The Bioethics Project
At Kent Place School
Tag: ethics
Tag: ethics
Human Challenge Trials for the COVID-19 Vaccine
Human Challenge Trials and COVID-19: The Risks, Rewards, and Ethics Behind Rapidly Developing a New Vaccine By Astrid Burns As the historic COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly around the globe, medical researchers in the UK arranged human challenge trials to fast track discovery of safe and effective vaccines. These trials necessitated tests to determine the amount
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Ableism and COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Ableism in COVID-19: Insight into medical injustices suffered by people with intellectual or developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic By Alana DeVirgilio This research paper explores the implications of ableism in the medical field, specifically within the COVID-19 pandemic. Through researching the effects of ableist misconceptions, lack of access to resources for people with disabilities,
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The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Pricing
Profit vs Access: An Ethical Commentary to Pharmaceutical Pricing in Relation to Patient Access By Giordan Ismael Medical costs have been drastically increasing for many Americans. One factor that has influenced increases in the healthcare spending category is the increase of prescription drugs. Currently, there are limited regulations regarding the pricing for prescription drugs which
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“Educating the Public During a Pandemic”: The Role and Responsibility of the CDC By Alexandra Sinins ’22 The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly expanded the public’s knowledge about the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the United States government agency responsible for public health. Society knows about the CDC related to their announcements about the coronavirus, its
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Should Athletes Test for Gene Doping?
Testing for Gene Doping: A Necessity or Invasion of Privacy? By Tara Balan For decades now, athletes have been using numerous techniques to enhance their performance in competitions. While the most common approach was to use drugs that increased muscle capacity or decreased recovery time, technology has advanced in our brave new world to find
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Gene-editing for HIV and AIDS
The Genetic Playground: The Ethical and Religious Implications of Gene-Editing for HIV and AIDS By Elizabeth Wyshner The question of what are the ethical and religious implications of using gene-editing technologies to eliminate diseases such as HIV/AIDS is highly debated in bioethics, with strong arguments both for and against. However, main sources fail to look
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Home Genetic Testing, Helpful or Harmful?
$99 for a Lifetime of Worries: The Ethical Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing By Arden Meyer This research paper explores the widely popular direct-to-consumer genetic test, 23andme, and participants’ potential sacrifice of privacy and autonomy. These sacrifices create risks of genetic exploitation, genetic discrimination, and unnecessary angst about an individuals future state of health. Many
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The Ethics of Organ Donation Euthanasia
Saving Lives via Actively Ending Lives: the Ethics of Organ Donation Euthanasia By Claire Chou In this paper, I explore the ethical implications of organ donation euthanasia, a hypothetical procedure in which the cause of the patient’s death is their vital organs being removed in the operating room. These organs would then be available for
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Consumer Autonomy in the Coffee Industry
The Hidden Price You Pay: An Analysis of Ethics, the Environment and Consumer Autonomy in the Coffee Industry By Sofia Scotto Our society has become virtually contingent on coffee for its survival. As coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, our global economy has become dependent on coffee for economic growth and
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