Medical Ethics: Informed Consent
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A 5 page paper which examines the ethical medical reality of informed consent. The paper argues that informed consent is ethically necessary. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcnsnt.rtf

MEDICAL ETHICS: SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
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This 5 page paper discusses the debate revolving around the abortion of fetus's determined to be mentally retarded. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBmedeth.rtf

Medical Ethics; Should Healthcare Professionals be Concerned Exclusively with Doing as Much Good as Possible?
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This 19 page paper considers uses the frameworks of consequentionalism including utilitarianism and of deontology as proposed by Kant to examine the role of healthcare professionals and whether they should confine themselves exclusively to action which are ‘good’. This bibliography cites 13 sources.
Filename: TEmedethc.rtf

Medical Ethics; To Test or Not to Test
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This 5 page paper considers the difficult situation of a child being the potential carrier of a fatal condition; Beta Thalassemia .The paper looks at the arguments for and against her being tested for this condition using both the utilitarian approach and the Kantian approach. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEmedeth.wps

Medical Technology & Ethical Dilemma
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Mostly an 11 page analytical book review of Richard Zaner's 'Troubled Voices.' -- The writer cites a number of additional sources to evaluate Zaner's contention that advances in medical technologies have raised many ethical and moral questions. By presenting a number of stories describing the ethical dilemmas of patients and their participating care providers, Zaner supports the concept that medical technologies have caused great moral dilemmas that never would have been considered in the absence of such advances. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Zaner.rtf

Medication Errors
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This 5 page paper explores the ethical issues involved in medication errors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KTmederr.wps

Medication Errors
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This 6 page paper addresses the subject of medication errors in the organizational setting. Concrete examples are provided and several solutions are suggested. Problems at every end of the spectrum, from prescribing to administering, are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Mederr.wps

Moral and Ethical Systems and Reproductive Biotechnologies
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This 9 page paper provides an overview of some source information on biomedical technologies and reproduction, with a focus on the medical and ethical issues and systems in place. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHHumIVF.rtf

Moral Issues in Medicine; The Use of Age as a Decision Making Factor in Healthcare
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This 16 page paper considers if age is a morally relevant criterion in the distribution of health care resources. The writer considers both young and old age patients. The paper focuses on the UK, but the arguments may be seen as universal. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEagismh.wps

Negligence in the health care system and incapacity
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A paper which considers the issue of negligence within the health care system with particular reference to the ways in which negligence may impact on those patients who suffer from mental or physical incapacity, such as the elderly or the metally ill. Bibliography lists 12 sources
Filename: JLincap.rtf

Nursing Considerations in Stem Cell Research
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A 4 page overview of the many considerations entailed by stem cell research. The author contends that nurses are caught up in the issues of stem cell research not only as spectators but also as intermediaries between the world of scientific research and the general public. Nurses have the ethical responsibility to not only understand the ethical and scientific consequences of such research but also to be able to interpret these consequences to their patients. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPstemC3.rtf

Nursing Ethics and Professional Dilemmas
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An 8 page overview of the myriad of professional dilemmas which sometimes confront the nursing profession. The author emphasizes that the profession has in place a framework of laws and ethics which allow us to decide the right direction when confronted with these dilemmas. At the center of this approach is the realization that our primary concern is the optimization of patient welfare. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPnrsEth.rtf