Ethical Dilemma: The Doctor diagnoses Diane with breast cancer and has to make a decision whether the patient goes through radiation treatment or not. It is ethical to go through treatment because the good outweighs the bad considering the low chance of survival if they do not go through the treatment
Go through treatment
whos rights may be abridged?
Who could benefit?
Who could be hurt?
Patient's health could be at risk down the road
Pros
Cons
Machine could malfunctions and hurt patient
Patient's family if the patient gets hurt
The operator gets exposed to radiation
Don't receive treatment
Families would be devastated
Treat cancer by killing, stopping, or slowing the growth of cancer cells
Shrink tumors to reduce pain, pressure, or other side effects if a cure is not possible.
Dry Mouth, Gum sores, Nausea
Pros
Cons
Who Could be hurt?
Funeral cost
Family history of unknown illness
in their genes
your grandchildren
their kids
adopted by another family
unpaid bills
life insurance
losing their home
family in debt
Who could benifit?
the hospital financially because they want money
the patient families
The Patient has a chance to survive
Doctor gains good reputation
The treatment receives good reviews
Family doesn't grief anymore
Gives extra time to live
Most trusted treatment
Chance of death
Skin sores, chance of hair loss
The patient if they don't want to go through treatment
Expensive
Hospital for future treatments
Supplier of machine that malfunctioned
they will be losing their patients more often
Cheaper
life out your life with a bucket list
Could take experimental cancer drugs
Low chance of survival
The pain of cancer
death in 6 months to a year
Pharmacy companies
the patients life is at risk
Stakeholders
The patient
Doctor
Patient's Family
Pharmacy
Hospital CEO
Greif of family
More time on hands
Who's rights abridged?
The patient, their life is at risk
Patient's wallet
Lawyers
court cost
What could have been done differently or should be done in the future to keep this from happening?
Our decision was to take the treatment because when you take the treatment then you can live longer and don't have to worry about being in pain with cancer and don't have to burden your family with death.
Hospital capacity
finding a cure
Patient's mental health
Doctor (if patient survives)
getting better equipment
Detect the cancer sooner