Ryan Double Entry Journal
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Name__Ryan Snyder__!
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Source: http://www.utwente.nl/gw/wijsb/organization/brey/Publicaties_Brey/
Brey_2009_Biomed_Engineering.pdf!
Type: Scholarly article!
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Reaction/reflection/comments/ questions/interpretation Biomedical engineering is a new field and thus there are not many strict ethical guidelines. Guidelines need to be set or else people can and will abuse technology. The problem is that this takes a long time.
“If medicine were to engage in human enhancement, it would move beyond its! traditional mission, which is merely curative and preventive.”
Human enhancement is a field of question. While it would be really cool to enhance our natural bodies, it would give rise to multiple moral questions.
“Germline engineering, which is not currently used therapeutically but which is being studied, is a more controversial practice in which genes in eggs, sperm or very early embryos are modified.”
The author is concerned that some people may see this as “playing God” but
I do not think that is the case all of the time. This can be used to make sure illness does not get passed on to children. “Ethical issues in tissue engineering concern the question whether and how specific types of tissues can be patented, the question whether human donors of cells should be able to profit from their use (which is currently not the case) and whether donors have a right to informed! consent for every use of their cells (which is currently the case).”
This is certainly an important ethical question as people will most likely use this field to make money and that is a problem. The source of the cells to be used in tissue engineering also needs to have regulations.
The use of prostheses and implants raises issues of human identity and dignity because it involves the addition of artificial structures and systems to human biology, or even the replacement of human tissues and organs with
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Double entry journal template!
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Name__Ryan Snyder__!
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Source: http://www.utwente.nl/gw/wijsb/organization/brey/Publicaties_Brey/
Brey_2009_Biomed_Engineering.pdf!
Type: Scholarly article!
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Quotes/stats/key points
Reaction/reflection/comments/ questions/interpretation Biomedical engineering is a new field and thus there are not many strict ethical guidelines. Guidelines need to be set or else people can and will abuse technology. The problem is that this takes a long time.
“If medicine were to engage in human enhancement, it would move beyond its! traditional mission, which is merely curative and preventive.”
Human enhancement is a field of question. While it would be really cool to enhance our natural bodies, it would give rise to multiple moral questions.
“Germline engineering, which is not currently used therapeutically but which is being studied, is a more controversial practice in which genes in eggs, sperm or very early embryos are modified.”
The author is concerned that some people may see this as “playing God” but
I do not think that is the case all of the time. This can be used to make sure illness does not get passed on to children. “Ethical issues in tissue engineering concern the question whether and how specific types of tissues can be patented, the question whether human donors of cells should be able to profit from their use (which is currently not the case) and whether donors have a right to informed! consent for every use of their cells (which is currently the case).”
This is certainly an important ethical question as people will most likely use this field to make money and that is a problem. The source of the cells to be used in tissue engineering also needs to have regulations.
The use of prostheses and implants raises issues of human identity and dignity because it involves the addition of artificial structures and systems to human biology, or even the replacement of human tissues and organs with