This week's blog is a little different.
For this week's blog, you need to go and find a news article that is related in someway to medical ethics. In other words, our reading of Henrietta Lacks has raised several questions related to ethics in the medical field. I want for you to find articles that wrestle with this questions as well. Your article DOES NOT have to be related to Henrietta Lacks, but it should cover ethical questions or issues related to the medical field.
In order to receive credit for this blog, you must copy and paste the URL link to your news article and give a paragraph-long summary of what your article discusses.
http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/NaziMedEx.html
ReplyDeleteMorgan Fomera
Not only does the article question medical ethics the Nazi doctors had, but it also questions if the experiments they have done should be used in the medical field. The article talks of the horrors of how they obtained the information. It talks about the experiments and what they did and some of the results of them. This article is honestly terrifying and just absolutely repulsive of the experiments the Nazi doctors performed.
Jon Owens
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779956/
This article speaks of the ever evolving medical field practice and the obstacles India is facing right now. Technology is one key factor that most doctors are depending on, but it also makes the cost treatment skyrocket. It also makes for dissatisfied patients because the treatment becomes impersonal. Factors like organ transplantation, clinical trials, genetic manipulations, end of life issues, or assisted reproductive techniques makes it harder for doctors to make simple decisions like what antibiotic to give someone a million times harder. Another issue is that some doctors do not comply with the patients legally. Even though the doctor has good intentions, disregarding the law can be harmful for the patients and the surrounding doctors.
Carrie-Grace Gardino
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tier.html?pagewanted=all
One of the most controversial and discussed topics among the medical field is cloning. Many have researched and debated about this topic. In this article it discusses not only the ethics of cloning but also the possibility of cloning in the future. There are many different views about this subject such as is it necessary and is this playing with or against God. Most of the topics related to this advancement in the medical field and biotechnology revolve around God, abortion, and where does life begin. According to this article, in the last year cloning has made huge advancements and could be in the near future. With this technology there is a possibility for cloning organs to those that need them (i.e. a transplant) or cloning a child to obtain bone marrow for a sibling. Many scientist around the world believe that the only thing holding back this advancement is the difference in religion. While the Asian religions believe that it is okay, the Western religions have some drawbacks. Scientist and Medical doctors believe that cloning is going to be available, maybe not in your location but in the east. This topic has always been controversial and will continue to be for much of the science and medical world in the future.
Cameron Stone
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/brittany-maynard-death-with-dignity-ally-dies-at-29.html?_r=0
This story is about a woman named Brittany Maynard with a terminal brain tumor. She decided to end her life by taking a lethal dose of drugs so she wouldn't have to face the painful death that her tumor would have caused. She was an ally with 'Death with Dignity" an organization that promotes physician assisted suicide.
Micaela Tierce
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lifenews.com/2015/01/26/woman-didnt-get-proper-anesthesia-before-abortion-woke-up-screaming-halfway-through/
This article discusses a very controversial topic at the moment, abortion, and the inadequate health care that follows. I chose this article because it conveys very similar themes to practices that occurred in Henrietta Lacks in modern day settings. In this article a women went into a local Women's Center in North Carolina and received an abortion with no type of pain killer or medication. She described the place as dirty and unprofessional, and after receiving an abortion she deeply regretted it. Not only did it bring her mental problems, but she also suffered from complications from the procedure. When she returned to the center for a follow-up they basically forbid her from going to see her personal doctor. This all seems like an unreal nightmare, especially when she begins to discuss how the abortionist left the dead remains of her unborn child in a bowl for her to see. As much as I entirely disagree with abortion no matter what the circumstances, nobody should have to undergo medical malpractice that extreme. This article shows the ethical questions in our society today, and provides a parallel to events discussed in Henrietta Lacks such as the syphilis experiment at Tuskegee. Most people in society view a women who would willingly allow someone to kill their child as low class citizens, much like African Americans were treated in the 1950s. This could be an explanation as to why abortion clinics are held to such a low standard, because in society's eyes they are serving low class citizens. John Hopkins was viewed in the same light in the 1950s, which is why I feel like this article is very relevant to our current discussion. Hopefully change will come about in abortion clinics, like change came about from the 1950s.
