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For Our Own Good: Navigating Enrollment of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease in Clinical Trials
In order to understand a disease and treatments for it, it is necessary to enroll participants affected by it in research and clinical trials. But what should be done when the target group lacks the decision-making capacity to consent to participation? This paper will attempt to answer this question, discussing the enrollment of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in research studies and clinical trials for treatments for AD. It will detail approaches to determining decisi
The Ethical Implications of Regulating Prostitution
Prostitution, often referred to as the world’s oldest profession, dating back to at least 2400 BCE, yet modern governments remain divided and uncertain on how best to regulate it. This paper explores the ethical implications of regulating prostitution by examining how different legal models balance and uphold the values of safety, autonomy, and responsibility.
Whose Health Matters Most? Ethicality of Prescribing Teratogenic Medications During Pregnancy
In cases where teratogenic medications are necessary for pregnant individuals, whose health matters most: the mother or the fetus? This paper will be looking at the ethical dilemma that arises as a result of this question, examining how pregnant individuals with chronic conditions such as bipolar disorder must weigh the risks of continuing a life-stabilizing medication such as lithium, which is known to have adverse effects on fetal development, against the consequences of di
Absence Makes the Need Grow Stronger: The Case for a Legalized Kidney Market
Image by balik from Pixabay Approximately 97,000 people in the United States alone are eagerly awaiting a life-saving kidney transplant....
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: The Role of the Doctor during the Decision Making Process
What information should doctors be allowed to give their patients? There are many rules that restrict doctors from sharing their personal opinions through dialogue, body language, and tone of voice. However, patients may expect a doctor to share their recommendations. since they are believed to be experts on their field of study. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), which allows doctors to identify certain diseases and disabilities in embryos, can lead to situations tha
Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy: Is this the Beginning of the End?
Image by Sieglinde Sterbling from Pixabay How much value should and do humans place on being natural? In today’s increasingly...
Gene Patenting and the Commercialization of the Human Body
CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons How would you feel knowing that a research company...
Selection of the Best Possible Child: Should Relative Morals and Opinions Determine the Next Generation?
US Government Owned Photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In 2002, a deaf lesbian couple selected the embryo of a deaf child over...
Yours, Mine and Ours: The Co-Ownership of Genetic Information between Biological Parent and Child
Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay Should your genetic information belong to you? Parents, is it your duty to provide your genetic...
De-Extinction: When Species Are Brought Back from the Dead: An Examination of Our Moral Obligation, Bio-objectification, and Animal Rights
Image by Steve from Pixabay While dinosaurs may not be reappearing in the near future, the implications of the 1993 film Jurassic Park,...
Exploring Decision Making Considerations for Children with Gender Dysphoria
Photo by Mercedes Mehling on Unsplash Table of Contents Introduction Factual Background Ethical Issues Section I: Autonomy Ethical...
The Ethics of Longevity and Our Technological Imperative
Image by Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany from Pixabay Table of Contents Introduction Factual Background Ethical Future Scenario...
Abortion and Down Syndrome: Is it Ethically Permissible to Abort a Fetus Because it has Down Syndrome?
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Table of Contents Introduction Factual Background Autonomy Fairness Social Implications Conclusion...
Adolescent Autonomy and the Ethics in Making Medical Decisions: Are Adolescents Capable of Making End of Life Decisions?
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Table of Contents Introduction Factual Information Autonomy Responsibility Caring and the...
Evaluating and Respecting the Autonomy of Patients with Alzheimer’s at the End of Life
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Table of Contents Introduction A Factual Background in Alzheimer’s Disease Measuring Competence with...
Is it Your Right to Decide What is Right? An Exploration of PGD for Adult Onset Diseases
Image by swiftsciencewriting from Pixabay Table of Contents Introduction Scientific Information PGD's Role Today Autonomy Informed...
Catholic Hospitals in the United States: Balancing Religious Freedom and Patient Rights
SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Table of Contents Introduction Autonomy The...
Bioprinting Human Organs: Saving Life or Redefining It?
Imagine you have been waiting for five years on the organ recipient waiting list. Your kidney is failing and you are in dire need of a new one. As you continue to wait on the list, you get more and more sick. Eventually, you lose your fight because no kidneys became available that would fit your body and antibodies. This paper will discuss a new technology that could potentially eliminate this problem altogether and presents the ethical issues that accompany its use.
Human Longevity vs. Planetary Sustainability: The Hard Choice of a Cure for a Disease or a Cure for the Planet
This paper will address the issue of human overpopulation when coupled with the new and emerging longevity medical technologies, and the hypothetical results of how these technologies will affect the issue.
Chronic Depression and Assisted Suicide: Who Deserves the Right to Die?
“Death with dignity” is such a catch-phrase right now in the media. But for those of us who suffer in our dark thoughts everyday, we are...
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