U2O2- issues in h. services and HCC (ch11)

Question 1

What are the advances in medicine and use of new medical processes?

Answer 1

IVF
Nanotechnology
Artificial Intelligence
3D printing of body parts
Stem Cell Use

Question 2

What are the issues associated with advances in medical technology?

Answer 2

Ethics- moral principles governing decisions, right or wrong
Privacy- personal details kept private
Equity- costs or other factors (sexuality, SES)
Invasiveness- incision or insertion of instruments in someone
Freedom of choice- people have the right to do what they want

Question 3

What are issues associated with IVF?

Answer 3

Ethical- not morally right to create potential lives but then destroy them after time, when they haven’t been used.
Equity- access, costly ($5000 with ongoing costs), eligible for Medicare rebate
Freedom of choice- unethical and unnatural to create your own baby by selecting certain characteristics

Question 4

What are issues associated with Nanotechnology?

Answer 4

Equity- costly developing medical advancement

Ethical- what is technically possible and what is ethically appropriate

Question 5

What are positives of Nanotechnology?

Answer 5

delivering drugs more effectively
diagnosing diseases
delivering vaccines through aerosols and patches
reduce invasiveness, cancer, HIV

Question 6

What are the positives of IVF?

Answer 6

all people even single women and LGBTIQ have an option of having a child, design your own baby, can choose at what age you want to have it.

Question 7

What are the positives of AF?

Answer 7

advancements in mainstream medicines
decrease in inaccurate diagnosis and tests
reduce costs in healthcare for patients
open access to low SES

Question 8

What are the issues with AF?

Answer 8

Privacy- confidential risks of hackers.

Question 9

What are the positives of 3D printing?

Answer 9

ability to print successful bones and hard tissues
improvement in mental health- less anxiety through transplants
less invasive - privacy

Question 10

What are the issues with 3D printing?

Answer 10

Equity- access with high costs

Question 11

What are the benefits of stem cells?

Answer 11

disease treatment
treating diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, sclerosis
replacement of cells in failing organs
reduce need for organ donors
less invasive

Question 12

What are the issues with stem cells?

Answer 12

Ethical- destroying human cells
to prevent or alleviate suffering and the duty to care for and value human life.
Equity- access