Jordan Twilley
ReplyDeletewww.cbsnews.com/news/child-lung-transplant-need-presents-complex-ethical-dilemma/
Sarah Murnaghan, a young girl from Pennsylvania, is in desperate need for a lung transplant, but rules prevent her from getting a transplant with adult lungs. At ten years old, Murnaghan has end-stage cystic fybrosis. Her only chance of survival is through a lung transplant. The longstanding transplant policy states Sarah is only eligible for lungs from a child donor. Adult lungs are far more available, which raises a morally based question: why should children wait for a donor and possibly die in the process, when there are lungs they could use on these desperately sick children? Sarah's parents are pushing the transplant policy issue, and it has reached the Obama administration. Pennsylvania lawmakers have aided the family is petitioning Sebelius to make an exception for their daughter. Doctors have claimed Sarah will survive with an adult lung, but Sebelius believes the issue is still based on survivability. Caplan states the issue is more so based on "Save me as opposed to someone else." He also said reevaluating the rules for a child in need of a lung should not go unnoticed. Sarah Murnaghan's options are dwindling as her time begins to count down. Caplan believes the only way to help her situation, and every other child's situation similar to hers, is sign up for an organ donation.
Will Larsen
ReplyDeletehttp://www.medicaldaily.com/medical-ethics-faces-new-age-concern-when-it-ok-doctors-google-their-patients-320404
In the article the author describes how doctors have been using the internet to look up information on the patients. It claims that doctors say that they only use it to find health suicide watch and false stories. The concern is that this can be used for privacy concerns including checking to see other doctors they visited and issues. It uses several quotes to wonder is this is right or wrong.
Ashby Shelley
ReplyDeleteThe URL: http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8415620659137418&format=649x160&output=html&h=160&slotname=6929940680&adk=1303622420&w=649&lmt=1423083317&num_ads=2&channel=8847325881%2C1000001863%2C1000000001&adtest=off&ea=0&flash=16.0.0&hints= was blocked
The article that I chose was regarding a doctor that patients called "Dr. Death", in Henrietta Lacks, Southam was referred to as this kind of doctor because he injected people without their consent, and they compare him to the Nazi soldiers during the holocaust. That is whats happening with this doctor Kevorkian in my article. Two women committed suicide in a cabin in Detroit with weapons that Kevorkian provided. Also, he hooked Adkins to his machine and she pushed the button herself that gave her a lethal injection, Kevorkian was tried for first-degree murder, but got let go because there was no law against doctor-assisted suicide. Oddly enough, Kevorkian only works with patients terminally ill and with painful diseases and sees no wrong in his doing.
Caitlin Lavender
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/us/doctor-loses-license-over-assisted-suicides.html?_r=0
(the first website listed)
Lawrence D. Egbert's doctors license was suspended for assisting six of his patients commit suicide, though none of his patients had a terminal illness. each of the patients had died by inhaling helium. the board of Physicians had said that he had violated the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics and that his activities were “illegal under Maryland law.” They, however, have not decided if Egbert should be prosecuted.
