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…medical treatment, and what kind of measures will be taken automatically for patients as institutional policy. Where state law permits, these institutions must honor living wills or the appointment of a health care proxy.8 On March 6, 1996, for the first…

…. Detection and protection are two types of ambulatory care for cancer that begin before the disease is ever diagnosed. II.                  Cancer often causes symptoms that you can watch for. These include: change in bowel or bladder habits…

…persons ask their physician, friend or relative, to put them to death. The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. Many critics of the medical profession contend that too often doctors play God on operating tables…

…medical care." Perhaps, some form ofnational health insurance is the only remedy for these problems. "Genetictesting may provide the best reason yet for a nationalized health-care policy." But insurance companies are not the only private entities…

…, and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia involves painlessly putting a person to death for merciful reasons. A doctor in this situation would give a person a deadly dose of a medication. Passive euthanasia involves the lack of action to prevent death. A good…

…There is a broad based ethical debate taking place within today's medical and scientific fields. This debate primarily centers around the use of science and technology in dealing with human life. In his article 'Sporting With Life' Dr. Lester…

…and not part of your imagination. These thought disorders may be observed as a failure to make logical connections or by the development of delusions. Medication can improve these symptoms but there is no cure. The symptoms of schizophrenia almost always develop…

…Feminist Ethics is said to be an attempt to revise, reformulate, or rethink those views of traditional western ethics that have depreciated or devalued women's moral experiences. In this way the feminist theory recognizes the fact that some female and caring…

…both to him and to his mother, including adequate pre-natal and post-natal care. The child shall have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical services. Principle 5 The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped…

…delivery or the child will require extensive and expensive medical care due to genetic defect. Across the nation, these and others face hardships involving their babies and turn to one glimmer of hope, abortion. Abortion, an easy and safe procedure…