HIV/AIDS Patients and Suicide
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This 18 page report discusses the many issues associated with suicide and people with HIV/AIDS. The disease has raised numerous issues such as access to care, prevention, cost of treatment, drug therapy and much more. Not surprisingly, it has also intensified the debate regarding right to die, physician assisted suicide, and the moral issues associated with suicide. As people are forced to live with a disease that slowly but surely robs them of all strength and any measure of personal dignity, many have made the decision not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autonomy, the emotional and physical suffering, and the related care issues are presented in terms of both AIDS patients and their caregivers. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BWsuiaid.rtf

HMOs and the Uninsured
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A 12 page paper answering 3 questions about HMOs, the uninsured, HMO ethics and implications for US health care. Questions address HMO structure; relationship with the uninsured; HMO behavior ethics; who the uninsured are; and consequences for American society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KShmoUnins.rtf

HMOs: History and Future
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A 10 page paper divided into two parts. The first is a five-page discussion of HMOs' history and future, concentrating on Paul Ellwood's (2002) proposal that the HMO structure be replaced with his HEROIC one. The second part of the paper answers 4 questions addressing Medicare and Medicaid's influence on the evolution of American healthcare, and assessment of President Bush's ban on continued collection of stem cells from aborted embryos. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KShmoHistory.rtf

Home HIV Testing: An Issue of Patient Privacy
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A 7 page overview of the controversy surrounding home testing for HIV. Identifies AIDS, and HIV) as a tragic disease for which there are tragic consequences both epidemiologically and sociologically. Contends that because of the social stigma which all too often results with the disease and the insecurity of medical records in general, home testing is not an option but a necessity. Concludes that while what is really needed is stricter regulation at the federal level ensuring the privacy of medical records, that regulation is slow in coming and therefore home testing is a needed option. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPHIVtst.wps

Hospice: A Personal Option for the Terminally Ill
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A 20 page exploration of the dying process and how it is typically handled in the healthcare establishment. The author presents hospice as a viable alternative to this often less than optimum situation. Hospice cares not just for the clinical aspects of the patients health but also for their personal, social, and psychological aspects. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: PPhospic.rtf

How Medical Care Played into Gilda Radner's Plight
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This 7 page paper focuses on the book It's Always Something, which is an autobiographical account of Gilda Radner's ordeal with ovarian cancer. The paper examines medical ethics and the types of medical care provided to this Saturday Night Live star. No additional sources cited.
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How The Law Reasons About Bioethical Issues And The Criteria
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8 pages in length. The law found itself in a quagmire of unfamiliar territory throughout the twentieth century as man's progression as a species challenged many long-standing believes, assumptions and legal tenets. While legal interpretation depends upon those making such determinations, technology has presented some difficult cases before the court for which there is no precedent and the final ruling still leaves room for future debate and potential reversal. Bioethical issues have presented particularly challenging situations for the courts to decide about an otherwise grey that must be transformed into terms of black and white; medicine in particular has been at the forefront of how the law reasons bioethical issues. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCBioethLaw.rtf

Human Cloning
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A 3 page paper which presents a brief proposal for human cloning. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAclone.rtf

Human Cloning (Annotated Bibliography)
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This 3 page annotated bibliography reflects 8 sources which are against cloning. Information on each source includes an interpretation in respect to how useful each source is.
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Human Cloning: An Undesirable Practice
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This paper considers two arguments with regard to cloning; both are against it, but they come from widely disparate viewpoints. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVAgClon.rtf

Human Growth Hormone And Athletes
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10 pages in length. Athletes represent a special group of people who are keenly aware of their nutritional requirements. After all, they demand a great deal from their bodies as a means by which to achieve their varied and often rigorous athletic goals. Still, this is not to say that just because one is an athlete that one heeds either the legal and dangerous aspects of obtaining an artificial – albeit optimal – performance. As a means by which to overcome the inherent setbacks that come with size, the writer discusses how athletes have been known to take human growth hormone supplements; believing that the benefits of enhanced performance will outweigh the related issues with health and sportsmanship, the sports world has become inundated with the use of a very questionable dietary addition. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLC_HGH.wps

Human Medicine - Ethics, Suffering, & Faith
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This 5 page reflective essay examines the greatest issue of all in health . . . death. How and when is medical intervention justified? What does a faithful person believe? Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Humanmed.wps

Human Organ Sales in the United States and China
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This 7 page paper compares and contrasts human organ donor programs in the U.S. and China. It is argued that organ selling should not be legal. Problems in this area are duly noted. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA805org.rtf

Identity and Reproductive Technology
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This is a 4 page paper discussing the ideas of identity through the ongoing controversy of reproductive technology. Identity in today’s culture has become skewed in relation to the increasing technological possibilities in reproduction and the continued quest for the ideal American dream. Eugenics, or selective breeding, has been the basis for considerable controversy for over seventy years yet reproductive technology continues to expand. Today’s technologies can offer researchers control over genetic characteristics in which the genes carrying congenital defects can be identified, altered or removed. While this is intended to create a healthier population, reproductive technology is also considered as a way to pre-select desirable traits for future generations; the problem being who will be the ones to decide which traits are desirable? In the 1920s, Chesterton discussed the protection of American identity through eugenics while Albee’s play in the 1960s “The American Dream” tells how the American identity has become one of superficial and materialistic values. Most recently, McGee in his text “The Perfect Baby” points out that regardless of any advances in reproductive technology, social influences will always overpower them. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Impact Of Prolonged Illness On Families
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This 6 page paper reviews an article entitled: Impact of a prolonged surgical critical illness on patients' families by Swoboda and Lipsett (2002). The study reported investigated the economic effects and family lifestyle changes when a family member cares for a patient who has been discharged from the intensive care unit. The findings in this study are supported by other studies that are reported. Additionally, there are also psychological, emotional and physical effects for the caregiver. One study discussed relates the effects on parents when a child is seriously ill. These are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGillfm.rtf

In Favor of "Pulling the Plug"
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This 9-page paper examines some of the issues surrounding the controversy over the right to die and argues in favor of the right of mentally competent persons to end their own lives under certain circumstances. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: HVRteDie.rtf

In Favor Of How Bayer Is Making Money From Cipro Pills
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5 pages in length. Myriad concerns over health and safety have surfaced since the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. With the heightened state of tension caused by the seemingly associated presence of Anthrax, it is no wonder people frightened for the nation's future. However, it is important for the student to point out that there is yet another concern revolving around the Anthrax situation that has people divided over its social, ethical and economic impact: Bayer Corporation's high price for Cipro, the antibiotic that effectively contains the progression of Anthrax. Is this German-based company morally and legally right in making money off this terrorist activity by charging the consumer $4 per pill when other nations have it accessible for a mere $10 per month? Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCbayer.rtf