Important Issues in Health Ethics

The issues facing our society and health care providers today are vast and complex. In many situations the need for knowledge of the issue at hand is the key to making the right decision. Listed below are some of the important issues we are facing and a description of each topic.

Foundational Issues:

• Ethical Theory
• Ethics and the Law
• The Concept of Personhood

Major Controversies:

• Abortion
• Access in Missouri
• Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making
• Advance Planning for Health Care
• Animal Research
• Confidentiality
• Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)
• Euthanasia
• Gene Therapy and Genetic Engineering
• Genetic Testing and Screening
• Healthcare Access
• Health Care Act
• Historic Times
• Human Research
• Informed Consent
• Multi-Cultural Medicine
• Organ Acquisition
• Organ Transplantation
• Payment and Obligations
• Patient Centered Universal Access
• Physician and Nurse Relations
• Pleuripotent Cells
• Profession
• Rationing Flu Vaccines
• The Provider and Patient Relationship
• Treating Children
• Truth Telling
• Uninsurance and Access