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Bioethics Paper

The document summarizes a bioethics conference case about an elderly male patient who was admitted for peptic ulcer disease and whose condition deteriorated until his death. The conference showed how bioethical principles can overlap and interact. Autonomy was relevant as the patient's family opted for a do-not-resuscitate status after his condition worsened post-operation. It is up to physicians to decide if a patient can be revived based on their clinical judgement. While medicine aims to cure disease, bioethics is still important in life and death situations where what is morally right versus medically acceptable is unclear.

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Bioethics Paper

The document summarizes a bioethics conference case about an elderly male patient who was admitted for peptic ulcer disease and whose condition deteriorated until his death. The conference showed how bioethical principles can overlap and interact. Autonomy was relevant as the patient's family opted for a do-not-resuscitate status after his condition worsened post-operation. It is up to physicians to decide if a patient can be revived based on their clinical judgement. While medicine aims to cure disease, bioethics is still important in life and death situations where what is morally right versus medically acceptable is unclear.

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Alfonso Martin E.

Plantilla
MEDICINE YL4 / 15 – 1134365

BIOETHICS CONFERENCE REFLECTION PAPER


April 27, 2019

The conference presented a case of an elderly male who presented initially as a case of

peptic ulcer disease which in the long run eventually deteriorated and expired. This conference

gave the impression that the different bioethical principles are quite flexible and can be

intertwined with one another.

One bioethical principle that came into play was the principle of autonomy. This became

relevant since the patient’s entry in the hospital. Despite him being operated for his disease, his

condition worsened 6 hours post-operation in which the patient’s relatives opted the DNR

status. What is arguable here is whether to save the patient when he was still not under DNR

knowing his condition and deteriorating status or accept the DNR status. A noteworthy fact is

that it is up to us, doctors, to decide whether or not a patient can still be revived. It is our

judgement as physicians to know what to do in these situations.

Ultimately, the aim and primary goal of medicine is to cure the patient from the disease

entity, however, despite everything that has been done, the role of bioethics still has an

important part to play in situations wherein life and death matters. The division between what is

morally correct and upright and what is medically acceptable is somewhat hazy and these

issues need to be addressed in the long run for these cases can shed a light on what to do in

the future and can be the foundation of what is acceptable and just for patients with the same

dilemma as the case currently being studied.

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