"Scifientic advances continue to raise ethical questions within the field of medicine, which can lead to conflict in society." Discuss this statement with reference to at least three contemporary examples.

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SANJEETA DHAP

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“SCIFIENTIC ADVANCES CONTINUE TO RAISE ETHICAL QUESTIONS WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO CONFLICT IN SOCIETY.”

DICUSS THIS STATEMENT WITH REFERNENCE TO AT LEAST THREE CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES.

PLAN

Introduction - look at 3 different topics - abortion, cloning and euthanasia.

Main -

  1. Talk about abortion and what the medical ethics are attached to it.
  1. Talk about euthanasia and what the ethical issues are
  1. Talk about cloning

Conclusion - that all of these issues all question medical ethics are there will never be a right or wrong answer it all depends on what each individual person thinks (relate to introduction)

Bibliography - in final essay

DRAFT ESSAY

        The task I have been set is to discuss the following statement “scifientic advances continue to raise ethical questions within the field of medicine, which can lead to conflict in society,” and make reference to three issues which question medical ethics. The three examples I have chosen to relate to are abortion, Euthanasia and cloning. All of these carry different medical ethics for different reasons and situations. I intend to explain what each issue is and why they question medical ethics.

        The first issue I will discuss is abortion. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy during the first 12 weeks of gestation. Over 43% of women will have one abortion during their lifetime. There are many reasons why women decide to have abortions such as the vast majority had abortions because of personal reasons, the table below shows the figures and reasons: -

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This information was taken from the study by Torres and Forrest (1998)

        Some medical, social and other factors decrease or increase the abortion rate by altering the chances of an unwanted pregnancy. Scare tactics decreases the abortion rate by pro-life groups spreading unfounded rumours that abortions are dangerous and often lead to breast cancer. Cost of abortions decrease the rate of abortions because low- income women often find it difficult to get the money. Childless families increase the rate of abortions, as some couples do not want any children so they get a termination.

        Hospitals and ...

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