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Papers On Medical Ethics
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In The Name of Science - The Ethics of Biomedical Research
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A 6 page paper that explores the ethics of biomedical research, focusing on the key element of voluntary informed consent. Discussed are recent adverse events that have occurred in gene therapy research and the amendments and additions to federal regulations resulting from these events. Also included is a brief discussion of the history of the guidelines and regulations that safeguard human subject volunteers in medical and scientific research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCBiomed.doc
In Vitro Fertilization And Multiple Births
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A 15 page paper. In vitro fertilization has been a topic of heated debate for a number of years. One of the reasons for the debate has to do with the high percentage of multiple births, specifically, triplets and more. This paper provides some statistical data and discusses the economic, legal, religious, ethical, social and health issues surrounding the process of in vitro. The writer also reports some of the latest advances in this field, then draws a conclusion regarding the issue. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGinvit.wps
Informed Consent and Honoring Directives
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A 4 page paper discussing implications of points of a student-supplied scenario in which an elderly woman underwent unwanted medical procedures. The paper discusses advanced directives, informed consent and euthanasia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmedInfConsent.rtf
Informed Consent in Medical Care: Case Studies in the Polarization of Parental and Medical Opinion
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A 14 page analysis of informed consent. The author defines informed consist and identifies its critical elements. Three specific cases involving infants and the polarization of medical and parental opinion are analyzed in regard to consent, negligence, palliative care, and duty of care. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPmedCns.rtf
Involuntary Euthanasia
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A 4 page paper which argues against involuntary euthanasia using the case of Terri Schiavo as the focus of the argument. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAschiav.rtf
Is Euthanasia Ever Proper?
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A 4 page paper which examines if euthanasia is a proper alternative for the medical establishment only in cases where the patient only has days to live as opposed to a recent diagnosis of terminal illness. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGeuprop.rtf
Japanese Biotechnology and Avian Flu: Ethical and Societal Implications
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A 5 page overview of the problems being confronted with bird flu. The author reviews the social impacts of the H5N1 virus and comments on the ethics of vaccine production. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPavFlu2.rtf
Legal Alternatives in the Case of the Conjoined Twins
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the 2000 case where it was decided that Mary and Jodie were to be separated in spite of the objections of their parents. The Human Rights Act of 1998 and the The Children's Act of 1989 are discussed in light of legal issues. Philosophical and ethical issues are also a part of the analysis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA207Law.rtf
Legal and Ethical Issues of Informed Consent
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This 5 page report
discusses informed consent as the mechanism through which people
fully understand what is happening to them or their family
members. It is used in reference to medical procedures, legal
actions, and a variety of other areas in which one can claim that
a patient or client was both informed of what was about to take
place and either supported the action or had no objection to it.
Ethical and legal issues come into play when one considers
whether or not the person understood what he or she was being
informed of or whether they simply gave their “consent” without
knowing what else they could do. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWinfcon.rtf
Legal Considerations in Health Services: The Patient Self Determination Act
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A 5 page emphasis of the importance of the Patient Self Determination Act in health services. The author reviews the case of Terry Schiavo to stress the importance of having one’s wishes regarded their health care clearly recorded in a legally valid document. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmedSlf.rtf
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