Adelajda Zhgaba Medical Ethics PHL 211 Ethical considerations in chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients 1. Would it be ethically concerning to accept refusal of chemotherapy treatment from cancer patients‚ more importantly from teenagers diagnosed with this disease? According to the National Cancer Institute‚ approximately 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year and 7.6 million of them die from this disease. People usually undergo chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy‚
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An Ethical Dilemma Starbucks‚ one of the most well-known coffee shops in the world has experienced dramatic growth since the first store opened in 1971. After rising to dominance in its market Starbucks currently operates in 61 different countries with just under 17‚000 stores worldwide. Recently the management team have been under severe scrutiny as the organisation has been accused of avoiding tax. An investigation conducted by Reuters discovered the company had paid only £8.6 million in corporation
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission‚ however‚ also had its fair share of disadvantages. The main disadvantage was that many of the victims simply did not feel that justice had been conducted. The horrible reign of apartheid had lasted for a period of 45 years‚ and now the TRC was asking them to simply forget the wretched past. In the meantime‚ all the perpetrators of crimes from the era where walking away scot-free. To me‚ it just does not seem fair that these villains of such hate crimes can
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1. Using consequential‚ rule-based and character theories‚ evaluate Jim’s options. • Consequential-Jim would need to assess how it would affect each worker and the company and identify the benefits or damage it would cause if he fired Bill. Jim would need to makes sure the benefits outweighed the harm. If firing Bill is helpful to the company‚ then it would be acceptable. • Rule-based-With this theory‚ Jim needs to look at the other workers to see if maybe Bill is getting his attitude from them
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Ethical Dilemmas: Euthanasia Is euthanasia‚ or assisted suicide‚ humane? Should it be accepted in the medical world? Euthanasia is a very serious ethical dilemma faced in modern health care. Euthanasia is mostly a matter of opinion‚ and has different meanings to different people. In my opinion‚ there are many good arguments supporting euthanasia but I believe euthanasia should be ignored. I would personally never be able to perform euthanasia on someone‚ I would feel too guilty‚ but not everyone
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friends and family‚ members also known as non-patients. “Treatment of non-patients is widespread‚ with some studies reporting nearly 100 percent of physicians engaging in this practice” (Latessa & Ray‚ 2005‚ p.42). A case was presented where a physician assistant (PA Brian) was asked to treat his supervising physician (Dr.Yarnell) for different medical conditions while prescribing multiple controlled substances. Legal standards provide vague ethical guidance regarding this issue and leave a lot of
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The ethical dilemma proposed in this case study involves a psychologist who purposefully miscodes a client’s clinical diagnosis while billing the insurance for services since half of the patient’s clinical diagnosis is often declined for payment by the insurance company. While the therapist was only trying to help the patient out by saving them money by getting the insurance company to pay for all the services provided‚ the psychologist was unethical in not disclosing all the appropriate information
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Succinctly name & summarize the ethical dilemma(s) in your group assignment. Include pertinent medical facts‚ the patient’s‚ family’s‚ or other stakeholder’s expressed preferences (to the extent known) and the contextual features of the clinical scenario for the patient/family/stakeholder(s). How did these interconnect? Which of these most influenced your decision-making and that of the group? In this case‚ Laurie De Soto‚ a 16-year-old newly diagnosed leukemia patient‚ was presented with the opportunity
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Hira Abad 11 May 2009 Euthanasia-An Ethical Dilemma Death is nothing new‚ it has existed for thousands of years. Lately‚ we are forced to rethink the issue of death and we must decide what types of practices and behavior are ethical when someone is dying. One such practice-which has posed a moral and ethical dilemma for the society- is euthanasia. Euthanasia or "mercy killing" is the act of killing a person‚ who is ill and in great distress‚ without the hope of recovery in spite of
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great pain understandably speaking and although we respect and honor his decision there is an ethical dilemma to the lethal treatment he so desperately seeks. First‚ we must address the Hippocratic Oath of our doctors who administered an oath to not take part in suicide or killings of their patience. There is a moral and ethical dilemma in a physician’s direct action that leads to the death of their patient‚ even if the individual state has allowed such practice
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