Essays on Medical Ethics

The medical field has been known for its importance in society and the stresses associated with it. The Doctor of Medicine program is a post-graduate course that consists of 3 years of classroom education and 1 year of clinical clerkship before graduation. Medical students are...

Ethics refers to the standard of wrong or right. Medical ethics forms one of the essential branches of medicine, because it is the guiding principle to a competent medical practitioner. It is a moral philosophy that entails conflicts in duties and their possible outcome. Often,...

The present project has further expanded OSUCOM’s disability curriculum by providing medical students with an opportunity to interact with real people with disabilities (both developmental and physical) in a medical setting. In order to assess student learning, pre- and post-encounter surveys were administered, and students...

In November of the year 2000, a software malfunction lead to the deaths of 8 patients of a Panama City cancer clinic, while at least 20 other patients have developed symptoms linked to over exposure to radiation. The software malfunction lead to these patients being...

Autoclaving Thermal treatment is typically used for sharps and certain other types of infectious waste. An autoclave is in essence a large pressure cooker that uses high temperatures and steam to deeply penetrate all materials and kill any microorganisms. Depending on the type and amount...

Placebo effect-a modern phenomenon first introduced by Mark Twain in the 1950’s. He claimed: “The power which a man’s imagination has over his body to heal it or make it sick is a force which none of us are born without. The first man had...

Beneficence and Non-maleficence are two interrelated concepts which consist of bringing no harm to others. Although the two are interrelated, there is a big difference between the two. Beneficence refers to the act of helping others whereas non-maleficence refers to not doing any harm. Therefore,...

ABSTRACT India has achieved independence from the British rule nearly 71 years ago. But even today we lack in the field of medical facilities provided to our citizens. In this paper I would be discussing about the lack of medical and health facilities in the...

I am delighted to write this letter of recommendation in support of Yike Cheng’s medical school application. As the volunteer coordinator at the Ottawa Hospital – General Campus, I met Yike back in 2013 when he reached out and started volunteering with us as a...

High moral benchmarks are basic in human services. Four essential standards establish the framework for human services morals. Self-rule respects patients’ entitlement to settle on their own choices. Advantage enables patients to propel their own particular great. Nonmaleficence does no damage to patients. Equity guarantees...

TO TREAT DISORDER Enzymes play an important role to treat disorder. For example enzymes aid in breaking down the internal blood clots. Enzymes also used to dissolve the hardness walls of blood vessels. It may also improve the rate of recovering of the injured part...

Data is the epicenter around which all research studies lies, right from the health survey to number of users of particular technology. People believe in facts and surveys which depend on data. Researchers work on to gather data, examine and interpret the information. The foremost...

Should we help those who harm others? Let me make it harder for you. Should we help those who harm themselves? A self inflicted illness. An illness that has been caused due to the behaviour and decisions that one person makes. Picture the scene: It...

Task Shifting Margaret Chan director of WHO defined task shifting as a rational distribution of tasks among health workers team where specific tasks are removed from highly qualified health worker to health worker with shorter training and few qualifications. It was a method of strengthening...

Ava Jones is a four-year old girl who is in severe renal failure. Severe renal failure results in the gradual decrease of the kidney’s functioning, and leads to the inability to filter waste from the blood (Johns, 2018). Ava’s physician has noticed that her ability...

What sort of therapeutic consideration would you need on the off chance that you were too sick or harmed to express your desires? Advance mandates are authoritative archives that enable you to explain your choices about end-of-life care early. They give you an approach to...

Being a doctor is first of all about being able to observe thoroughly and listen well. There needs to be a very good interpersonal relationship between doctor and patient. So a doctor should be able to assess the signs, look for symptoms and arrive at...

Introduction In this paper I will discuss the case from the perspective of Hebert, Dworkin and Dresser. Then I will give my opinion as to how the doctor and the son should proceed. Hebert Hebert defines competence as “an assessment of functional capacities”. A set...

Introduction Palliative care is a term not unheard of. Bringing exposure to these two words are mainstream media such as television, or more conventional mediums in the form of written language in books and newspapers. Palliative care refers to helping those with chronic illnesses —...

Abstract Palliative care needs to be demonstrated in a way that makes sense and comes with mutual understanding of the patients and their families to reach its goal. A nurse having strong communication skills can positively influence palliative care patients’ understanding in order to promote...

The History of Palliative Care In the late eighteenth century, there was an increasing trend of doctors being around the time of death of members of upper and middle class families. This trend continued to grow as the nineteenth century advanced and new medical innovations...

Palliative care nursing is a speciality where you observe your patients in their most vulnerable moments. Whether it be watching a patient struggle to hold on until their last family member arrives to say good-bye, or accompanying them as they take their final breath. It...

In most health facilities as well as the states, policies are exclusively focused on how to increase healthcare amenities access while neglecting the actual need for quality in care service provisions. The need to have increased demand for health services has assumed that the currently...

Within this essayc will be discussed, attention will focus on the necessity of maintaining confidentiality as a legal and professional aspect of providing care and how this affects trust within the Physician Associate (PA) – Patient relationship. In particular, focus will be placed on the...

Broadly speaking, it is undoubtedly true that clinical psychologists come across the complexity of human nature through their practice every day. Human thinking and behavior are not something fixed. Biological, psychological and social factors are combined together and by interacting with each other they lead...

As patients place their trust in healthcare professionals, they possess a great responsibility to ensure proper care. With this responsibility, it is a sad reality that the government failed to apply ethics during the Tuskegee study in Alabama. Lasting from 1932 to 1972, this study...

The story of Henrietta Lacks is a prime case of the moral tradeoffs established by authority and how researchers think about in the quest for the benefit of everyone and science, except it additionally alerted a defining moment that marked human history and science studies....

Introduction According to World Health Organization (WHO), health means ‘‘A completion state on physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 1948). Comprehensive health assessment can know how a person obtained the changes from different situation like new...

In the case of embryonic stem cell research, some people believe that the embryo has identical moral and rebellious status as an adult/live-born baby and hence one should respect the rights and interests of the embryo. The research on embryonic stem cells has a high...

Medical Terminology is mostly originated from the Latin and Greek languages. When the Romans conquered Greece, around 400, the knowledge and language of both cultures merged, resulting in new medical concepts regarding disease treatment and containment. Medical records were written by hand. Much of the...