Science and Ethics

Wat er op dit rad staat (11 opties)

• Should we alter the genome of a human embryo?
• During the Second World War, the Nazi concentration camps were the site of a large number of dreadful experimental studies on prisoners. Should we use any of these data if they have the potential to save lives today?
• Would you ever undertreat a patient's pain because you were concerned about repercussions or because you believe that a patient might become addicted?
• Would you ever prescribe a treatment that was a placebo simply because the patient wanted treatment?
• Would you ever hide information from a patient about a terminal diagnosis in an effort to boost their spirit or attitudes?
• Is it acceptable to cover up or avoid revealing a mistake, if that mistake causes harm to the patient?
• Should physician-assisted suicide be allowed in some situations?
• Is it acceptable to break patient's confidentiality if you know that their health status may be harming others?
• Should it be legal for people to buy organs for transplant if they would not be able to receive an organ by waiting their turn through the national database?
• Would you perform an abortion in certain situations, even if it were against your own beliefs?
• Would you follow a patient's family's request not to tell the patient that he/she has a terminal illness?