Ethic 232 February 27‚ 2013 Ethical Dilemmas in the Protect of Medical Privacy This ethical dilemma paper I wanting to discuss the issue that I have seen in my current profession as a Nurse’s Aide. In my profession I have come across patients that have the active HIV/AIDS virus and have not told their partners‚ husband‚ or wife that they have this sexual incurable disease. Yet‚ because of laws that I am to abide by such as HIPAA I cannot release that information to their significant other
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Taken to the Limits: Pain‚ Identity and Self-Transformation Winslade argues that it is morally and legally impermissible to violate a competent patients right to refuse medical treatment. Through examples such as Dax Cowart‚ Winslade suggests that one should have the right to choose or refuse treatment rather than being forced to endure unwanted pain. Although he accepts the idea that Dax’s family members‚ doctors‚ and lawyers wanted to preserve Dax’s life for the possibility of a brighter
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Animal Welfare Agriculture in the United States is in a state of crisis. Problems with modern farming in this day of time is animal welfare where animals are left in factory farms which equals terrible living conditions for the animal. Animals experience needless mutations; cramped living conditions which equal injury and diseases. Most Of the animals that are kept in factory farms receive antibiotics to be kept alive. If problems in factory farms do not change‚ health problems could spread throughout
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Interview 1 Bioethics Interview Jennifer D. Williams HLT-520 Legal & Ethical Principles in Healthcare Dr. Damien Brandeis April 13‚ 2011 Bioethics Interview 2 Individuals find themselves having to make important decisions every day. Unfortunately situations may occur that prevents a person from being able to make a decision about their medical care. The decision can be a legal or ethical one. In the medical arena someone has to make this tough decision. The decision
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through the analysis of a clinical case study using the principles of biomedical ethics approach. Application of the principles of autonomy‚ nonmaleficence‚ beneficence‚ and justice will be dissected in order to attempt to establish resolution of the ethical dilemma. The main conflict in this case study deals with whether the wishes of an adolescent for end-of-life care should be followed or should the desire of his parents outweigh this request. In terminal cancer‚ the hope of early palliative care and
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Experimenting on Animals People have a long history of experimenting on animals‚ especially in the medical and cosmetics. Many people argue that we would not be where we are today if it were not for animal experimentation. It is impossible to deny that animal testing has never been useful. However‚ with improvements in medical and scientific technology‚ animal testing is no longer as necessary First‚ animal experimentation is an abusive method. Abuse can be defined as excessive cruelty. Abuse
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Today we are debating the motion: Animal testing should be banned. We‚ the government‚ strongly agree with the motion and have two reasons for this: uncertainty and expense. The first reason why we think that animal testing should be banned is uncertainty. Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe. For instance‚ in the 1950s‚ sleeping pill called thalidomide caused 10‚000 babies to be born with severe deformities even though it was tested on animals prior to its commercial release. This
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Animal Testing Animal testing (also known as animal experimentation or animal research) is the use of non-human animal models for research and development by academic institutes and commercial pharmaceutical companies. At this very moment‚ there are millions of animals being kept behind cages in solitude‚ waiting to be sacrificed in the name of science or industry. With the sharp rise in the use of animals in research‚ it has become an open debate as to whether or not we have an intrinsic right
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Since the beginning of mankind‚ animals have been a food source. In the past century‚ they have also helped humans by being service animals for the disabled and companion animals to get us through rough times. Even though animals have been a big contributor to the progress of the human race‚ they are being mistreated and not being allowed the life they deserve. In the past‚ animals have been well respected. Indians would pray for the spirit of the animal they killed to make sure it got to the
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Ariq Zaman MME 101 11/10/10 Ethical Theories The word ethics comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means morals. Ethical theories are the basics of ethical analysis because they are the perspective from which guidance can be attained along the pathway to a decision. Each theory highlights different points such as forecasting the outcomes and following one ’s responsibilities to others in order to attain an ethically correct decision. “The moral rightness of an action‚ unlike the cultural
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