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Ethical Theories & Dilemmas in Ovarian Transplantation
In the age of innovations and technologies, it is not uncommon to be introduced with new procedures in the medicine and health care. Indeed, medical technologies are the foremost beneficiaries of new advancements in science and technology, primarily because these innovations aim to provide people with better services and options to increase their chances of survival or being treated for an illness or disease. Take, as an example, the process and medical procedure of ovarian transplantation. Conducted initially in the early 20th century (1900), ovarian transplants do not only include transplantation of ovaries, but also of ovary tissues in order to cure illnesses not directly related to the reproductive system of the human body. As a relatively new procedure, ovarian transplantation involves serious implications not only in the health, but also in the psychological well-being of both donor and recipient (of the ovary). Thus, more than physical considerations, the issue of ovarian transplantation must be assessed based on its rightness or wrongness (ethical considerations).
This dilemma can be resolved using ethical theories, ideologies and philosophies that have been influential in developing humanity's ability to reason out and justify their social actions and behavior. This paper seeks to resolve...
Thus, the theories of: (1) secular ethics via the utilitarian approach; (2) natural and moral laws; and (3) protestant ethics are used. In addition, the author's own opinion is included, in an attempt to answer the ethical dilemma presented in this paper based on a subjective interpretation.
Secular ethics based on a utilitarian perspective is grounded on two important concepts: anonymity and happiness/satisfaction of the majority. This is because secular ethics uses individualism and its anonymity from social influences as the gauge wherein the individual will make his/her decision regarding an important issue. A secular ethicist takes into account personal values and beliefs of the individual, regardless of his/her religious beliefs. Furthermore, religion does not come into play in the process of decision-making; however, the choice of whether to let his/her religious beliefs influence the decision of the individual is also embedded in the concept of autonomy. Coupled with secular ethics, the utilitarian theory posits that a social act or behavior is considered acceptable and ethical so long as it benefits the majority of the people in the society.…
Ethics of Human Cloning Two Major Types of Cloning In the 1980 epoch, numerous scientists initiated researching formulas of cloning the high order animals, particularly mammals (Kass 2002, p. 7). The heightening success of their research and experiments has resulted into pervasive discussion over the probability of human cloning. This discussion has elicited extensive disagreements within the scientific society and the entire public over whether the research of human cloning is right.
Endometriosis' is taken from the Greek work endon which means "within," metra, meaning "uterus" and osis, meaning "uncommon or sick state." Endometriosis is said to be very complicated and tiring gynecological sickness. This disease causes the functional endometrial stroma and glands grow outside of uterus that is usually present inside (the endometrium). These areas mostly consist of fallopian tubes, ovaries, gastrointestinal tract, rectovaginalseptum, bladder, pelvic peritoneum and unusually Pleura and
The medical term assigned to this phenomenon is called 'microchimerism'. In the case of more children being born, this can lead to some of the older child's DNA to be transferred from the mother to the younger child's fetus. In an attempt to study microchimerism, J. Lee Nelson, an immunologist from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle conducted an experiment with assistance from his colleague Natalie. Blood samples
S. Congress that the prospects of stem cell research were so vast that it could touch all the realm of medicine (Connor 2000). An unlimited source of embryonic stem cells will solve the problem of shortage of transplants. Embryonic stem cells will save lives by curing generative diseases of the brain, hepatitis, diabetes, leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis and diseases of the heart and kidneys. But current
(iii) in the United States, Brazil, Germany and France, humans have been receiving their own stem cells to re-grow heart muscle in the unforeseen incident of heart attack or injury. This was found to be successful in majority of the cases. (iv) in one more incident, the vision of 23 patients was restored after limbal adult stem cell transplants. This line of therapeutic care has assisted a lot of
Cloning? Cloning is the exact replication of a single individual gene or a part of a single individual gene achieved with the use of specialized DNA technology. The result may be used for further scientific research or for nay other purposes that it was cloned for. The Human Genome Project that conducts cloning experiment on a regular basis refers to the entire process as the method of 'cloning DNA',