Knowing that her parents will force her to donate a kidney to her sister, and weary of the endless medical procedures Anna decides to sue her parents, Sara and Brian Fitzgerald, for medical emancipation, or the rights to her own body. Attorney Campbell Alexander agrees to work for Anna. Anna wins the case, and due to her sister's wishes does not donate her kidney. Kate lost the fight and later died in the hospital. From watching this film many ethical issues were evident which include the lack of autonomy and veracity.
Attorney Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) agrees to work for Anna pro bono. The film is interlaced with flashbacks that detail the strong relationship between Kate and Anna, as well as how Kate's illness has affected her siblings' lives. Before the result of the case is known, it is revealed that Kate had asked Anna to file for medical emancipation. Believing that she would not survive the surgery, Kate wants to die. Anna wins the case, and due to her sister's wishes does not donate her kidney.
Ahnyinah Davis American Literature 4th Block Amie Howard 4/27/12 I am My sister’s keeper The book My Sister’s Keeper was published in 2004 by Atria books, the movie My Sister’s Keeper was published in 2009 by Nick Cassavetes. The book and the movie talks about a young girl name Kate, who is diagnosed with cancer and also tells the story about a 13 year-old girl name Anna, who sues her parents for medical rights to her body when she is expected to donate a kidney. The book and the movie differ from one another but still talks on the subject of Kate having leukemia. This book was thought provoking, inspiring, and heart wrenching. While reading the novel My Sister’s Keeper it took me back to the year my mom died, just like Kate she too needed a kidney but wasn’t as fortunate to live long enough for it to happen.
Diseases spread through our lives, causing turmoil and upset. As a young child, Kate Fitzgerald, played by Sofia Vassilieva, was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. As an attempt to save her life, Kate's parents, Sara and Brian, played by Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric, decide to have another child by means of in vitro fertilization. The reason behind this decision was so that Anna would be a genetic match for Kate. However, when Kate's health took a dramatic turn and Anna would have to give up one of her kidneys, Anna refused and the Fitzgerald's plan began to backfire.
My Sister’s Keeper My Sister's Keeper is about a thirteen-year-old named Anna Fitzgerald who finds the need to sue her parents for medical emancipation. Anna was conceived by preimplantation genetic diagnosis to be a sibling bone marrow match donor for her sister Kate, who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia. In her short life Anna has undergone numerous procedures to provide her sister Kate with what she needs to fight her disease such as bone marrow and stem cells. Upon learning that she is to give up a kidney for her sister Anna decides that she no longer wants to be used as an organ bank so, she does her research and hires lawyer Alexander Campbell to represent her. This bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult that is told by the sides of all its characters touches on many ethical issues; one of which is preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), otherwise known as “designer babies” or savior siblings.
"It made me wonder though, what would have happened if Kate had been healthy. Chances are, I'd still be floating up in Heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body to spend some time on Earth" (page 8, Anna). This quote really shows how much her sister means to her, she would rather Kate be happy and do what she wants and Anna just listen to what she needs. In the movie, Anna is up on the stand giving her testimony, and Jesse freaks out and tells her to tell the truth about why she was really bringing her parents to court; Kate wanted to die, she didn't want the kidney transplant to save her life. This is a dedicated sister, Anna didn't say a word until the end because that is what Kate wanted her to do.
Ethical Health Care Issues Ciera Butts HCS/545 November 18, 2013 Michael Taylor Ethical Health Care Issues According to Women’s Health Resource (2011) “breast cancer is a serious issue that will affect almost every women worldwide, either directly as someone diagnosed with cancer, or indirectly through the illness of a loved one”(Home, para. 1). Breast Cancer is found in women in their early twenties and thirties, in the United States. These individuals are more prone to breast cancer because she has a family history of breast cancer. In 2006, approximately 212, 920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States (Women’s Health Resource, 2011).
In the introduction both stories begin with introducing the main charters. Both stories are about two females with life treating illnesses. Both of them were born perfectly healthy. One of the characters devolved lung cancer and the other charater acute congestion of the stomach and the brain whitch made her deaf and blind. Sara was a thrity four years of age when she found out she had lung cancer, Helen was a nineteen moths when she got sick and made her lose her hearing and eye sight.
Shelley, the author’s mother died 10 days after giving birth, which could influence her writing and decision to make Caroline die after child birth also. Shelley became pregnant at 16 and then continued to be pregnant for the following 5 years, however only 1 child survived. This could have had a significant effect on her writing and the themes of birth and creation, as well as death. Victor’s obsession with science and the creation of a being stems from the death of his mother, Caroline Beaufort. Caroline becomes almost like a guardian angel as she attends to her ill father for several months and also adopts Elizabeth to give her the lifestyle in which she deserves.
Social Worker Involvement Name Class Professor Date Social Worker Involvement A social-worker requires to know about the history of the family dynamic life course that focuses on both unpredictable and predictable changes that can affect the behavior of the entire family across their life course. The dynamic life course focuses on all major stages of development from conception to adulthood that is late (Hutchison, 2003). For example, Kate had a disease that she got since her early childhood and it is threatening her life and her sister Anna has refused to offer her a kidney. The younger daughter who is known as Anna was a created in the lab. Anna has gone an extra mile to sue her parents for her rights.