BIOL 1500 Chapter Notes -Advance Healthcare Directive, Organ Transplantation, Organ Donation
25 Sep 2014
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The idea of patient self-determination regarding end-of-life decisions didn"t gather force in our society until the increasingly widespread application of life support systems and hospice care. There is still a lot of resistance to facing end of life decisions. Experience with terminally ill people does not necessarily encourage health care providers to work through their own thoughts and feelings (go et al. Transplant tourism is thriving (going outside of country to get transplants) Represents both desperate attempts to preserve one"s life, and a global challenge for ethical standards, medical practice, and law enforcement. The option of donating organs or tissues has raised ethical and religious, as well as scientific and technical questions. The increased emphasis on individual autonomy can be hard on people who are accustomed to relying on others or discussions with family and friends. There are, however, cultures where the family is clearly the centre of life.
