However, there are many pros and cons to each side of the argument. Physician-assisted suicide is unethical based on the Hippocratic Oath, but is ethical based on the patient’s views – which sometimes outweigh the morals of a physician. Physician-assisted suicide first became an issue when our society decided that it was neither moral nor ethical for a physician to help end a terminally ill patient’s life. According to Katie Pickert, Dr. Jack Kevorkian brought lots of attention to the topic during the “epic assisted suicide battle of the 1990s” (1). People who argue with Kevorkian for physician-assisted suicide feel that by helping a patient end his or her life peacefully is helpful to family and friends.
LPS gave the patients more legal rights, stopped indefinite commitment to mental health facilities and created mental health courts and judges. Still, individuals who posed a threat to themselves or others could still be involuntarily detained. However, when patients were discharged, their families were not prepared or not capable of the task, so many become homeless leading to incarceration and/or drug abuse once again. Finally, a long while since the last act, the California’s Mental Health Services Act (CMHSA) of 2004 was created. It was created as a remedy for the problems that came with
According to the (AMA) drug addiction and alcoholism are considered diseases. (Pietras, N) Serendip's Exchange Serendip.edu 01/17/2008 Argument 3 Should drug addicts go to prison or rehab? Addiction is hard to control and everyone should have a chance to go to rehab. Individuals addicted to drugs need help not incarcerated. Incarceration will cause an addict to go into withdrawal symptoms and possibly death as rehab will give them the help theu need with the proper
The legal issue regarding this case is that Gevin Prince, now accused of murder, should and could have received more medical care for his behavioral problems. Gevin had been previous diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome which is similar to autism and had been known to have acted out in the past. The sheriff department was familiar with the home on Spring Ridge Drive responding to repeated calls in the past. But, because the state and the system failed to get Gevin the proper care for his abnormal behavioral problems he commits a murder. Now this leads me to my next concern the ethical issue.
Since insanity is defined so arbitrarily, lawyers can protect their clients from their punishments with relative ease by dragging out the legal process for years at a time by using the insanity defense. To be protected with the insanity defense in many states, a criminal must take the M'Naghten test: failure to determine right from wrong deems the criminal insane (Cornell University Law School). Although some argue that people with mental illnesses cannot be held accountable for their actions, the greater concern should be for the overall safety for The United States of America because criminals who plead insanity can be a danger when released, legal definitions of insanity vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, Supreme Court has upheld four states' abolishing of insanity defense, and there is incomplete research on insanity. Shafer !2 Insane criminals who are found not guilty by reason of insanity are sent to mental hospitals to rehabilitate and treat their illness. The problem is that the criminals who are sent to a hospital and become "cured" could be a danger to society.
Although the infant is finally discharged in good condition, the mistake is a hard lesson for all healthcare workers. Let’s take a closer look at how the error had happened. Phytonadione, an antidote of Coumadin, is frequently used in the prevention of blood thinning in the newborn. The common brand name in the United States includes AquaMephyton and Mephyton. According to Schull’s drug handbook (2006), Phytonadione acts on the liver to promote the production of active prothrombin, proconvertin, plasma thromboplastin component, and Stuart factor.
Eventually some people and their families might be forced to put financial concerns above the needs of a loved one. Doctors or insurance companies could try to convince some people to opt for assisted suicide rather than the more expensive treatment. This would be an injustice to all humankind. A history professor at San Francisco State University argued that assisted suicide would lead to inequities and would not be limited to those with a terminal illness. “Given the way the U.S. healthcare system is getting increasingly unjust and even savage, I don't think this system could be trusted to implement such a system equitably, or confine it to people who are immediately terminally ill"(Mohler).
I guess I am guilty about having judgments about someone with schizophrenia. I never envisioned that they could lead such productive and happy lives. Although John had his hard times, with medication and treatment he was able to overcome his illness and have a pretty normal life. The movie also reinforced to me that I need to keep in the forefront of my mind that people with mental illnesses can’t help how they are acting. They suffer from a disease just as if they were suffering from cancer.
Psychotherapy is generally considered to be the most important component of treating patients with DID. Psychiatrists often try to help patients build relationships with others around them and try to help patients cope with experiences from the past. This treatment could take anywhere from months to years because the psychiatrist does not want to overwhelm the patient with extreme feelings of anxiety from remembering any horrific experiences from the past. Psychiatrists often try to integrate all the personalities and have them work together to overcome a fear or anxiety, but sometimes psychiatrists try to “kill” the personality so that the anxiety is gone
The encounter ends with Brown on the ground with 8 shots in him. What happened that made the officer shoot the teen though? St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar claims “Brown physically assaulted the officer, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired within the car followed by other gunshots outside of the car (Gannett).” How could we possibly know if this was what actually happened though? For all we know the officer is making this story up to protect his career from a possible mistake that he made.