“Shock of the Past for Modern Medicine”, by Roger Lewin The article “Shock of the Past for Modern Medicine” by Roger Lewin discuss the how or if medical conditions and diseases should be treated. The effects of modern medicine have made significant advances in recent history. Doctors and scientists have discovered new treatments and preventive strategies to treat number of illnesses and conditions. The questions lie on whether or not these treatments actually help aid in recovery or if they hinder the progress and evolution of the human species. Lewin talks about a number of conditions that humans commonly suffer from.
The article explains that this new facelift technique harvests stem cells from a patient's fat and injects them into the face. A minimally invasive procedure that is conducted on an outpatient basis, this particular technique may hold a great deal of promise for individuals who want a fresher, younger appearance but do not want to go under the knife; however, Katie Becker, who is the beauty editor at W Magazine, explains that there is limited understanding of the long-term effects of this procedure. "From my understanding, we have at least 10 more years just to see how this is playing out in patients, to get a better understanding," Becker states. "Botox wears off after a number of months, where what's happening with these stem cell procedures is truly a permanent cosmetic treatment."
The current policy states the abbreviations are discouraged, but there is no protocol in place on how to monitor, educate, and correct such entries into patient’s medical charts. Without developing a plan to implement the protocol, Nightingale Community Hospital will not meet Joint Commission standards. Corrective Action Plan: 1) Provide all prescribing providers, nursing supervisors, nursing staff, medical records department, pharmacy department, radiology department, respiratory therapy department, and physical therapy department of the list of prohibited abbreviations. a. This list would be sent via interdepartmental and extra departmental memos, e-mails, or US Postal Service.
At the expense of human subjects, great medical breakthroughs occurred that are still in practice today. Each time an experiment would be conducted on a human subject, deceased or alive, documentation was needed to carry out the processes to rule out, discover and advance new medical diagnosis, drugs, surgeries, cures and treatments for the world’s ills. Examples of this are, “the
This is definitely unethical. When more than a minor medical issue arises, the ethical thing for the physician assistant to do is take the patient to a practical setting and take the normal course of actions (2013). Joe is breaking this by taking kits out of the practice area into his own home without consent of the physician or the facility as a whole. The guidelines go over the importance of not providing informal care, which is exactly what Joe is doing in this situation. He is not only informally treating and collecting specimen from his daughter, but he is also not documenting any of the treatments that he is doing.
Health insurance is not a part of the religion therefore they must follow the Obama mandate. This would be another great point in that it is not their body, the body of the courts, their employers, nor the doctors to state what women should be doing with their body. Wikipedia states that the Justice Departments' job is to, “responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice" which they tried to do in this case but Judge Kane ignored them. Roe V Wade decided that years ago that women have the right to have contraception and abortions up unto what is
Abstract The ability to use embryonic stem cells in research leads to major medical breakthroughs; the use of stem cells should be permitted and supported. Stem cells have the ability to acquire cures for diseases such as: Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Alzheimer's, Cancer, and vast amounts of other diseases. Ethical and Religious beliefs influence peoples outlook on embryonic stem cells which can give embryonic stem cells a bad image. But, the truth is, embryonic stem cells give hope to many people suffering from diseases that, at this point in time, have no cure. "In the end, it's possible that human beings may die so that embryos will live.
Stem Cell Research Litigation The debate over stem cell research, and whether or not it should be made legal, is very complicated and long-standing. Stem cell research involves investigating whether or not embryonic stem cells can be used to potentially cure a number of diseases, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and many others. The theory is that, since stem cells are able to differentiate into any other cell in the body, that they can be used to create healthy cells where once there were cancer cells, thus treating the disease. Stem cells have already been used to repair disease-ridden tissue successfully in patients (Neel & Silberner, 2011). However, there are many who oppose the use of embryonic stem cells in research, particularly among the pro-life community.
Although they believe that no one should end another person’s life by “giving deadly medicine if asked, nor suggest any such counsel,” (Hippocrates, Father of Mother Medicine) they also agree that exceptions will always exist. In such cases, they accept that passive euthanasia is sometimes right because it entails the withholding of a treatment that a patient needs in order to stay alive, surely with the consent of the patient. Thus, their focus on the issue is not to change the law, but rather improve standards of care. Doctors should give their best to prevent death, but they should not force treatment upon dying patients just for the sake of their Hippocratic
The Paradox of Technology There is no question that technological growth trends in science and industry are increasing exponentially. Many critics of technology believe that the rapid advancement of technological development, despite the benefits, has become in many ways detrimental to society and life. The study of genetics, molecular engineering and robotics is a few areas of technology that is advancing rapidly. The paradox of the 21st century technology is will our growth in technology benefit society or will it potentially destroy society. Gene therapy is a promising approach to the treatment of genetic disorders, debilitating neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and endocrine disorders such as diabetes.