Case 5 : Pain Management
Case Study 5 :Pain Management Challenges A 46 y/o male patient was diagnosed with advanced bone cancer. To relieve the pain, the medical team administers increasing doses of morphine, but the members of the health care team express concern that this procedure would hasten death. Question Does giving increased dosages of painkillers meet ethical justification, […]
For the Love of Your Liver Protect yourself from Hepatitis A, B, and C
Much has been written about the resilient and dependable liver, an organ that functions efficiently and uncomplainingly as it fulfills over 500 tasks daily. So reliable is the liver that, if damaged, it can repair and regenerate itself by up to an astonishing 90 percent! “It is like your independent middle child that can […]
3 New Year’s resolutions to get your kids healthy in 2026
A senior health practitioner once said something that stuck with Dr. Sheryll Cornejo. “Obesity begins in childhood,” he declared. It is a reminder that Dr. Cornejo takes to heart, not just as a General Medicine Specialist at Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed), but also as a mother of four (4) young boys. Studies show that […]
Case 4 : Principle Of Double Effect
Case Study 4 :PRINCIPLE OF DOUBLE EFFECT Challenges A 27 y/o patient, 7 months pregnant, developed stage III endometrial carcinoma without metastasis. The attending physician recommended total hysterectomy, explaining that without the operation, she risked death. Question The mother argues that a total hysterectomy amounts to killing her baby. Is the hysterectomy ethically acceptable? Solutions […]
Case 3 : Confidentiality
Case Study 3 :Confidentiality Challenges With great surprise and resentment, a patient’s wife overhears two hospital staff members talking about her husband’s illness while riding a crowded elevator. Question What are some of the dimensions of confidentiality? Solutions Health care professionals must protect patients’ right to privacy. They should discuss a case, for the patient’s […]
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