Mi'Asia Barclay
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141101173137.htm
This article was about how many European different racial groups viewed cancer. Black people thought the sign of bleeding meant they had cancer. Asians believed that and unexplained lump or swelling of a certain area meant cancer. White people believed that they shouldn't waste the doctors time with tomfoolery, but if it was something they wouldn't want to be embarrassed about what they had, while telling the doctor.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5742250
ReplyDeleteThis articles involves a man from another country who is an architect who works overseas. He has spine problems and has seeked help from the U.S. regarding what type of treatment he should undergo. Previous to calling the orthopedic surgeon in the United States he had had five opinions, five surgical recommendations, and one examination by a spine surgeon. The one surgeon recommended multi-level fusion. The man made his mind up to have disc replacement surgery. While on the phone with American doctor, the man began talking about all of the different surgeries recommended for him. He sent the doctor his MRI already and the doctor did not recommend surgery. He had attended seminars and heard about different surgeries that he wanted to try, but they did not necessarily work. Snake oil advertisement is similar to this. People by it because of how advertisers promote it. It does not always work. Same with surgery. Just because a doctor makes it look pretty doesn't necessarily mean it works.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/opinion/rushton-munoz-case/
ReplyDeleteThis article is about whose decision it is to make for someone who is only alive because of life support machines. In the article, the woman is 19 weeks pregnant but is only alive because of a machine. Her husband knows that she doesn't want to rely on machines to keep her alive, but the debate is, who makes the decision for the baby? Should the baby go down with the mom if they take her off life support? Or should the mother remain on life support long enough for her baby to get to 24 weeks? Who makes that decision? That is basically what the article discusses and the question that is raised because of it.
Drew Forrester
ReplyDelete1st period
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/com/swift/HPR319UDD/Syphilis.html
This article gives background info to the syphilis medical ethics case between the late 1800s and early 1900s. First off, the article describes what happened and lead up to the syphilis study that was so wrong. It outlines the wrongdoings of the doctors involved. Later the article goes to show how the medical "code of ethics" is formed. Even though the code was passed, right after its passing, only around 20% of doctors even accepted it as rule. The code has become a more prominent being today.
lizzie walker
ReplyDeletehttps://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/01/researchers-isolate-stem-cell-that-gives-rise-to-bones-cartilage.html
At Stanford University School of Medicine stem cell research has recently been conducted. In mice, they have developed stem cells that have developed into bone, cartilage, and stroma. They have also discovered the chemical signals that create skeletal stem cells. Michael Longaker, MD, a professor at Standord, says that growing skeletal stem cells from a patient could mean growing new cartilage with these new discoveries. The scientists found cells that are capable of growing the bone as well as the cartilage and stroma. They also tracked down the development of skeletal cells to see how they change overtime. Irving Weissman, MD, a professor at Standord says that this kind of research can lead to replacing cartilage that is old and comes from aging, fix bones that are inhibited from healing, and recover damages bone marrow. Scientists have also discovered how to create stem cells from fat and muscle cells. They have yet to experiment any of these techniques on humans but are confident that if the techniques work in mice, then they can get them to work in humans as well.
Many people believe that it is ethically wrong to create and embryo and take cells from that embryo. Many also feel that it is not right to create an embryo and not give it the oppurtunity to develop into an actual human.
Andrew Parrish
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gofundme-and-other-crowdfunding-medical-campaigns-pose-ethical-dilemma-1.2945002
The article is about using crowdsourcing websites to fund medical treatments. The subject, Lynn Hume of British Columbia, was successful at getting donors to believe that she really did have stage 3 breast cancer and that she was not a fraud to receive $30,000 to fund medical treatments. By using these websites, medical care is more accessible to most people if they can convince the donors that their situation is not a fraudulent one.
Amber C. Price
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/21/local/la-me-ln-brain-dead-jahi-mcmath-mother-update-20140221
This article is about a thirteen year old girl from Oakland named Jahi McMath. On December 12 the girl went to Children's Hospital to have surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids, and uvula. About three days after her surgery the girl was pronounced brain dead but her mom does not believe she. Jahi does not have any brain activity or breathe on her on and there is no blood flowing. Doctors are still debating if she is actually brain dead or not because her mother and family believe that she is not.
Sarah Snyder
ReplyDeletehttp://www.naturalnews.com/000725.html
AIDS is a worldwide disease that doesn't have a cure, but some scientist and doctors have been testing on some injections mixed together; but failed. Even though they failed in testing, the doctors still want to try it on humans, not just inject one person, but 16000. It would only work by a miracle. These doctors are taking a risk on 16,000 lives. Most likely what the medicine would do is hurt someone from all the chemicals, rather than help them.
