Medical Ethics Essay Examples and Topics. Page 4

The author has made use of both an emotional impact by telling the audience the whole number of people who will die to highlight the situation and directly following it is the rational appeal which [...]

According to Butts and Rich, leadership in a clinical setting is a process that ought to shape the goals of the medical care organizations, motivate the behavior of the nurses towards the accomplishment of goals, [...]

This is the case because, death is not a clinical thing, but rather a natural process On the other hand, considering the fact that, most suffering individuals have to endure extreme pain, with surety of [...]

To avoid such difficulties completely, by opinion of consequence, it is justifiable to go on with the process of having the scouts out of the cavern in total disregard to their master.

The life of a newborn child, no matter how disabled or handicapped it may be, is guarded by the 'sanctity of human life' doctrine, and the wishes of the parents or the prospects of the [...]

In case of active euthanasia, it is the patient who requests the medical practitioner to end his or her life and the former abides by the wish.

The only fault that the child makes to deserve this disparity is to be born in a family that is facing prejudice and is stereotyped on one or more factors.

Jane L Givens and Susan L Mitchell "Concerns about End-of-Life Care and Support for Euthanasia" Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Article in Press FOR The authors state socio-demographic characteristics of the people are the [...]

Improving the health of individuals living within society will be in the best interest of all the people of a society". Healthcare is the provision of services to people, in which they can attain maximum [...]

Medical malpractice refers to the negligence or an omission of an act of a health care provider that resulted to a death or an injury of a patient.

The underlying assumption is that the pre-donation agreement is made in the premise of the considerations and hence the central point of the interests and legal rights and responsibilities of all the parties enlisting the [...]

Nobody will argue the fact that at the present moment the system of the US healthcare delivery has become not a social institute that is aimed at the provision of the nation's welfare but a [...]

We are going to consider these dilemmas and how we can resolve them using the ethical principals and theories and the sociological, economic, legal or political implication of the ethical principals in the process of [...]

The main issue that is to be addressed is that the boy asks the counselor not to notify his parents about the drug problem, but is it ethical to keep this information confidential?

In nursing, ethical considerations take center stage, as the relationship between the nurse and the patient predisposes the former to take ethics into account.

The right to health as an inclusive right is one of the elements which states that the right is not only associated with access to health care facilities and services. The company incorporates various aspects [...]

The cognitive purpose of this phenomenon is to show how unpleasant the patient is to the medical staff and how prejudiced and arrogant the professional treats the patient.

Hindus have a particular perception of death and what happens to a person in the afterlife, shaping the appropriate for them end-of-life care.

Both EBP and CC share the common goal of utilizing key skills in ensuring optimal development of a client, but the former uses the latest research evidence, and the latter is based on cultural differences.

Regents of the University of California established the need to prevent harm to non-patients as one such consideration. The need to explain the limitations of confidentiality to patients is acknowledged in the American Counseling Association's [...]

Later, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology stated that unless the workers have contradictions to the vaccine, they are to receive it.

The article called "Praying with patients: A Dallas surgeon finds a way to put ministry into practice" discusses the role of religion through the example of medical professionals who incorporate religious beliefs into their practice.

For example, there is a COMFORT model, that is supposed to examine the way of communication between the nurse and the patient in the hospice.

The case of Nicaragua has shown to be particularly challenging as the country's leaders are adhering to the patriarchal worldview that does not consider the rights and the health of women, and the importance of [...]

One of the ethical issues is the paradox that the evaluator of the program participants' contribution is also assessed whether he or she is ethically worthy of performing the evaluation. One of the possible methods [...]

Accordingly, the higher the quality of this communication is, the more likely it is that the outcomes of treatment and care will be positive due to obtaining comprehensive information about a particular case and applying [...]

The writer alludes that the key ethical concerns in the process are associated with the infringement of citizens' privacy, interference with the rights to autonomy, equity, and freedom of choice.

The purpose of this paper is to examine advance care planning in terms of palliative care by describing the concept and related impediments.

Thus, the ability to engage in open interactions with medical specialists helped Dorothy to make appropriate decisions about her future care and prepare for the outcomes of the treatment process.

