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Medicine

Medicine. By Zach N erison. American Medicine. …..is mostly Allopathic or better known as modern medicine. Allopathic medicine has a long list of ethical Issue surrounding it. Such as: Euthanasia genetic modification. Euthanasia.

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Medicine

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  1. Medicine By Zach Nerison

  2. American Medicine …..is mostly Allopathic or better known as modern medicine. Allopathic medicine has a long list of ethical Issue surrounding it. Such as: Euthanasia genetic modification.

  3. Euthanasia Euthanasia: the ending of a persons life based on a very poor state of ones health which has less than a 5% chance of becoming healthy again. WHY? • It has been argued to retain the individuals dignity. • Relieve long term suffering . • Prevent ones family from inheriting heavy medical bills.

  4. Criticism • Where does it end? • will it diminish how our culture values human life? • a doctors duty is to keep people alive, not end life.

  5. Genetically modified babies • “A baby whose genetic makeup has been artificially selected by genetic engineering combined with in vitro fertilization to ensure the presence or absence of particular genes or characteristics.” oxford English dictionary • Still a future ambition, not yet in full scale practice.

  6. Benefits • There is one major benefit It would allow parents to eliminate hereditary disease which have been passed down from generation to generation

  7. Criticism • It will lead to parents enhancing there babies. • Some doctors believe that personality traits will eventually be tampered with • Some fear the acceptation of this will have negative and irreversible effects on society

  8. |The Future| • Both of these ethical dilemmas are a result of advanced technology. • Both seem to be on a “slippery slope”, meaning they could very easily result in other things.

  9. Bibliography • http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2010/01/ethical-issues-in-health-medicine/ • http://homepage.mac.com/j.monro/Euthanasia/Euthanasia.html • http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/patient-resources/printed-materials/cloning • http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/agar.html • http://www.scienceclarified.com/scitech/Genetics/Genetics-and-the-Definition-of-Human.html

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