Riley Holmes
ReplyDeletehttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/751273_4
This article discusses the ethical debate of if its going to save their life should you give a jehovah witness a blood transfusion if they are unable to tell you not to. A jehovah witnesses' religious view does not allow them to have blood transfusions. This gives several cases where this is tested and questioned. This can also be extended to question if an underage child of these circumstances needs it to save their life should the parent be able to deny the right even if the child is able to say that they want it done.
Kali Sturgis
ReplyDeletehttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/stemcells/scissues/
Stem cell research has been around for many years, but the moral implications on the subject of destroying human embryos defeats many of the efforts pressured by scientists because of the question, "When does life actually begin?". Recently scientists have learned how to stimulate adult cells to behave like human embryonic cells, but multiple legislations have already began preparing laws to ban this use of cells because of an insinuation that they may be able to develop into human embryos thus making clones of the donors. In the U.S., laws prohibit the creation of embryos for stem cell research, but allow scientists to use "leftover" embryos from fertility clinics with doctor consent. However, most disagreements circumscribe around political parties' debates on funding stem cell research, while making legislators have the hard task of picking between encouraging scientific development or respecting the life of others.
Adrianna Boyd
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMhle1409465
This article talks about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that develops data about drugs and also permits certain drugs from patients with serious conditions. Any patient receiving a drug must be reported to the FDA. In 2013 and 2014, Colorado, Missouri, and Louisiana passed the law, the "right to try" to permit experiment drugs on patients.
Trent Ray
ReplyDeletehttp://akorra.com/2011/07/03/top-10-highly-controversial-medical-issues/
Cell specialization is important in the human body because it is what causes specific cells to do their specific duties. These cells, however, develop from just a few cells in an embryo. The cells in the embryo are not yet specialized which means they have the ability to develop into any kind of cell in the body. These are called stem cells and these stem cells show promise for future medical endeavors. Stem cells could be used to grow new organs/tissues for people who need them, but can not receive them via transplant for whatever reason. The ethical issue with stem cells is similar to abortion because it revolves around the question of ,"When does life begin?". Extracting stem cells from a developing embryo basically ends its life. The benefits of stem cell research are tremendous, but many people oppose it because they believe that the life of a developing person is not worth it.
Addie Melchior
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/01/guatemala.syphilis.tuskegee/index.html
This article is about the Tuskegee Institute's syphilis study and also the Guatemala syphilis study. Both of these studies are similar to Henrietta Lacks' story. The Tuskegee syphilis study is known as the most unethical medical research. During this study, African-American males were tested for syphilis without knowing what they were being tested for. If they did have it, they were not told they had it. Once the doctors found who had syphilis, they tested their families and their children, all unaware of what was going on. This went on for a total of 40 years and no one did anything about it! The Guatemalan syphilis study is slightly different. In this study, patients from the Guatemala National Penitentiary and the National Mental Health hospital. The chosen patients were forced to have sex with prostitutes who were already infected with syphilis and some had a direct inoculation of the syphilis bacteria poured onto them just so they scientists could research treatments. These are both solid examples of unethical medical research since they used people who did not know any better and could not do anything about it for research not knowing what the outcome would be and without their consent.
Brittany Davidson 2/5/15
ReplyDeletehttp://www-psych.stanford.edu/~bigopp/stutter2.html
In 1939, there was a woman named Mary Tudor who conducted research on Iowa orphanage children with the help of Wendell Johnson. The research would be to try a stuttering experiment to see if it would leave the children with a stutter or with out a stutter. The children were told were told that they were about to do speech therapy; when really it was an experiment. Tudor had experimented on a little girl named Norma Jean Pugh, the little girl talked really well but, by the end of the experiment she was barely speaking. She tested many other children and the same results happen. Years later reporters found out about Tudor's experiment and had questions. When asked about the experiments Tudor said that when she left the orphanage that she had created a new problem for many of the children that she tested. The children she tested had hard times dealing with the stutter; they were laughed at and were not successful at getting jobs in their future. Tudor said that what she had done was something that she now regrets and is haunted by it.
