A Fresh Look at Suicide
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This 7 page paper takes a look at the ethics of suicide and whether or not the public has a moral responsibility to stop it. Individual rights are held high in this thoughtful look at a controversial topic. The ideas of Hume and Szasz are included. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA427die.rtf

A Proposal for Objectively Evaluating 'Fortitude'
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A 9 page proposal to examine written hospital complaints which have been lodged by a patient's family member in order to ascertain the concept of fortitude. Includes a detailed sample letter and defines fortitude and gives modern interpretations of it based on the popular literature. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Fortitud.wps

Abortion and its Ethical Implications on Healthcare
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An 8 page paper which examines the topic of abortion as it pertains to ethics within healthcare and a critical analysis of relevant concepts, issues, arguments, and attitudes. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TGaborteth.rtf

Abortion Controversy: Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?
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In this 5 page paper, it seems that Americans want to oppose abortion and yet keep it legal. This controversial paper considers both sides of the abortion debate and the ethics regarding each viewpoint. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JGAabrtn.wps

Active Euthanasia: Preferable To Passive Euthanasia
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4 pages in length. To be entirely autonomous, one must also possess the moral and legal authority to take one's own life; however, contemporary society stops short of this specific aspect of a self-governing existence and imposes strict limitations upon a person's desire to take his or her life within the context of medically-related circumstances. Euthanasia in any form, according to Rachels (1975), fails to support the very foundation of any moral canon, no matter if the intent is pure. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCEuthActive.rtf

ADHD: Legitimate Medical Diagnosis or Socially Constructed Disorder? - Ethical Concerns
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A 24 page discussion of the bioethics surrounding the controversial diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This paper explores the question of whether this condition has been created by overzealous parents, teachers, doctors, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Filename: PPadhdBioethics.rtf

Advances in Medical Biotechnology
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This 4 page paper takes a look at different advances to come about in the field. Ethics are examined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA816Med.rtf

African and Asian AIDS Trials
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This 2 page paper provides an overview of questions related to the AIDS trials in Africa and Asia in the 1990s. When randomized clinical trials of plausible AIDS treatments were tested on HIV positive women in African and Asia in the 1990s, questions were raised about the ethics of these trials.
Filename: MHAIDTRI.rtf

Against Euthanasia
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This 7 page paper discusses reasons for opposition to physician assisted suicide or other legalized forms of euthanasia. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: HVNoEuth.rtf

Against Human Cloning
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This 5 page paper discusses two articles that both object to human cloning, but in different ways and from different perspectives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVNoClon.rtf