The assignment is about medica ethical issues. Abortion and Mercy Killing is taken...any others u can think of would be great. Thanks.
2006-07-05 14:40:46 · 15 answers · asked by Carmen#1 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Is it ethical for insurance companies to dictate what level of medical care you would receive based on their profit margins?
2006-07-05 15:08:40 · answer #1 · answered by bones54 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you research the issue of telling a patient with a terminal illness that he is going to die versus just telling his family and leaving the patient in the dark?
Or you could research Alzheimer's and find an ethical issue there. Perhaps one about forcing a spouse to place their wife/husband in a nursing home, thereby causing a lower standard of living because of Medicaid requirements. Or the ethics of a child reporting their own family to the adult abuse hotline when it involves two elderly parents, one with Alzheimer's.
There are many interesting subjects out there. Do a little reading in a medical journal in your library, and you will probably come up with an exciting subject on your own!
2006-07-05 22:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by freerevell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could do a report on cloning, or on stem cell research. When to pull the plug on a coma patient? I believe the Terry Schiavo case really got people hot on both sides of that one. Is assisted suicide the same as mercy killing? Maybe something on organ donation. That's all I've got.
2006-07-05 21:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by Nc Jay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you could do Dr. Kevorkian and the assisted suicide controversy (though that might fall under "mercy killing", even though it's not the same thing).
Also, you could talk about how a doctor may be faced with a dilemma where he/she has to decide between what is genuinely best for a patient and covering his/her a$s against a lawsuit.
Finally, you could talk about political and/or economic pressures on doctors to prescribe unnecessary (or even harmful) medications.
2006-07-05 21:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
medical errors. Organ transplants, how long is enough to wait for a patient to die before donating the organs. New medicament options used for aestetics while not really tested or probably dangerous like botox.
2006-07-05 21:47:51 · answer #5 · answered by iv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HOW about Duty to Act laws.
In duty to act laws, a medical provider while on duty cannot refuse a patient, nor can they start care and then abandon them.
There is also a law that protects people off duty called the "samaritan law". It is where a human being who is not on duty, or is a bystander, started first aid or medical care on a person out of good faith.
Good luck
2006-07-05 21:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by sheristeele 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stem Cell Research...Human Cloning...Genetic Engineering...
Sounds like an interesting project. Good luck!
2006-07-05 21:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by purplekitten 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not discuss the issue of genetically engineering babies. This is a big issue at the mo so you should find lots of resources about arguments for and against.
2006-07-06 15:15:47 · answer #8 · answered by bertha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am doing a research paper on the new cervical cancer vaccine (thanks to ppls answers on this site) and the issue is that it must be give to girls in their preteens. Some people think that if you give a girl this shot to prevent future cervical cancer they will think it means you are giving her permission to have sex. Others argue why not give the vaccine if it will prevent her from getting cancer down the road.
2006-07-05 21:48:07 · answer #9 · answered by RIVER 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about is it ethical to sell products that are dangerous to humans but are still legal: Like cigarettes, whiskey fast food.
2006-07-05 21:45:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