Nicholas Ratliff
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/us/mississippi-a-leader-on-vaccination-rates-stands-by-strict-rules.html?ref=health&_r=0
right now Mississippi has the highest immunization rate in the nation the only thing it is not behind in. in Mississippi there is no exemptions for the vaccines children have to take before kinder garden which has made some people upset. in the wake of the measles outbreak many states are thinking of also getting rid of religious or morale vaccine exemptions. many parents think its there right to choose if they want there child to get vaccinated while the state believes not getting the shots is dangerous for the child and others. the debate is still very important with some parents homeschooling there children instead of getting them vaccinated.
Jaida Minor
ReplyDeletehttp://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LA02N20150206?irpc=932
The United States is thinking about making it illegal for parents to not take their kids to the doctor to get shots. One reason they add is because of the measles outbreak. A mother/physician says that she doesn't want her child to be exposed to un-immunized kids. A measles epidemic came out from Disneyland in California which led to all children being vaccinated unless it's life threatening. Some lawyers go against this, providing freedom for parents to choice whether their child should or shouldn't take their shots.
Angel Harris
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-06-12/news/sns-rt-usa-guantanamofeedingl2n0ep003-20130612_1_navy-captain-robert-durand-hunger-strikers-military-doctors
In Cuba, many prisoners refused on getting fed as a hunger strike occurred at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The prisoners claimed that it violated their ethical obligations. The doctors did not know whether to force feed them or let them starve. Soon, many of them men began loosing weight drastically and the doctors fed them liquid through a metal tube. Some still refused and they were strapped down in chairs to receive the treatment. The American Medical Association and the World Medical Association stated that the procedure of tube feeding was a violation of medical ethics. The doctors did not want to let anyone of the prisoners die because they would have been accountable for the death and they wanted to protect a life instead. The prisoners were not trying to commit suicide, but yet instead defending their rights as dying for something they believed in.
http://time.com/3693294/hillary-clinton-childhood-vaccinations-medicine-immunizations-rand-paul-chris-christie/
ReplyDeletehttp://time.com/3692701/rand-paul-vaccinations-measles-christie/
These articles juxtapose the views of Hillary Clinton with those of Governor Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul in regard to the vaccination of children. Clinton is an advocate for the vaccination of all children, while Christie and Paul argue that though vaccines do work, parents should have the right to object to having their children vaccinated. The controversy over the issue stems from the debate over whether or not vaccination is linked to autism.
London Williamson
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tampabay.com/news/health/pregnant-womans-involuntary-hospitalization-raises-legal-ethical-medical/1068455
A 29 year old, pregnant woman, Samantha Burton, went to the hospital because she thought she was going into premature labor at 25 weeks. However, she was not going into labor. Burton's doctor told her that she was risking a miscarriage because she was smoking and she needed to be in bed rest under the hospitals watchful eye until she had her baby. Burton did not like the way her doctor approached the problem so she wanted a new doctor to get his opinion. So, her current doctor got a court order from a judge to keep her hospitalized so they could protect the baby because it is a human being too. So they kept her there and her baby was stillborn. Burton took the hospital to court because she felt as if her medical ethics has been compromised. She believed that they kept her hospitalized in order to protect the baby because they believed she was putting her baby at risk, but abortion is still legal and they aren't stopping people from killing their own babies. The court ruled in Burton's favor because they believed that it was taking a woman's right to control her own body.
