2014 – Expect the Unexpected
Happy New Year! It is a brand new year and added to the age-old dilemmas surrounding death and dying, abortion and maternal-fetal conflict, and distribution of limited health resources, we can expect brand new bioethical dilemmas brought on by newly emerging technologies, changing lifestyles, politics, and economics ... oh, and let’s not forget to mention those ethical dilemmas that seem to come right out of left field. No, I’m not talking baseball or sports, although performance enhancing drugs and prosthetics are advancing faster than a speeding bullet. I’m talking about those bizarre events you read about but never expect to deal with in your own life – bioethical dilemmas that are so rare some may think that they are hardly worth public debate. But the unexpected can and will happen to every single one of us -- so often in my case, that I’ve come to expect the unexpected. To help prevent any one from being blindsided by patients and cases that appear out of left field, I will describe a couple examples that shed light on ethical responses that can be generalized to whatever bizarre situation you may face. Click the link to read the rest.
2014 – Expect the Unexpected
