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The Ethicality Of Gene Alteration In Human Embryos, Alyssa Scudder
The Ethicality Of Gene Alteration In Human Embryos, Alyssa Scudder
Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest
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Black Lips Don't Turn Blue: A Womanist Critique Of Discriminatory Language In Medical Education, Alison Lawrence
Black Lips Don't Turn Blue: A Womanist Critique Of Discriminatory Language In Medical Education, Alison Lawrence
Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest
This paper examines race and gender inequities in healthcare as it pertains to the unequal presentation of descriptors of illness in medical textbooks. The author adopts a womanist perspective to criticize the use of the white male body as the standard for all patients, which causes signs and symptoms in women and people of color to be dismissed as less important. Following an analysis of normalizing language in current medical texts as well as its consequences for patients, the author calls for a system-wide shift to more inclusive, intersectional medical education that not only acknowledges differences among patient groups, but …
Disease Mongering: How Sickness Sells, Vanessa C. Iroegbulem
Disease Mongering: How Sickness Sells, Vanessa C. Iroegbulem
Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest
“Disease mongering” is the practice of widening diagnostic boundaries of an illness and promoting their public awareness to expand the markets for treatment and to increase profits. This tactic typically used by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers, insurance companies, and even some doctors and patient groups, has become a great concern. Disease mongering has since increased in parallel with “medicalization,” which attempts to label normal human conditions as medical problems, thus becoming the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. This paper first seeks to examine how an increasing amount of life’s natural conditions and ailments are being seen …
Ethics And Euthanasia, Nicole Marie Kasman
Ethics And Euthanasia, Nicole Marie Kasman
Biology: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Illness is never easy to deal with and death is even harder whether it be for the patient, the patient's family, or the physician. Add into that, cases of sever and/or long-term suffering and people can begin wondering what there is to live for. Our animal companions have been able to escape pain via euthanasia for some time now but that same option is not generally available for their human counterparts. A suggested option for our terminally in is physician-assisted suicide. This has been met with a large amount of opposition, partly due to fear of promoting suicide, partly due …
Ethics And Cost-Effectiveness Of Naloxone, Allison Groch
Ethics And Cost-Effectiveness Of Naloxone, Allison Groch
Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest
This essay discusses the ethical components involved with using, distributing, and making naloxone readily available for reversing opioid overdoses. The cost-effectiveness of naloxone is also discussed as a reason why naloxone should be widely used in order to help fight the opioid epidemic.