Melody Ashcraft
ReplyDeletehttp://www.linacre.org/SelectingChildren.htm
This article discusses the controversial issue of abortion as a result of a disability or disorder. Prenatal testing can determine whether or not one's child will have a disability. I think this is great technology and can really help give the parents adequate time to prepare for their journey ahead. In my opinion, this becomes a problem when a woman (or the couple) chooses to abort the child based on what the test shows. I believe that by doing this, they are selecting the child they want to have and as people, it is not our place to take away life. The decision to abort one's child because he or she has a disability is practically saying that the lives of disabled people are of no value.
Cole Turner 1st
ReplyDeletehttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/us/pregnant-and-forced-to-stay-on-life-support.html?referrer=m i
My article discusses the ethics behind life support and abortion. A mother collapses in her kitchen because of a blood clot in her lungs. She becomes brain dead and had previously requested of her family that had that ever happen to just let her die. Well, she happened to be pregnant & in Texas it is illegal to take a patient that is on life support off life support.
Jagory White
ReplyDeletehttp://digitalcommons.salve.edu/dissertations/AAI9915019/
this article questions the ethics about pharmacies using certain drugs that allowed people to get better faster. although the results of the drugs have proven to be good, they are still questionable to the ethics due to the quickness of the reaction it takes.
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/06/375399560/botched-lethal-injection-executions-reignite-death-penalty-debate
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses the recent occurrences of botched lethal injections and how if not mixed correctly, could violate the eighth amendment of no unusual or cruel punishment. Eight lethal injections went wrong and did not allow the victim to die painlessly. They are trying to find new alternatives or more reliable injection
cassie house
ReplyDeletehttp://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/28009
This is article is about a 17 year-old girl who dies in a car wreck and her parents decide to harvest her organs and her eggs. The parents want to use her eggs to make a child but the court thinks it is not a good idea. The organs can be used to save another's life but the harvested eggs bring up a troubling precedent. This brings up a case related to ethics because they don't want to let the parents make a decision for what happens with their daughter's eggs. Some people decided a law needs to be put in place so that the family has to wait a certain amount of time before deciding what should be done in a situation like this.
Tempie Ennis
ReplyDeletehttp://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/21/local/la-me-ln-brain-dead-jahi-mcmath-mother-update-20140221
Jahi McMath is a 13 year old girl who went in to get her tonsils removed and came out of the surgery brain dead. During the surgery she went into cardiac arrest and suffered extensive brain hemorrhaging. Jahi's mother has full faith that her daughter is getting better each day and will be better eventually. If she wakes up, she could experience long term effects. The doctors say that they are waiting for a miracle.
Clay Martin
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/kidney-sale.html
The article I chose discusses the need for organs. It talks about a shortage of kidneys in particular. In china, a seventeen year old boy sold one of his kidneys to have enough money to buy an iphone and he now has medical problems bc of it. The question raised is whether or not people should be able to sell their organs for profit.
Batrina Reid
ReplyDeletehttp://blogs.discovery.com/bites-animal-planet/2014/07/could-sloths-hold-the-cure-for-cancer.html
This article is about the possibility of the fungi that grows on sloths hair could cure a certain form of breast cancer and some life threatening diseases. The fungi and bacteria found on the sloths are known as "little pharmacies". The possibility of this is due to the "biodiversity in the rainforest and the bugs that cause malaria also specific types of breast cancer cells". The fungi is found in their hair and they could be carrying a numerous amount of fungi and bacteria that is found in algae.
