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Papers On Medical Ethics
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The Reasons Why Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal
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This 3 page paper examines the controversy. While both sides are discussed, the paper takes a pro stance on the issue of legalization. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA916pot.rtf
The Role of Law as a Reflection of Social Change and Society’s Attitudes: Homosexual Rights and Euthanasia in The Netherlands
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This is a 9 page paper discussing how the homosexual right laws and euthanasia laws in The Netherlands reflect society’s attitudes. Two basic perspectives are considered in regards to the role of the law in society. One is that the role of the law is to reflect society’s attitudes and throughout the process of social change through history, so too will the law reflect these changes. On the other hand, some governments or countries believe that the role of the law is to force or control social change. In the latter case, the law may or may not change through the process of social change. In today’s society, laws generally reflect society’s attitudes and social change as can be seen in the constantly changing, amending, updating and reversal of many of the laws which used to be enforced. These transitions in the law as a reflection of social change can be seen in some of the recent changes in laws pertaining to homosexual partnerships and euthanasia in The Netherlands. Changes in the law reflect societal attitudes to the extent where countries which have changed their laws to suit society’s changing attitudes are seen as more open and accepting of societal changes than those which do not. There are also some countries in which the law remains a controlling force for social change as seen in the one child policy in China.
Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: TJlawsc2.rtf
The Role of the Physician: Differing Views in Accordance with Age, Gender, Ethnicity and Occupation
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A 4 page contention that while medicine is evolving to be more humanistic, physicians seem intent on maintaining a solely empirical approach to healing. The author suggests that traditional cultures and women most often prefer the humanistic approach. Age, however, is a variable factor in determining an individual's perception of the ideal role of medicine and physicians. While the old of traditional cultures prefer the humanistic approach, the young of those cultures prefer the empirical. Just the opposite can be observed for mainstream culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmedDef.rtf
The Tuskegee Experiments
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A 3 page paper which examines the Tuskegee Experiments and discusses if such double blind testing can and does occur today. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAtusk.rtf
The Twelve Infant Deaths at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre
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This 7 page paper delves into medical ethics as it examines the well known Canadian case where in 1994 twelve infants died after cardiac surgery. An inquiry into the matter revealed that most of the deaths were preventable or at least probably preventable. The theory of utilitarianism is used to support a course of action that the nurses might have undertaken. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA426WHS .rtf
The Use of Stem Cells
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A Theological and Ethical Debate; This 5 page paper consider the views regarding the use of stem cells and the debate that is currently raging. The writer uses Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum in order to give a basis to the theological arguments as well as current sources. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEstemcl.wps
THERAC 25- A CASE STUDY
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This 7-page paper examines the ethics and stakeholders behind Therac-25, a device used to treat cancer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTthercase.rtf
To See or Not To See
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This 5 page paper outlines Oliver Sack's essay "To See or Not To See," with a focus on the way he strips away a myth, namely that to regain your vision, when you have been blind for years, is to regain a capacity to understand what you see. Specifically, this essay considers whether the subject of Sack's essay, Virgil, was well advised to have eye surgery that resulted in the regaining of his vision, and whether the outcome of this surgery was successful. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHSacks.wps
Tort Of Negligence
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8 pages in length. A fast-paced society is at risk for multiple negligent issues, not the least of which concerns that of medical negligence. Australia is just one of many countries that have fallen victim to overworked, undertrained practitioners whose focus is not always upon the patient's best interests. Personal and professional distractions, as well as the inability to spend adequate time with each patient, are just some of the reasons cited for the conspicuous increase in medical negligence. What determines whether or not an individual seeks legal compensation when medical negligence has occurred? Are there certain issues that openly sway one's decision as to take action? Clearly, several factors exist within the boundaries of medical negligence that help determine if a patient is going to sue, including the patient/doctor relationship, how the doctor responds to the claim of negligence, as well as the ethical nature of the situation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCtort.wps
U.S. Government Policy on Stem Cell Research
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An 8 page paper which examines what the United States’ government policy is on stem cell research. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: RAstemus.rtf
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