pages in length. The law found itself in a quagmire of unfamiliar territory throughout the twentieth century as man's progression as a species challenged many long-standing believes, assumptions and legal tenets. While legal interpretation depends upon those making such determinations, technology has presented some difficult cases before the court for which there is no precedent and the final ruling still leaves room for future debate and potential reversal. Bioethical issues have presented particularly challenging situations for the courts to decide about an otherwise grey that must be transformed into terms of black and white; medicine in particular has been at the forefront of how the law reasons bioethical issues. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCBioethLaw.rtf
Human Cloning
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A 3 page paper which presents a brief proposal for human cloning.
Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAclone.rtf
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