Maya Turner
ReplyDeletehttp://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,167245,00.html
This article argues STEM cell research and how it is used in humans for different medical purposes. They believe they may hold cures for many diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The debate is going on because the cells have to be taken from an embryo and according to religious orthodoxy, an embryo is a life. It has to come to a fertilized cell that was made 4 days after conception. People in the pro-life standpoint stand firmly against this but Stem cells can be great because they can be used to transform into any other cell that may be needed. In a controversial method, they can even be taken from an aborted fetus with signed permission from the mother. But many believe we are going down the road of destroying human life in order to advance scientific curiosity.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/02/04/the-highs-and-lows-of-d-c-marijuana-legalization/
ReplyDeleteThe legalization of medical marijuana has been an ongoing discussion in this country for quite sometime now. Washington DC is a rather interesting place to be the battle ground for this battle of pro-weed and anti-weed discussions. There are many signs that weed can be legalized but every time a law like this are established more problems become apparent.
http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/what_matters/article/289625/How-Does-Technology-Affect-Teens/
ReplyDeleteIn this article it is to answer the question of is technology a positoive or negative influence in the lifes of teens. This era is known as the 'technology era' for the kids of this generation. Most teens argue that they use technology in their everyday life including for school. Others argue that things such as texting interfere with spelling. In other words kids write how they text. Some also so that having there phone in their hands stops them from being active and having a social life in reality and not just on the media. The real question is left unanswered is strictly an opinion based question.
Keniece Johnson
ELLA NEUBERT
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pro-vaccine-messages-actually-backfire-study-finds-n41611
Many parents at this time in the world are deciding not to give children vaccinations and think that all vaccinations should be a choice for the parents to say if they would like their children to receive it or not. People in the medical field show parents pictures of children who have gotten diseases because of not being given the vaccine. Although this is irony because this does not make parents want to give their children the vaccine but instead makes them more about other ways their children could get sick. For example they worry about the side effects from the vaccine instead of the actual disease it could prevent. The facts used by people in the medical field which the point is to scare the audience into vaccination is not working. Since many parents are not allowing their children to receive vaccinations old diseases are reappearing more and more in years. What medical messages are trying to accomplish are doing the complete opposite. They need to be able to understand how parents make decisions such as if their child should be vaccinated before making advertisements. They also need to look at how parents see their current advertisements before letting out new ones. The people of medicine must learn about them before.
Josh Smalley
ReplyDeleteStem Cell Research: http://stemcell-news.info/stem-cell-medical/stem-cell-ethical-issues/
Stem cells research is a study that has been going on for quite some time and has raised serious concerns and thousands of questions regarding ethical issues. one major issue raised is that stem cells can be pulled from embryos. This enrages many people against abortion and the rights of human life. however they have found alternative ways to extract the Stem cells, e.g umbilical cords. its been proven that the blood inside the umbilical cord contains stem cells. This in my opinion is a much better alternative then killing embryos .
In this article it talks about how patients have died through stem cell procedures, so in fact, the use of stem cells may be on hold
MY LƯU
ReplyDeleteURL- http://m.nationalreview.com/article/395343/all-life-matters-jahi-mcmaths-journey-michelle-malkin
In this article, Jahi's McMath's family experiencing a lot of emotions going through Jahi's experience. Doctors and surgeons declared that Jahi McMath is "Brain dread" after she had a unsuccessful tonsillectomy. Doctors told Jahi's mom that Jahi's organs would shut down after the surgery. Critics lampooned and hounded the family to give up hope on Jahi. Jahi's mom noticed that her daughter is physically stable and that she is not "Brain dead." Jahi is able to move her arms and feet on comand and her blood is flowing regularly. After discovering that she is not "Brain dead" and she is stable, Jahi's family gained hope for Jahi. Jahi is surrounded with love and care from her family and friends throughout her life. Jahi and her family proved that "true heroes are those who fight tirelessly for the sanctity of life, no matter how hard the journey".
Sidnie
ReplyDeletehttp://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6457592
After going to court to be medically emancipated after her mother disagreed to let her stop chemo, a teen is denied emancipation and forced to undergo the chemo treatment while she is restrained to her bed. The teen is also not allowed to have any contact with her mother and during the court case she was forced to live in a group home. During her chemo treatment her phone was taken up so she was unable to contact any friends or family. Especially her mother. Later the court stated that forcing the teen to undergo chemo was medically legal but sedating her and restraining her to her bed messed with medical ethics.