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    Organ Donation

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    Assignment 1 – (Case Study 2.3) Application on Normative Ethical Theories Is organ donation to a family member a moral obligation? Is it possible to love ones child well‚ yet dent them the very organ that one is physically capable of giving them? True love often requires sacrifice on behalf of those one loves; it requires acts of self-giving for the greater good of the other. But this form of self-giving seems different in kind. However much we might praise those who give their organs to a

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    Hurricane Katrina carries a great impact on the lives of American as well as the view of infrastructure and engineering in the public mindset. If you ask the general public what lead to the demise of New Orleans back in 2005 many will say it was the failed levees that left Louisiana and the 9th District underwater and cost the lives of innocent people who believed they were safe. But why did these levees fail? What could have been done from an engineering standpoint to fix these levees and perhaps

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    Assessing Organizational Culture 1 Running head: ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Assessing Organizational Culture BADM 6123‚ Master in Business Administration – Health Care Southern Nazarene University Dr. Liesa Persaud Rick Lawrence March 31‚ 2012 Assessing Organizational Culture 2

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    of human health‚ they needed to use the same methods that modern medicine uses. These findings were further advanced by the Greek who included medical ethics in their research and development of the subject. It was the Greek who developed the Hippocratic Oath which is taken by doctors today. This was during the 5th century. “The practice of medicine goes back to at least 3000 B.C.‚ when the first written medical records appeared in Mesopotamia.” This shows that people were always drawn to the fact

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    There is a possibility that particular groups of people who lack access to care and support‚ or who cannot afford the high cost of care may abuse assisted suicide. C. PAS can be seen as the failure to prevent harm manifesting as fear. D. The Hippocratic Oath opposes the administration of poison to patients. “…at least do not harm…” E. Physicians are not infallible and could make errors in diagnosis or prognosis. Ethical Arguments Supporting PAS. A. Do devout believers have the right to take their

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    "8 Main Pros and Cons of Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide." ConnectUS. ConnectUS‚ 06 Aug. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016. According to this article‚ physician-assisted suicide is also known as the Death with Dignity act. Only five states support this act and they are: Montana‚ Washington‚ Vermont‚ New Mexico‚ and Oregon. Physician-assisted suicide is not euthanasia because talking the lethal pill is solely up to the patient. There are many pros to physician-assisted suicide. It allows people to

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    Abortion

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    Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability.[note 1] An abortion can occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is usually called a miscarriage‚ or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy. Abortion‚ when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law‚ is among the safest procedures in medicine.[1] However‚ unsafe abortions result in approximately

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    CHAPTER 3 Ethics and Professionalism Michael Montagne‚ PhD Robert L McCarthy‚ PhD The quest to construct systematically an ethical framework for Western civilization was begun over 2000 years ago by Socrates. He approached ethics as a science‚ as being “governed by principles of universal validity‚ so that what was good for one was good for all‚ and what was my neighbor’s duty was my duty also.”1 However‚ acceptance of the Socratic approach has proved burdensome. After 2000 years of effort

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    Kairos

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    that it is situated outside of Chronos. The “opportune moments” Kairos provides are neither measurable nor predictable‚ and cannot be located on a clock or on any similar device. Thus‚ to a certain extent‚ Kairos seems to be a “timeless” time. The Hippocratic Corpus‚ a group of texts said to be written by Hippocrates‚ exemplifies the importance of Kairos to the ancient Greeks in everyday life. The author writes that the success of the medicine a doctor administers to a patient depends greatly on the

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    Statistic 506 Essay

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    Ethics and Business Statistics Integration Paper Student: Antoinette M. Ware Grand Canyon University: SYM 506 July 17‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will delineate Christian perspectives in statistics and how a personal world view is applied to the moral and ethical practice of statistics Ethical Principles for the Practice of Statistics Ethics gives the insight and morals to the statistical profession. It gives parameters for a finding a solution

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