Medical Ethics
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- Created on: 22-05-16 14:24
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- Morality
- Fertility Treatment
- Medical treatment to help a woman became pregant
- IVF
- Practice of fertilising an egg in a petri dish which is then implanted into the womb; it is a non sexual process of pregancy
- This treatment is used when there are no problems with the eggs and sperm but they are unable to to become fertilised naturally
- Process to assist couples to become pregant
- Low success rate, high number of embryos are destroyed, its expensive
- Practice of fertilising an egg in a petri dish which is then implanted into the womb; it is a non sexual process of pregancy
- AIH + AID
- Artificial Insemination by husband or donor
- Sperm is collected and artificially placed high into the woman's womb to increase the chances of egg and sperm meeting and fertilising
- Process allows people to have their own children. If the man in infertile or carring a genetic illness it still allows the couple to have a child by donor
- Low success rate, using donor materials can be seen as adultery, potential problems over knowing the real father when child is older
- Surrogacy
- Couple are helped to have a child by another woman; the second woman is made pregnant (artificial needs), takes the full pregnancy to full term and then returns the baby to the couple
- Process allows people to have own couple. Where a woman can't become or stay pregnant, this allows the couple to have child
- Using donor materials can be seen as adultery. Surrogate may become attached to the baby and not want to give baby to couple
- Helping medicine
- The term refers to blood transfusions and organ transplants.
- Religious believers believe that they save lives, that we should help each other, that we have a duty to look after the sick. They also believe they are genuine acts of kindness and compassion as the person donating has no idea who they will be helping
- Blood transfusion
- The giving/ receiving of matched blood for medical purposes
- Reasons for receiving blood transfusions as to replace lost blood during surgery, to treat certain inherited blood disorders.
- Jehovahs Witnesses would reject blood transfusions because in the Bible it says 'life is in the blood' and this prohibits them from taking in any blood
- Reasons for receiving blood transfusions as to replace lost blood during surgery, to treat certain inherited blood disorders.
- The giving/ receiving of matched blood for medical purposes
- Organ transplantation
- Operation to replace a faulty organ eg kidney transplant
- Organ damage can affect our sancity of life because we could die. When person gets a transplant they face a lifetime of medication to make sure their body dosen't reject the organ
- Xenotranplantation
- Transplantation using animal parts
- Use heart valve from pig
- Transplantation using animal parts
- The term refers to blood transfusions and organ transplants.
- The human embryo and fertilisation act
- Makes rules about storage of eggs and sperm. Guidelines on experiments on living humans. Regulates any fertility treatment
- Embryology
- Research using embryos (up to 14 days old) in order to improve knowledge about pregnancy and the begging of life
- Each of those embryos was a potenial life which is the biggest problem for most people against this type of work
- Research is giving important information to better understand very early pregnancy. Makes good use of embryos that were going to be destroyed. Helps understand very early foetal develpment
- Genetic engineering
- Removal of swapping of genetic material within embryos to try to remove the likelihood for a disease
- Fighting some illnesses before they even get started. Improving chances and quality of life of some people.
- Destruction of embryos is part of the process, huge cost are involved, believe its 'playing god'
- Fighting some illnesses before they even get started. Improving chances and quality of life of some people.
- Removal of swapping of genetic material within embryos to try to remove the likelihood for a disease
- Stem Cell research
- Research using stem cells, usually from embryos and umbilical cords; stem cells have the ability to become any type of cells; used in treatments of illness
- Process could provide an alternative to harvesting organs from dead people. Improving chances of quality of life
- Huge cost, playing God, destruction on embryos
- Process could provide an alternative to harvesting organs from dead people. Improving chances of quality of life
- Research using stem cells, usually from embryos and umbilical cords; stem cells have the ability to become any type of cells; used in treatments of illness
- Human cloning
- creation of the exact DNA replica of a person
- Therapeutic Cloning
- Cloning of tissue or organs to replace failing ones. Aim to provide organ that body doesn't reject and reduces need for medication
- Improve chances of quality of life.
- Huge cost. playing God, destruction of embryos
- Christianity
- He has set a plan for our lives. Go forth and multiply
- God gave doctors their wisdom
- He has set a plan for our lives. Go forth and multiply
- Islam
- Allah gives life to who he chooses. Having children is seen as a duty for Muslims
- He saves a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all people
- Allah gives life to who he chooses. Having children is seen as a duty for Muslims
- Fertility Treatment
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