Argument Against Prenatal Genetic Screening In this essay‚ I will argue that prenatal screening for disabilities for the intent of actively choosing to have a child without a disability is immoral. By disability‚ I mean the definition provided in a medical dictionary: “A disadvantage or deficiency‚ especially a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement”. This does not include diseases that are considered inevitably and irreversibly fatal‚ nor does it include birth
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CASE STUDY The Ethics of a Genetic Screening Study for Antisocial Personality Disorder With Mesoamericans Case Study in the Ethics of Mental Health Research Maria-Virginia Rodriguez‚ MD‚ FACS Abstract: This article contains an analysis of a research ethics committee’s (REC) concerns about a study protocol involving genetic screening for antisocial personality disorder. The study was proposed by US university researchers and to be conducted with Mesoamerican populations in the United States
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WHO/HGN/ETH/00.4 Review of Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics Report of Consultants to WHO Professors D.C. Wertz‚ J.C. Fletcher‚ K. Berg World Health Organization Human Genetics Programme Human Genetics Programme Management of Noncommunicable Diseases World Health Organization WHO/HGN/ETH/00.4 Review of Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics Report of Consultants to WHO Professors D.C. Wertz‚ J.C. Fletcher‚ K. Berg Copyright © WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION‚ 2003 All rights reserved.
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The goal of education should be to teach children how to think for themselves‚ not necessarily to teach them what to think. After completing school‚ graduates should feel prepared to handle adult problems on their own. However‚ the American education system oftentimes does not seem to strive for such things. Standardized testing and competitiveness with other nations has led to stressed‚ overworked students who feel unprepared to do anything besides memorize information. In addition‚ numerous schools
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Drug Testing And Government Benefits!! Introduction: Why is drug testing needed for assistance‚ and does drug testing welfare applicants work? What about the states that have tried drug testing‚ did it help them? Is drug testing applicants unconstitutional? The advocates of these programs argue that the drug testing is implemented not just to save money‚ but to help people who may be struggling with substance abuse. If this is the case then why is the data telling us a different story? The
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Genetics and Disorders Candace Artis PSY 104 Child and Adolescent Instructor: Dominique Jeffery March 13th‚ 2013 In this paper I will be addressing the following questions: What are genes? How do genes of the two parents influence the traits of an offspring? What is Sickle Cell and who is at risk? How abnormalities can contribute to genetic and/or chromosomal disorders such as‚ sickle cell? Before I discuss genes‚ I have to tell what genes are. Genes are working subunits of DNA.
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Issues in Psychological Testing PSY/475 October 24‚ 2011 Issues in Psychological Testing What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing? Informed consent involves the process by which a psychologist gain an individual’s voluntary consent prior to the administration of an assessment or test. As stated by Hogan (2007)‚ “The psychologist is responsible for informing the person about
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this‚ marijuana has been legalised in some areas of Australia (Joffe & Yancy‚ 2004). Consequently‚ the debate about legalising marijuana has been discussed over decades. Legalising marijuana not only has benefits but also drawbacks. Some believe that the drawbacks of marijuana outweigh the benefits‚ while others oppose this viewpoint. This essay will describe the advantages and disadvantages of the legalisation of marijuana. It will be divided into two sections: merits‚ which include medical usage
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Genetic Engineering is the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2014). This was first tested on crops‚ but scientists have now fathomed the idea of genetically modifying embryos to make the “perfect child.” Thus known as a “designer baby.” This new gene tampering experimentation has raised many questions. The most important being‚ “is predetermining your child’s genetic makeup unethical?” I believe ethics plays
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing an online course? An online learning‚ compared from traditional learning which means ‘face-to-face’ lessons or classroom lecturing‚ distance learning can be defined as “a purely distance learning course‚ where no face-to-face lessons occur” (Sharma‚ 2010). An online learning can let workers arrange their time freely‚ in some aspect‚can save mony‚ and youngers may feel more comfortable through online courses. Online learning firstly appear to allow
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