Ethical Issue facing Healthcare

The comprehensive sequencing of the human genome discovered last 2003 paved the way in providing new methods for quick diagnose and immediate cure of abound and rare illnesses namely , malignant tumor or cancer diabetes , heart attacks causing strokes and other diseases that affect individuals and give higher risk of dying (Lea , 2008 . Such sequencing follows with the ethical procedures that have to be observed by the medical professionals

As the summary of Genomic National Human Genome Research Policy Roundtable would reveal , dreaded diseases can be easily diagnosed and prevented through the

presence of a genomic medicine (Lea , 2008 . Such approach if used , adapts the suitable way of conducting health care by means of the genomic information of the person afflicted with the alarming illness . With the help of the health professionals in identifying the possible causes of the disease , an alternative design for an effective medicine can be taken

Diseases like cancer and diabetes can kill more rapidly than any other ordinary disease that is why immediate antibiotic therapy , intense monitoring and supportive care are needed . Treatments must be instituted rapidly because irreversible shock and death may occur within hours and days of onset symptoms (Fitzgerald , 2008 . However , medications this time should not only include the presence of the medicine but should also require the cooperation and attention of the medical staff over the dreaded diseases . The medical staff 's presence and assistance are the vanguard of any patient 's health . The services they offer like gathering the patient 's hereditary information , family history , and other genomic activities simply creates a very important and complicated role in preserving the healthy lifestyle of every patient . Similarly , such approach encourages medical staff to maintain their integrity as medical-service providers through the compliance of health standard protocols . With the consistent and accurate implementation of the new approach , medical and surgical mandate among nurses and other medical professionals will be further strengthened , without a doubt

References

Fitzgerald , S .E (2008 . Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care Retrieved September 1 , 2008 , from http /www .cptelecom .net ennyman /ethics .html

Lea , D .H (2008 , April 30 . Genetic and Genomic Healthcare : Ethical Issues of Importance to Nurses . Retrieved September 1 , 2008 , from http /www .medscape .com /viewarticle /571723

Medical Protection Society (n .d . Legal and Ethical Issues in HealthCare . Retrieved September 1 , 2008 , from http /www .medicalprotection .org /Default .aspx ?DN 704d594a-83cc-4c52-9f31 -18a2a9e9cc9a

Oxford University Press (2003 . Ethical Issues in health care on the frontiers of the twenty-first century . Retrieved September 1 , 2008 , from http /fampra .oxfordjournals .org /cgi /content /full /20 /2 /223

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