Thirdly, rationale refers to the consent and agreement that patients understand what is expected from them and that they know what is going to happen before, during and after treatment.

The third option would be to continue the use of the experimental treatment. In this case, her brother would have to agree that this is the best course of action.

There are four dimensions of duty of care that are interdependent and interconnected: the employer's duty of care to patients, the employer's duty of care to the staff, employees' duty of care to each other [...]

I suppose that cloning is one of the breakthroughs that need the system of counterbalance providing a holistic approach to the problem.

Through my experience of being sick, I realized that the world of the sick is not a comfort zone, as one is allowed to lie on the bed for some days thus being inactive.

Therefore, the primary care for patients with anorexia nervosa requires administration of various dietary and mental medical interventions and a clear understanding of different concepts and ethical issues related to the treatment of the disorder.

One of the most dominant restrictions in the 1992 ruling is that parents are supposed to be involved in the decision making platform before an abortion can be carried out.

With most patients desperately looking for ways to alleviate their suffering, it would be moral to allow them to have to access some of the unproven treatments.

To alleviate suffering from the less fortunate and those that doctors have not been able to cater for, it is right to try some of the unproven treatments that their inventors claim to be effective.

This statement is however open for criticism in the sense that it is morally right to promote unproven treatments as a personal choice.

The introduction of genetics has gone a long way in sparking a heated debate as to why such companies are finding it necessary to introduce it to the list of information that the assured must [...]

In more detail, there is a clearly discernible introduction that provides the background to the topic, introduces the thesis statement, and state the opinion of the author of the topic discussed.

In this respect, the position of a physician under the strain of extreme circumstances should be weighed about the value of compassion.

In the health care sector, professionals have to adhere to a given set of codes of ethics when discharging their duties.

It is at this point, when it becomes a contention of professional ethics and moral considerations on the part of Jack and his wife on the one hand, and personal choice on the part of [...]

The four principles include the principle of autonomy, the principle of beneficence, the principle of non-maleficence and the principle of fairness or distributive justice.

The essay first examines the philosophical and religious concept of life and how the decision to abort affects the right to life of the fetus as also the existential dilemma that may arise when a [...]

She is commonly referred to as 'the octomom.' The octuplets become the second set born alive in the United States. This sort of a source is not reliable because she may fail to get help [...]

The interests of the parents are founded on the cultural and societal practices in their area of origin which will eventually make it difficult for the baby to grow and develop in an appropriate manner; [...]

However, in the present situation of the world in general and the United States in particular, there is no doubt that abortion is a bad practice that deserves to be banned in all cases except [...]

The other approach is by requesting the family of the deceased to give consent for the donation in a case where the deceased did not permit earlier on.

In fact, research suggests the existence of communication difficulties between several departments and levels of hospital and healthcare settings including doctors, doctors and nurses, between nurses and between nurses and doctors, which have often resulted [...]

The perception of the stakeholders and the consumers of certain issues in relation to that of the pharmaceutical companies have led to friction between the two groups.

Thus, most experiments require the drug to be tested on a sample of individuals to see how the human body reacts to the drug and whether it is safe to offer the drug to all [...]

The code of conduct begins with highlighting the fundamental responsibilities of nurses therefore making them aware of the basic concept of nursing and its role in the society which provide a clear insight of expectation [...]

Any discovery has to be tested to ascertain the impact on the life of both plants and animals and the entire environment.

The testing can also be done to diagnose the genetic disorder, detecting future risks of contracting diseases as a result of genetic disorders, how these disorders respond to drugs, and detecting the extent of risks [...]

When a patient is in the final stage of life, sometimes, the disease or the conditions of the patient, cause a lot of physical and psychological suffering.

If grandma were a dog, most all would agree that the only humane option would be to 'put her to sleep.' U.S.citizens are guaranteed certain rights but not the right to wouldie with dignity.' This [...]

Some factors that must be considered when taking a patient off a Ventilator, and the possibility of an End Of Life Decision, are the patient's age, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Scores, the future outlook for the [...]

End of life care pertains to the regulation of an individual's immediate environment by implementing measures that would augment the level of care to individual as he approaches death End of life care may not [...]

