“Means are the tools or behaviors that one employs to achieve a desired outcome [either good or bad]. Ends are those outcomes that one desires to achieve [either good or bad as well]. (pg 27) The Tuskegee Study had bad means with bad ends, being that the doctors and researchers knew they were going to misinform their patients, in hopes they would stay with the study. This was deliberately intended unethical behavior. Although the researchers, doctors and nurses took care of these men, they did not properly inform them of the outcome from having “bad blood”, syphilis.
Euthanasia provides an end to suffering from illness, which have no cure and allow focus on quality of life over quantity. It would lower suicide rates in ill patients, as well as lessen the amount of pain it causes for the patient and their family. If they strongly believe in ending their life due to the inability to live because the serious state of illness they’re in, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to continue to live. Precautions as well as many other legal obligations should be considered when they have chosen this route, but it should not be illegal to choose euthanasia when they are too unhealthy to live a life to their
Pure emotions that cannot be seen or expressed in many ways such as empathy can all of a sudden be exposed with the correct use of rhetoric. The importance of such feelings being made apparent can be understood when examining the way doctors speak to families in moments of fear, confusion and sadness regarding a sick family member. With proper rhetoric doctors can transform a traumatic experience into a seemingly manageable situation. Doctors may not always be able to cure or fix the problem but they can ameliorate some of the fear for both the patient and family, simply by being able to verbalize their empathy and unyielding support. Without such skills doctors cannot succeed in making their patients comfortable and more importantly trust them with their
He was the father of client-centered therapy. He believed that patients should basically learn to understand themselves, so they could help themselves (Hall, 2007). It is an interesting theory that Rogers had in those early days of practicing as a psychotherapist. “Rogers started to use the expression ‘client’ instead of ‘patient’ due to the fact that the individuals that he was counseling did need help but not within the same regard that a medically ill person does” (Hall, 2007). In 2011, it is common practice to call a person seeking therapy a client instead of a patient thanks to Carl Rogers (Hall, 2007).
He knew that this was abnormal behavior for her, so he immediately called 9-1-1 to get help. In the brochure, “Speak Up: What you should know about stroke”, published on February 1, 2012 there is pertinent information that may be quite useful for people who have risk factors that may indeed lead to a stroke. It is very beneficial for people to know if they are at risk. Strokes can be detrimental to people as well as their families. The information that is presented in the brochure could possibly help to save a life.
Proponents view expediting death as an action of merciful compassion in that it may be the only way to relieve intolerable suffering and to allow individuals to have control of their own lives (Pretzer, 2000). Although some argue it is unethical for doctors to actively assist in ending someone’s life, some also argue that not doing so in certain situations would actually be more unethical. I feel that doctors have the obligation to do no harm to patients, but to the best of their ability at all times. The supporters of physician- assisted interpret this to mean that physicians should do anything they can to keep patients out of prolonged pain and suffering (Battin, 1998). It is the duties and responsibility of a doctor to assist a dying patient in having a comfortable, easy death, which in some cases may call for physician-assisted suicide, assuming it is the patient’s wish.
The physicians also neglected this perspective by not treating his pain they also assisted in causing him more physical and emotional suffering (4). The ethical relativism theory would have assisted in making the right decision for all parties in this case. Which states what is morally right or wrong varies from person to person society to society, and believes variances in culture and society influence whether the act was moral and in Daxs case was not
Discriminatory Discriminatory is having stereotype of the patient , denying people life , saving drugs, giving someone less time because you don’t like them, care not giving because where you live, medical treatment can’t refuse because you some ,drink, take drugs or over weight. Examples of discrimination: - We all expect to be treated with respect and in the same way as everyone else. When people are discriminated against, in whatever way, this can have a serious affect on their lives. When people are not treated in an equal way this can have a serious affect on their lives for example they may loss of confidence which means they will not able to things again because they will think people discriminate them again. Also they might feel angry because there is no one can help them or no one to go to, they might also feel stress and loss a sense who they are.
Since these are not normal vessels, the blood vessels often leak blood or other fluid into the tissue of the macula, forming blisters and cysts of fluid that damage the retina. The first symptoms of wet macular degeneration are often when straight lines look wavy or the middle of the vision is blurry. This can be scary for someone so seeing the nearest eye doctor is always best when this happens. Being diagnosed with wet AMD early on is good because one is able to prevent it from getting
This allows the patient to still feel the sadness but it allows the provider to help focus on the cognitive aspect. In fact it is said that over time the affect or sadness the feel will diminish, in a way it is a sort of desensitization. Cognitive restructuring is also helpful because most patients remember the traumatic event a certain way and nothing will change it, but by helping the patient view the event in a different light it may change their perspective of the event and they may benefit greatly. A breakthrough is reached when the patient starts to get confused on the event that triggered the survivor guilt, this means that the patient can now focus on other aspects of that day or maybe even remember details that were forgotten due to the initial shock. At the end of the day it is the way the patient sees them self that is of most importance (Wilson, Harel, & Kahana, 1988).