PHI 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prenatal Diagnosis, Gene Therapy, Genetic Engineering
13 Apr 2015
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Nature of illness makes patients highly vulnerable, which creates the possibility for abuse. (ex. Without ethics you are missing an important part of the nursing profession. Changes in the last 40-50 years that made ethics more important: End of life issues (keeping patients alive even given their condition) Genetic engineering (to cure diseases) / genetic enhancement- not to cure illness but to alter appearance. Patient is more in control of their own health rather than the doctors (not able to impose medical treatment without consent) patient rights. Patients have more access to medical information (internet, books). Causes patients to be more active in there treatment. Wherever you work there will be rules and procedures involving ethics. But following these rules will not be enough. Even if you have rules, they are not always followed (exceptions made)- health care system wants people who can make their own judgments and own decisions.