Abortion is a very big risk to the health of the woman who opts to undergo an abortion. The biggest risk is to the life of the woman who opts for an abortion.

Impetuous development of medicine, the occurrence of new technologies, the expansion of possibilities of influencing human life, and the integrity of the organism and the personality have led to the development of certain ethical principles [...]

For core conservatives, since the fetus has moral status from the day it is conceived and as such, abortion is to be forbidden.

A more disarming approach is that of Thomson who maintains that the mother's right to control her own body overrides the right to life of the fetus unless the mother has a special responsibility to [...]

Euthanasia is the process of stopping the medical maintenance of a patient's life when the patient/herself does not want to suffer anymore and the doctors are sure that no improvements in the patient's condition are [...]

Since human cloning is still in the experimental stage and the criticism for and against the subject is replete with valid reasons rational thinkers will be put to the dilemma in agreeing with either of [...]

Analyzing the scenario that was presented, the doctor is legally liable for his actions due to the fact that he ordered the conduct of sample collection and laboratory analysis without the informed consent of the [...]

Abortion as we all know is the deliberate removal of a foetus from the womb of a female resulting in the death of the foetus.

However, the current application of genetic engineering is in the field of medicine particularly to treat various genetic conditions. However, this method of treatment has various consequences to the individual and the society in general.

In my view then it is a vain hope that researchers will be able to determine when a human person comes into existence simply by inspecting the biological and genetic evidence about the development of [...]

However, there is a strong case for helping terminally ill patients spend the remainder of their lives with care provided by the medical fraternity and with support from the state and insurance companies. And in [...]

Nevertheless, we must recognize that the interruption of life, alone or with the help of doctors, is contrary to one of the basic tenets of Christianity: the more people suffer on earth, the easier it [...]

Euthanasia, the practice of deliberately bring about an easy, painless, and moderate death to a person who is in the last days of his life and can no more bear the pain of living, has [...]

This is why medical practitioners need to be able to apply ethical principles in decision making and consider their own values and beliefs and the values and beliefs of clients, of the profession, and of [...]

Termination of life support when a person's condition is not burdensome is tantamount to the premature termination of life. To remove the support is thus the same as not supporting that life.

Opting to withdraw the tube may lead to the physiological deprivation of the patient and as a result, the worst-case scenario is the death of the patient.

However, a common problem is that though the person may have consented to the use of his biological samples for genetic research, he may not be aware of the future developments of genetic research to [...]

Thesis Statement: When we consider both sides of the argument in a balanced manner, the use of a cadaver is quite acceptable on the basis of the rationality that it is not abused but rather [...]

The concept of ethics is studied in Meta-Ethics, while the determination of the ethical values and their methods are studied in Normative Ethics, and lastly, the implementation of these ethical values and their methods are [...]

They include patients' condition, family situation, and the potential implications of telling the truth. However, the decision should be based on the mental well-being of patients.

Using this approach in the context of the dilemma in question gives a possibility to analyze the ability of the nurse to reason morally and to exercise the virtue of telling the truth.

I believe that spiritual care involves listening to a person and providing for their spiritual needs in a manner that fits both the care providers' and the patients' worldview.

The problems that the new "Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom" opens are particularly linked to the use of personal ethics as opposed to a professional one.

In recent years, the medical community has pondered the radically new approach to cancer treatment, which is isolating and collecting T-cells from the patient.

According to Garran and Rasmussen, the patient's prejudice towards the doctor about the race of the latter is one of the examples that are found in care facilities periodically.

However, to avoid all this, a physician must decide on a policy with the patient before testing, which will decide with whom the results will the shared and under what circumstances, the confidentiality may be [...]

This is attributed to the fact that in Canada, prices are lower compared to the U.S. S, they could limit their supply in trying to curb the online shopping between U.S.and Canada.

The argument exists that because some embryos are created in petri dishes and require implantation into a womb to achieve their full potential that they should not be considered human life, and therefore, can be [...]

In any clinical research or trial, the sponsor or the company providing the medicine or the medical devices identifies the specific medications it wants to be tested. Clinical trials are designed to assess the effectiveness [...]

