Do we own our bodily tissues? This question has came about in many different situations. One example is with the Lacks family. In 1951‚ doctors removed some of Henrietta Lack’s cells without consent and formed a line of immortal cells‚ her cells. The Lacks family had no idea about Henrietta’s immortal cells and didn’t find out for years. Care must be taken to protect the patients from having their cells stolen. But how much protection? Who should own the tissue after it has been removed from the
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Week 1: Chapter 3- Role of the public relations practitioner Key roles for PR: Managerial Operational Reflective (role of analysing changing social values to adjust to organisations‚ standards and values of social responsibility and is aimed at influencing the dominant coalition). Educational (aims to increase communication competence of employees). • Systems theory works on a basis that everything in the social world is part of a system that interacts with other systems on that
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Health care in Egypt Introduction: A healthcare system can sometimes be self occurring and can sometimes be planned and directed by the legislative authorities in Egypt. Either way‚ a healthcare system is supposed to serve two purposes: first‚ it should provide adequate healthcare opportunities for all the citizens residing in a country. There should be an equal chance for any person in need for treatment to receive one‚ basically provide good health. Second‚ a healthcare system has to be responsive
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engineering colleges that have been set up in the last 10 years. In Tamil Nadu alone‚ there are more than 220 engineering colleges with an intake capacity of around 72‚000 students. The state has 50‚000 graduating engineers each year. The all-India figure would be mind-boggling. Yet‚ a good percentage of these engineers do not get suitable jobs‚ and many of them take up jobs which have no relation with their education. A recent study in Tamil Nadu indicates that around 20‚000 engineers go without
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It was there in that moment that HeLa became Henrietta Lacks: a person‚ a mother‚ a loved one. The name HeLa was so well known and widely worked with‚ yet Henrietta and her family were virtually unheard of. It is likely that this separation significantly contributed to the way Henrietta’s cells were sold and
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Public Policy is set of rules and guidelines imposed by the highest authorities in the government for the society. It is for the welfare and best interest of the society. The imposition of it may entail the society’s obedience‚ patience and endurance because whether the government’s goals are achieved or not it is the best the government can so far do for the society. The bottom line is‚ “public policies are ideally intended for the common good and welfare of the people‚” (Aquino‚ 1991 State of the
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Task 1-key aspects and origins of public health (P1‚P2‚M1) P1 There are different types of key aspects to public health strategies; monitoring health status‚ indentifying health needs‚ developing programs‚ controlling communicable disease and promoting health of the population. Monitoring health status involves monitoring any health changes in the population and letting people know of any problems that can arise. There are a lot of different people involved in health work‚ these people help with
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The ethical issue presented is the story of Henrietta Lacks‚ or more aptly‚ the use of her cells. Mrs Lacks was born in 1920 and grew up as a poor‚ uneducated woman. Around 1951‚ at the age of 31‚ she passed away due to cervical cancer. Before she died however‚ doctors at the Baltimore hospital where she was treated‚ removed some of her tumour cells. These cells were soon discovered to be unique‚ as they could thrive in laboratory conditions‚ something which was never seen before in human cells.
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Wharton‚ Jr. to remove the tissue from Lack because she was not given informed consent about the removal of her cells; therefore‚ preventing her from making an autonomous decision. According to Kant‚ it is vital to treat people as means rather than ends (powerpoint slide 2). It may be argued that it was justifiable to remove a sample of tissue from Lacks because they have played a key role in many medical breakthroughs;
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Religious Practitioner’s Assignment Lea Zimmerman 1. Amasa Dempster From his professional career to his personal life‚ religion consumes every aspect of Amasa Dempster’s life. He is known by the citizens of Deptford to impose his view of religion on everyone and everything he encounters. When Mary was sick in bed after Paul’s birth his actions reveal that his feelings and religious beliefs often overtake reason. He knelt on the floor next to the bed where Mary laid and prayed feverously that
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