Friday, August 2, 2013

Profit Driven Health Care System

     Health care is the act of a licensed professional to restore or maintain the health of an individual. When the topic of a profit driven health care system is brought up then the definition of "health care" is diminished. Profit driven systems have grown and presented themselves as heroes of society but in reality they hide under their villain intentions. Their behavior has provided poor care upon accomplishing their goal to stay ahead of any competition.
     One intended consequence of a profit driven health care system is that the drive to compete for finding a treatment causes the loss of finding a cure. Competition has led to disclosure as well as loss of communication that can enable possible cures at a faster rate. Unfortunately, in the case of Dr. Gey; the founder of HeLa cells, never revealed Henrietta Lacks true identity which could have helped other scientist figure out that HeLa caused a contamination problem. A cure would cause competition to come stop and therefore it is much more beneficial to have individuals pay for ongoing treatments as well as expensive medications. When access to care is reduced individual tend to value it, and are willing to go through rigorous treatments. In the end, only selfish health care companies benefit from unhealthy individuals.
     An unintended consequence, is the violation of moral principles to accomplish a selfish goal. In order to be the first to discover a treatment many scientist will lose focus on their moral values to accomplish what they believe is a greater goal, which is to contribute to the advances in medical research. A well respected researcher named Southam believed that he would make a breakthrough that would lead to cancer vaccines by injecting his patients with cancerous cells. "The deception was for his benefit-he was withholding information because patients might have refused to participate." Although Southams' intention were to help, his actions were immoral and deceitful which may have caused harm to his patients.
     

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