Ethical DIlemma Worksheet
Ethical Dilemma Paper
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Ethical Dilemma
Introduction
The news have been reporting about a one of a kind ethical dilemma. Ethical dilemma begins with what is known as two situations in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither one of which works out the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. The following will consist of an ethical dilemma involving Sarah Murnaghan who is fighting for her life.
Sarah Murnaghan
Sarah Murnaghan is a ten year old girl who suffers from end-stage cystic fibrosis at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Doctors from the hospital declare that a lung transplant is the only chance of survival. (“CNN HEALTH,” 2013). Rules prevent children of the age of Sarah from getting lungs from adults. Due to the fact of longstanding transplant policy, Sarah is only authorized for lungs from a child donor, although adult lungs which are far more available. Her parents choose to fight against this rule and plan to change it.
Kathleen Sebelius from Health and Human Services stated the following, “First of all, as a grandmother and a mother, I just can’t imagine anything more heart breaking than what the Murnaghans are going through with their daughter”. (“CNN HEALTH,” 2013). More than a few lawmakers from Pennsylvania united with the family in petitioning Sebelius to make an exception for Sarah. The policy is imperfect and many citizens believe it should be changed, not just for Sarah but for every child in this specific situation in which a life can be saved. Although there are many reasons that support the policy for which it stands. For example, lungs are very different from other organs of the human body, that it is based on the survivability. It undergoes a very delicate process in which it all determines how well the lung will react and adapt to the living body. Although everyone believes Sarah’s case is different. The doctors from The Children’s Hospital in Pennsylvania argue that
CJA/324
Ethical Dilemma
Introduction
The news have been reporting about a one of a kind ethical dilemma. Ethical dilemma begins with what is known as two situations in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither one of which works out the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. The following will consist of an ethical dilemma involving Sarah Murnaghan who is fighting for her life.
Sarah Murnaghan
Sarah Murnaghan is a ten year old girl who suffers from end-stage cystic fibrosis at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Doctors from the hospital declare that a lung transplant is the only chance of survival. (“CNN HEALTH,” 2013). Rules prevent children of the age of Sarah from getting lungs from adults. Due to the fact of longstanding transplant policy, Sarah is only authorized for lungs from a child donor, although adult lungs which are far more available. Her parents choose to fight against this rule and plan to change it.
Kathleen Sebelius from Health and Human Services stated the following, “First of all, as a grandmother and a mother, I just can’t imagine anything more heart breaking than what the Murnaghans are going through with their daughter”. (“CNN HEALTH,” 2013). More than a few lawmakers from Pennsylvania united with the family in petitioning Sebelius to make an exception for Sarah. The policy is imperfect and many citizens believe it should be changed, not just for Sarah but for every child in this specific situation in which a life can be saved. Although there are many reasons that support the policy for which it stands. For example, lungs are very different from other organs of the human body, that it is based on the survivability. It undergoes a very delicate process in which it all determines how well the lung will react and adapt to the living body. Although everyone believes Sarah’s case is different. The doctors from The Children’s Hospital in Pennsylvania argue that