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Medicine, Medical Science and Personal Health - Coggle Diagram
Medicine, Medical Science and Personal Health
Medical Science
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When well resourced, patients' conditions are diagnosed quickly correctly, leading to correct and efficient treatment.
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Ethical conflicts
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Informed consent
A person knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently, and in a clear and manifest way, gives his consent
Confidentiality means that individuals are free to give and withhold as much information as they wish to the person they choose
The Ethical dilemma comes when confidentiality must be broken because of the moral duty to protect society
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Respect for privacy
The freedom an individual has to determine the time, extent, and general circumstances under which private information will be shared with or withheld from others.
Invasion of privacy may cause loss of dignity, friendship or employment, or create feelings of anxiety, guilt, embarrassment or shame
All possible measures have to be taken in order to protect subjects from potential physical, psychological or social damage during the research or after circulation of the results
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Skills of the researcher
Three important elements are the competency of the researcher, the careful design, and worthwhile expected outcomes
Inexperienced researchers should work under qualified supervision which has to be reviewed by an ethics committee
Top 5 causes of death
Chronic lower respiratory diseases - 156,979
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases) - 150,005
Alzheimer's disease - 121,499
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CRISPR and Human Cloning
CRISPR
Informed consent
Some people worry that it is impossible to obtain informed consent for germline therapy because the patients affected by the edits are the embryo and future generations
Researchers also worry about the possibility of obtaining truly informed consent from prospective parents as long as the risks of germline therapy are unknown
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Justice and Equity
Only accessible to the wealthy and will increase existing disparities in access to health care and other interventions
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Human Cloning
One of the greatest concerns is the production and destruction of a two-to-four-day-old embryo to make a line of embryonic stem cells
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Could produce a lifetime supply of therapeutic stem cells that are genetically matched to a patient and pose little risk of rejection
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Also holds the promise of helping scientists understand the genetic basis of human development and disease