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Ethical Thinking Over Modern Medical Technology

Posted on:2011-10-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C J LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360308459124Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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The modern medical technology's application has brought the advantage for humanity's survival and the health, but simultaneously also has caused many ethics morals question. Especially the artificial reproduction, the organ transplanting, the clone, the euthanasia which caused ethics morals dispute is the biggest, and these ethics morals dispute research to these medical technology has been medicine ethics research hot topic in recent years. The author pointed out their ethics morals questions after made the simple introduction of these medical technology's meaning and the development, based on this discusses pointed out the social reason, proposed that several suggestions to realize the two coordinated development.This paper will be divided into the following several parts to open. The first part simply introduces the research background, the main research contents and main achievements of this topic, and the significance of this research. The second part after analyzing the relations of the modern medical technology and the social ethics morals, points out the important influence on the social ethics of modern medical technology, as well as the important function on the modern medical technology development of the social ethics morals. The third part introduces respectively the meaning and the development of these medical technologies, and points out their main moral questions. The effects of science and technology, social economy and traditional culture on the problem social ethics and morals induced by modern medical technology were analyzed in the forth part. In analyzing the reason of science and technology, points out because of its rapid development, and the relative stability of ethics, leading to inevitable conflict between them. In analyzing the reason of the social economy, the author points out the economy exerts the final decision function on the social ethics morals. Because patient's economy bearing capacity is different, causes poor, the rich patient to go to see a doctor the opportunity not equal phenomenon existence. And take Holland as the example, explained that this country causes the euthanasia legalization the economic reason. In the traditional culture, analyzes from the traditional ethics morals and the religious two aspects to the modern medical technology ethics morals influence. The author points out in the traditional culture"the filial piety"and"the rebirth wicked dead"idea to modern people's psychology and idea influence, then analyzes these traditional ideas to modern medical technology development and the application influence, and analyzes the influence on the development and application of organ transplanting, euthanasia and clone technology. By China and the West contrast explained that as a result of China and the West cultural context's difference, which causes the people to the medicine ethics cardinal principle—informed consent principle, carries out this principle behavior main body to differ from. Because of China's family standard idea, in patient whether to accept time the decision which what treats as well as accepts to treat, the most patients want to consider that family member's feeling, obtain family member's support, even makes the decision by the family member. Take Taoism to our country people ideological concept and Christianity to the American idea's influence as the example, analyzed the modern medical technology to cause ethics morals dispute religious reason. The fifth part proposed that realizes the modern medical technology and the social ethics morals coordinated development suggestion basis on the fourth part of reason brief analysis. The suggestion includes: cultural, religious, ethical factors to adapt itself to the development of the modern medical technology ,only doing this, these factors can play earnestly for the modern medical technology development guidance and the value direction detection role, can also obtain themselves better development. Because the high technology and new technology in the medical practice's utilization, will cause to the technical excessive dependence, but the technology only will be the service person, the satisfied person's method, regarding this will be worth reconsidering."People-oriented"application of modern medical technology, emphasis on the humane care of patients with medical technologies to better achieve the purpose for the benefit of mankind. In order to prevent modern medical technology dissimilation, realizing it to serve the person, to satisfy the person's goal truly, we have to strengthen the supervision and management to it.The modern medical treatment technology interacts with society ethics morality. The research modern medical technology's ethics morals question is helpful in realizing the both harmony, and also promote the development of medical technology to ensure that it is better for the people's lives and health services, and simultaneously promote the development of social ethics.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modern medical technology, Ethics morals, Coordinated development
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