I am required to write a paper on a Medical Ethical Dilemma. Does anyone have topic suggestions?
2007-03-31 05:04:31 · 9 answers · asked by Daisy21 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
This is a good one. How about HIPAA laws? Example: Say a doctor has a palm pilot that s/he carrys.
In this palm pilot s/he has stored info on all of their patients'. What if s/he loses the palm pilot?
When the palm pilot is found by an unscrupulous type; turns on the palm pilot and can access all of the medical information on the doctor's patients....is this a violation by the doctor of the HIPAA law?
2007-03-31 05:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by Rewindmind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about this question:
Should a doctor be sued for making a mistake when that doctor was trying to save the patient's life?
It seems there might be some interesting argument from both sides of that ethical dilemma.
2007-03-31 06:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by David G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always liked those "who do you save" dilemmas.
- the young child or your best friend?
- the school teacher or the fireman?
- the nation's president or your mother in law?
And then, the stopping disease, quarantine dilemmas. Search Ebola virus in the card catalog (recent history of Zaire, now Congo).
In New Orleans (during the recent flood) they apparently killed patients as a mercy killing... lots of online info available.
2007-03-31 05:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost anything -- Cloning, Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Charging too much for AIDS medication, Euthanasia. There are hundreds of possible topics.
2007-03-31 05:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about how prescription drug companies give doctors gifts/meals/free samples as a means of getting the doctors to prescribe their products. There have been several people who have complained that their doctors push a certain prescription drug even though there is no reason for it.
2007-03-31 05:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by medusaswrath 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about Doctor/Nurse relationships. you could also do your paper on how some hospitals screw people who don't have good insurance, is that ethical? i think not.
2007-03-31 05:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by jayflower1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could always easily write about organ donation, especially selling organs for profit.
2007-03-31 05:27:00 · answer #7 · answered by DANIPA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
charity care pays for medical visits but not for prescriptions. how can poor people improve their health if they dont have money to buy prescription drugs?
2007-03-31 06:55:44 · answer #8 · answered by averilyn06 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in the uk there was a big thing recently on a breast cancer drug being only available in certain places and certain people is it right to only offer to a few?
2007-03-31 05:08:32 · answer #9 · answered by beki_jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