Spirituality is seen as one of the important components of care since this aspect is closely related to people's recovery and ability to adjust to new conditions.

Similarly, in the story of Henrietta Lacks, informed consent was not obtained, and the woman was unaware that her cells were being used in research.

She is the guardian of Lanesha and, despite raising another grandson and caring for her elderly mother, she is responsible for the health of the girl.

Nothing could be further from the intent of those who favor a limited reconsideration of public policy in the areas of assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia.

The movie "Syndromes and a Century" vividly portrays the attitude of three Buddhist monks towards healthcare and doctors' behavior in a hospital. Unity of body and mind is the main spiritual doctrine in Buddhism.

On the other hand, addiction to and misuse of prescription drugs could harm the patient in the long term. Additionally, improving moral resilience and promoting an ethical culture in the workplace could assist nurses in [...]

The introductive section introduces the guidelines of the issue by elaborating on the problems of immigrants and the opinions of Linda Poon and Phil Gingrey.

On my question of whether the beliefs could hinder the treatment, the respondent said that in most cases, it could be avoided.

The principle of autonomy applies to the issue; Valentina is unconscious and unable to state her present and updated opinion on the use of blood products.

The current discussion will explore the case of a patient refusing emergency care despite the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm and the actions of a healthcare provider targeted at eliminating the adverse risks of non-treatment.

Doctors are presented with an ethical dilemma as to whether the release of information is warranted considering the potential implications. Therefore, doctors must communicate the possibility of potential information leaks during emergencies for patients to [...]

As the concept of gift and bribe is variable and differ from country to country in regard to particular cultural context and the cultures are not the all alike, the definition or conceptual understanding of [...]

Based on the two perceptions of euthanasia, theological and professional, it is valid to say that assisted suicide is probably not the best way out.

James Rachels however disagrees with the position taken by doctors when it comes to active Euthanasia and argues that, given a case where the patient is in intolerable pain and is certain to die in [...]

My ethical response to the situation was that Catherine should only be attended to by the female staff especially when she was naked and that only the female staff needed to have access to the [...]

Euthanasia is the process of stopping the medical maintenance of a patient's life when the patient/herself does not want to suffer anymore and the doctors are sure that no improvements in the patient's condition are [...]

We know that Christians are composed of three congregations: the Protestants, Roman Catholics, and Those who believe in the Bible, it is clear that the Bible is straightforward on life, that is that God is [...]

The request of the patient to relieve them from Karma and sufferings that is clarification and healing, nobody gives the right to break life of a physical body.

Thus, the two most important issues for older patients are access to care and decision-making. The principles of autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence are linked to the issue of decision-making.

As a human, I felt that the safety of the lady took precedence; hence I could not allow her to walk alone. As a nurse leader, I would encourage my staff to always put the [...]

According to the speaker, the typical conditions in healthcare institutions can make the experience of people at the end of life more stressful.

While Eastern medical tradition fully integrates soul in the process of treatment, the representatives of Western culture have not been sure about this for quite a while. Such a cultural gap in terms of medicine [...]

In the example identified above, the role of the ethical nurse would be to provide information to the patient about various treatment options and their possible effect in terms of life prolongation. They should assess [...]

The fallenness of the world is one of the central ideas within the scope of the Christian picture of the world.

The presence of a professional in the role of the next of kin also confuses the loyalties of a nurse who may be uncertain of personal responsibility to the patient and the colleagues.

The primary ethical issue in the family, which caused a crisis situation, is the divorce of the patient's parents. The best approach that can be used in talking to the patient is the provision of [...]

Consequently, the outlined safeguard becomes the first line of defense in making sure that only the right individuals with chronic and incurable medical conditions benefit from assisted death.

It is the ethical responsibility of medical professionals to maintain a good medical practice and fulfill their duties to the patient while adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.

However, the functioning of the given sector gives rise to multiple ethical questions mainly because of the extremely high price of treatment and the drawbacks in the insurance system depriving wide populations of coverage and [...]

As a result, they do not remain impartial and focus on the interests of the care providers over those of the patients.

This data, paired with the history of previous vaccination and consent, should be enough to administer the vaccine in this case.