Study & Research Medicine

This Study Guide consists of approximately 155 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Medicine.
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Study & Research Medicine

This Study Guide consists of approximately 155 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Medicine.
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1. According to Peggy Slasman, pigs and other animals can safely provide organs for humans in need of transplants. Assuming that xenotransplantations can be performed successfully and do not pose health risks to the patients, do you believe it is ethical for animals to be used as organ donors? Why or why not?
2. Sarah Scott and Roger Gosden disagree over whether women in their forties and fifties should make use of reproductive technologies. Whose argument do you find more convincing? Please explain.
3. After reading the viewpoints by Richard Cohen and William Norman Grigg, what is your opinion on President George W. Bush’s decision to limit embryonic stem cell research? Do you believe that limiting research is unethical because it could prevent medical breakthroughs that could save numerous lives, or are greater restrictions on stem cell research advisable because they protect the right of the individual...

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