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| Case ED-37 – A BOARDROOM DILEMMA -
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Sep 14, 2008
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| Free to Public Practice Case
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Some children may have become ill as a result of drinking your product. Do you disclose or do you sit tight?
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| It is proposed that the Board recommends Option 1 (full disclosure and shutdown) |
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| Case H-35 – The truth, the whole truth.... -
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Dec 12, 2008
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| Case for Ethics: the Heart of Health Care readers
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Jane is an experienced nurse who works on a mixed ward which caters mainly for cancer sufferers at various stages of their treatments. She believes everybody has a basic right to information about themselves and their circumstances. Jane believes her duty is to impart this information even when a patient is clearly avoiding the issue.
Is Jane right in her policy? Is telling the truth the most ethical intervention possible in this type of situation?
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| It is proposed that health professionals should always tell the truth |
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| Case ED-34 – Public Health Ethics -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Informal Consultation - Smoking
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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is running a public consultation on Ethical Issues in Public Health. The effects of tobacco smoking on the health of individuals and society are well-known - should smokers pay for health care related to their habit?
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| It is proposed that smokers should be required to pay for health care related to their smoking |
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| Case ED-33 – Public Health Ethics -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Informal Consultation - Alcohol
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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is running a public consultation on Ethical Issues in Public Health. The effects of excessive consumption of alcohol on the health of individuals and society are well-known - why are public health measures lagging behind those for tobacco?
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| It is proposed that alcohol will be legislated against with the same force as tobacco |
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| Case H-32 – Best interests? -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Should the operation go ahead?
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Pat has a learning disability. She needs an operation to remove an ovarian cyst. If left untreated the cyst will cause renal failure. Pat vigorously resists having a needle inserted to deliver the necessary anaesthetic.
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| It is proposed that the treatment is in the patient's best interests |
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| Case ED-31 – Paying for health care -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Should the NHS charge its patients?
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900 NHS doctors have written an open letter to UK PM Tony Blair stating that unless patients pay for their treatments the NHS will not survive in its present form.
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| It is proposed that the NHS will charge patients for health care |
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| Case H-30 – Power over life and death -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Should Baby MB's life be prolonged?
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The family of Baby MB are fighting a hospital's bid for permission to withdraw ventilation from the 17-month-old. Doctors say it would be better to let him die as his life is "intolerable". But the child's father says no-one but God has the right to decide if the baby should live or die.
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| It is proposed that ventilation will continue indefinitely |
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| Case ED-28 – Health Priorities -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Should Herceptin be offered on the NHS?
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A breast cancer patient should have the drug Herceptin, according to a landmark ruling from the Court of Appeal on April 12th. Ann Marie Rogers successfully appealed an earlier High Court decision upholding Swindon Primary Care Trust's refusal to fund Herceptin.
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| It is proposed that Herceptin should be offered on the NHS to everyone who needs it |
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| Case ED-27 – Brain-death and pregnancy -
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Dec 26, 2008
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| Should 'dead' women be kept alive to save their foetuses?
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Guidelines governing maternal brain death are urgently needed after a second brain-dead woman was kept on life support in an Irish hospital because she was pregnant. Values Exchange members are invited to influence these guidelines.
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| It is proposed that brain-dead women will be kept alive artificially until the unborn child can be delivered |
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