Essays on Medical Ethics

In the early hours of February 25, 1990, 26-year-old Terri Schindler Schiavo collapsed in her home in St. Petersburg, FL from a cardiac arrest. There have been no diagnoses indicating a reason for her to collapse. Medical records state a discharge of hypoxic encephalopathy, which...

The necessity of compassion and teamwork are recognized as essential tools to improve patient satisfaction and enhance the development of communication to solve health conditions of patients. This essay highlights the concept and significance of both ‘teamwork’ and ‘compassion’ and draws relevance as a current...

First and foremost, animal testing in cosmetics and medicine definitely has a lot of ethical concerns. Whether it be birth defects to further generations or death, animal testing in cosmetics and medicine is far from humane. Animal testing in cosmetics and medicine has been the...

The word euthanasia has been around since the 17th century. The term was first used in a medical context by Francis Bacon to refer to an easy, painless, happy death, during which it was the responsibility of the physician to relieve the patient from physical...

Euthanasia is defined by the “painless” killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful terminal illness or irreversible coma. Should Physician Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia be legal when there are other viable options in the medical field that would provide ethical solutions to end of...

Established in 1912, Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) has grown to become one of the area’s leading healthcare providers, one of the country’s most modern and operational healthcare delivery systems, and one of the best regional center’s for trauma and behavioral health. ECMC strives to...

Every year, around 7. 9 million children are born with a birth defect that has a major genetic contribution. Genetic modification is the method of editing the genetic sequencing of a human embryo pre-birth. During the process of genetic modification, scientists add or delete complete...