In The Name of Science - The Ethics of Biomedical Research
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A 6 page paper that explores the ethics of biomedical research, focusing on the key element of voluntary informed consent. Discussed are recent adverse events that have occurred in gene therapy research and the amendments and additions to federal regulations resulting from these events. Also included is a brief discussion of the history of the guidelines and regulations that safeguard human subject volunteers in medical and scientific research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCBiomed.doc

In Vitro Fertilization And Multiple Births
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A 15 page paper. In vitro fertilization has been a topic of heated debate for a number of years. One of the reasons for the debate has to do with the high percentage of multiple births, specifically, triplets and more. This paper provides some statistical data and discusses the economic, legal, religious, ethical, social and health issues surrounding the process of in vitro. The writer also reports some of the latest advances in this field, then draws a conclusion regarding the issue. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGinvit.wps

Informed Consent in Medical Care: Case Studies in the Polarization of Parental and Medical Opinion
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A 14 page analysis of informed consent. The author defines informed consist and identifies its critical elements. Three specific cases involving infants and the polarization of medical and parental opinion are analyzed in regard to consent, negligence, palliative care, and duty of care. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Legal Alternatives in the Case of the Conjoined Twins
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the 2000 case where it was decided that Mary and Jodie were to be separated in spite of the objections of their parents. The Human Rights Act of 1998 and the The Children's Act of 1989 are discussed in light of legal issues. Philosophical and ethical issues are also a part of the analysis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA207Law.rtf

Legal and Ethical Issues of Informed Consent
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This 5 page report discusses informed consent as the mechanism through which people fully understand what is happening to them or their family members. It is used in reference to medical procedures, legal actions, and a variety of other areas in which one can claim that a patient or client was both informed of what was about to take place and either supported the action or had no objection to it. Ethical and legal issues come into play when one considers whether or not the person understood what he or she was being informed of or whether they simply gave their “consent” without knowing what else they could do. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWinfcon.rtf

Legal Issues In Nursing
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This 10 page paper looks at a the arguments presented in a legal brief asking the court to rule on the participation of nurses in a court ordered euthanasia by depriving the patient of food and water. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTnurleg.wps

Male Circumcision
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6 pages in length. In this day and age of renewed interest in all things natural, the notion of circumcision has been discussed as both physically detrimental, as well as one that leaves emotional scars. However, there are justifiable reasons why some people support the procedure as being physically beneficial, while at the same time assisting in the boy's sense of self-acceptance. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCcircm.wps

Managed Health Care & Physician: Traditional legal fiduciary duty or limited duty of fidelity?
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(20pp) Managed health care has presented problems to both physician and patient. This discussion examines major issues and possible changes. Including analyzing the nature of the duty of physician -patent relationship between a traditional legal fiduciary duty and a limited duty of fidelity. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BBmcoPhy.doc

Medical Ethics and The Right to Live
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This 9 page paper evaluates a case study (provided by a student) that involves withholding or providing care for an individual who is critically ill. The family situation complicates things as does the disagreement between two treating physicians. Solutions for the problem are explored including suggestions for changing protocol in the hospital itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Medical Ethics and “Do Not Resuscitate” Orders
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This 6 page report discusses the facts surrounding the numerous occasions, when medical therapies at the fine line between life and death are extreme, and the enormous difficulty and responsibility of determining that essential line between living and dying, and the ethical response to “do not resuscitate” orders. Because technology has so significantly improved the human ability to prolong life in the face of severe illness, it has also increased our uncertainty over when such life extension is meaningful. Which then, obviously, brings up the issue of the medical ethics that are part of patient and patient families’ “do not resuscitate” orders. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWmedeth.wps

Medical Ethics in Managed Care / Is it Possible?
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Over the course of the last 3 decades, medical ethics have shifted from the responsibility of the physician to the responsibility of the managed care organization (MCO) and as a result, the lines between appropriate care and cost feasibility have blurred the view of the ethical treatment of patients. In pursuit of cost management, managed care organizations have implemented policies that some physicians suggest are not only inappropriate, but also unethical. This 45 page research study considers the nature of managed care, the issue of ethical medical treatment and considers the question of whether medical ethics can be applied within the managed care system. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
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Medical Ethics – Doing Good
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A 6 page paper that discusses medical ethics in general and beneficence or doing good in particular. The thesis is that health care professionals should be concerned exclusively with doing as much good as possible. Five ethical principles are identified and explained. The fact that one is often at odds with another is also discussed, such as beneficence and nonmaleficence or autonomy and beneficence. The writer concludes that doing as much good as is possible is not an easy principle to live by. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGmedet.rtf