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Papers On Medical Ethics
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Organ Transplants - Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies
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This 6 page paper discusses some of the ethical considerations of organ transplantation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVOrganT.rtf
Organ Transplants, Distributive Justice and the Allocation of Scarce Resources
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A 3 page discussion of the dilemma presented in organ transplantation. This paper uses the case of Todd Krampitz who found a way to cut in line and receive an organ before he would have done so had he abided by transplant protocol. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPorganTrnsplnt.rtf
Organs for Sale: An Analysis
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A 5 page analysis of the pros and cons of instituting a market for transplantable human organs from an economic viewpoint. Discusses costs and benefits, both to the investor and society, and the questions which must be answered before a policy can be formulated. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: 90organ.rtf
Palliative Care for Terminally Ill Patients
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A 14 page overview of the many considerations of palliative care. Emphasizing palliative care for
terminal breast cancer patients, this paper points out that our focus on pharmacological and clinically-based interventions are often myopic, that we need to consider alternative treatment regimes on a case-by-case basis. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPbrstCn.rtf
Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill: Ethical Considerations
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A 10 page discussion of the ethics behind palliative care for the terminally ill. The author contends that palliative care for the terminally ill is a specialized field of medicine which is slowly emerging in step with certain changes in our society and our mindset. Evaluates a number of issues surrounding care for the terminally ill including resource allocation and pain management. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPpallia.rtf
Parental Rights, Freedom or Religion, and Societal Responsibility for Insuring Child Welfare
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A 4 page discussion of the case outlined in an August 2003 article published in the Ethics Journal of the American Medical Society and titled "Faith-based Decisions: Parents Who Refuse Appropriate Care
for Their Child". The case is commented on by three separate physicians, all of whom contend that a parent's right to chose their own religion and
that of their child is overridden when the religion interferes with securing recommended medical care for that child. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: PPmedRfs.rtf
Parental Role in Medical Consent for Procedures Performed on Of-Age Dependents
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A 6 page discussion of a hospital’s obligation to conduct certain testing on a nineteen year old student who, although of legal age, was covered under her parent’s HMO. The HMO subsequently refused to pay the bill and the parents objected to the fact that the hospital
failed to inform them that their daughter was seeking treatment,
contending that they would have refused the extensive testing because
they were familiar with their daughter’s history of migraines and that
her symptoms on the night in question did not constitute anything out of
the ordinary. The hospital contends that because the daughter was of
legal age her agreement to the testing regime constituted informed
consent. The hospital also contends, however, that even if they had of
been aware of the parent’s potential objections they would have
conducted the tests because their primary responsibility was to the
patient. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmedCn2.rtf
Patient Safety in Clinical Trials
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This 55 page paper provides an overview of the central issues in addressing patient safety in clinical trials. This paper assesses the current perspectives, regulatory audit findings and suggestions, plans and strategies for improvement. In addition, this research study also considers the nature of IND safety assessments and prevalent issues like informed consent. Bibliography
lists 25 sources.
Filename: MHPatsaf.wps
Pediatric stem cell and the psycho-social effects on siblings/parents
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This is a 6 - page paper that discusses the stress and anxiety in family members who have a child or sibling undergoing a stem cell transplant. It briefly describes the procedure and then discusses studies which indicate that women with gravely ill children have high levels of stress. It suggests that psychosocial intervention with families of these children may help them cope, and tends to reduce stress and anxiety, particularly in the children and their fathers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVStemCell.rtf
People As Guinea Pigs / Medical Ethics & The Tuskegee Case
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The Tuskegee Study was a 40-year project in which scientists observed - but did not adequately treat -syphilis among 412 black men in rural Alabama. By the time the study had concluded, it was found that the disease had killed at least 28 of its subjects. Essentially, Tuskegee exploited the lesser intelligent and silently forced them to participate in a study that would only hurt them. In this 2 page essay, the writer examines rules of consent and medical ethics to presents methods designed to prevent such an occurrence from ever happening again. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Tuskege.wps
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