Read the case study (link via the assignment title above) provided and answer the following questions:
What should the emergency department staff do? Why?
Suggested completion date: October 10, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Bioethics Case Study Three
Read the case (link via the assignment title above) and answer the following questions:
First, do you agree with the Authority’s decision? Why or why not? What are the significant moral considerations in this case? What consideration is decisive for you?
Second, who should make these decisions? The United States does not currently have such a board, nor do most other countries. However, something similar is currently under consideration in several countries. Leaving aside financial considerations about who should bear the cost for the moment, who should have the right to make the final decision in such cases? Who should make the decision if the procedure is being paid for by federal health insurance? Private health insurance? The individual patient or family?
Suggested completion date: October 3, 2008
First, do you agree with the Authority’s decision? Why or why not? What are the significant moral considerations in this case? What consideration is decisive for you?
Second, who should make these decisions? The United States does not currently have such a board, nor do most other countries. However, something similar is currently under consideration in several countries. Leaving aside financial considerations about who should bear the cost for the moment, who should have the right to make the final decision in such cases? Who should make the decision if the procedure is being paid for by federal health insurance? Private health insurance? The individual patient or family?
Suggested completion date: October 3, 2008
Bioethics Case Study Two
Read the case study (link via the assignment title above) and answer the following questions:
Should CRACK pay drug addicted women in exchange for utilizing 'permanent' birth control? Why or why not? What are the competing considerations in this case? To what extent might this be considered exploitation? Would it make a difference if the birth control required was short term only? Does society have a right to prevent births that may increase the size and costs of public welfare systems? Why/when does one (individual reproductive rights) outweigh the other (societal rights)?
Should CRACK pay drug addicted women in exchange for utilizing 'permanent' birth control? Why or why not? What are the competing considerations in this case? To what extent might this be considered exploitation? Would it make a difference if the birth control required was short term only? Does society have a right to prevent births that may increase the size and costs of public welfare systems? Why/when does one (individual reproductive rights) outweigh the other (societal rights)?
Suggested completion date: September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bioethics Case Study One
Read the case study (link via the assignment title above) provided and answer the following questions:
Should Planned Parenthood be forced to turn over to the police the records of women who tested positive for pregnancy? Why or why not? What are the competing considerations in this case? To what extent do women seeking a pregnancy test have a right to privacy in such a situation? To what extent do criminal investigators have a right to access otherwise-confidential information? Why/when does one outweigh the other?
Suggested completion date: September 19, 2008
Should Planned Parenthood be forced to turn over to the police the records of women who tested positive for pregnancy? Why or why not? What are the competing considerations in this case? To what extent do women seeking a pregnancy test have a right to privacy in such a situation? To what extent do criminal investigators have a right to access otherwise-confidential information? Why/when does one outweigh the other?
Suggested completion date: September 19, 2008
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