The hospital that Dr. Sottiurai was located were unable to perform the procedure, so she was transferred to another hospital under another doctor by the name of Dr. Lang who performed the procedure on the incorrect location, the procedure was performed on the thigh instead of the elbows. The procedure seemed to go well, however shortly after her procedure her condition started to deteriorate and ultimately she suffered from a stroke 11 days after and passed away. Her children filed a lawsuit claiming that the incorrect procedure was performed and that the patient had not consented to
On January 11, 1983 Nancy Cruzan lost control of her vehicle and was ejected from the car. She was found face down in a ditch with no pulse or breathing, paramedics were able to resuscitate her. “The Missouri trial court in this case found that permanent brain damage generally results
Alan Soderberg Dexter Gore English 1021 8 March 2024 Final Draft Although head transplants are scarcely used in today's medical practice, there is still ongoing research being developed about this topic, with the prime goal in mind of potentially resurrecting a human as well as restoring one's ability to move who are severely paralyzed as well as giving them the ability to enjoy life without restrictions. However, what most may not realize is the grim history surrounding head transplants that enabled today’s researchers to get where they are now. In chapter 9 of Mary Roach’s “Stiff”, the author dives into the advancements in the research and ethics surrounding head transplants of the past and how they improved modern health studies. Using examples
She mentions that these “dangerous” memories are presented in legal cases and explains her part in two of which she was apart of. In the first case, the photos of Thomas Sohponow who was mistakenly identified as the murderer of a young woman during the identification process were arrayed simultaneously rather than sequentially giving witnesses an easier target. This practice is not reliable as it allows witnesses to easily be persuaded by their naïve “memories” of a person and unfortunately in his case resulted in four years in prison. The second case Michael Kliman who was an elementary school teacher was accused of molesting a 6th grade student based on “repressed memories”. After two decades the student who “recovered” her memories laid charges on Kliman, which makes the case questionable since it could be difficult to justify the validity of a “repressed memory”.
This study was passed and funded through Congress; however they did not know the full story. The wrong in this study was that the men did not give informed consent and did not receive any treatment. The men were studied till their autopsy, which is obviously death. This sparked much controversy and changed human experimentation forever.
Patients could have been participating in scientific research without even knowing it! In 1979, The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research was published by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The report was a series of laws and ethical issues for the use of humans in research. The report discusses how human research should have respect for persons involved. The test subjects should be treated as autonomous agents, and those who don't have that power (such as people with disabilities) are entitled to protection.
So based on not having enough knowledge of psychosurgery and the brain, Freeman’s surgical procedures, based on his determination, was pretty good. One would feel, though, that how he went about it, how he performed the surgeries, and how the patients were treated based off the surgery and it’s tools that he was very inhumane and the procedure was shameful. After this, the lobotomy era did not last long. (Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, April 8,
Doctors only solution to cure any brain dysfunctionality is to lock them in a room, weeks at a
Some scientists and people, including Trull believe that this result could lead to treatments for damage to the human brain caused by everything from strokes to bullet wounds. It is definitely helpful if it leads to treatments for human brain and save millions of people, but the thing is they
Based off of his experiences, I would strongly disagree with this procedure. Howard’s step mom met with 6 physicalist to find out what was wrong with him. All 6 say nothing is wrong so Lou finds Dr. Freeman
As the technology is growing stronger and being implemented into humans, whole brain emulation would be patentable under the U.S. patent
Because of her lack of funds and knowledge about the process, Lopez ended up taking the riskier path and paying a so-called “doctor” to perform the procedure. Unfortunately, this was a scam that ended up taking the young woman’s life. Because
It is a gentle pursuit to develop these implants and to make them widely available to everyone. It would reduce socio-economic inequalities and increase justice. Transhumanists also believe that the government has an obligation to make sure that pre-existing inequalities are not worsened and improved if possible. The implementation of memory implants will support this by making a distinction between injustice and misfortune. By all means, there have always been natural inequalities amongst humans (some people have worse memories than others) but justice can be done by giving everyone the opportunity to enhance themselves and to reduce these differences.
During the twentieth- century, lobotomy became a popular procedure performed on patients with neurosis such as schizophrenia, bi-polar mood disorder, personality disorder, etc. Many scientists, especially at the time, argued that poking holes through parts of the brain and swishing parts around helps make patients more calm and cooperative. I predict that lobotomy had no benefits for the patient but rather in a dissociative state to appear calm. By understanding the history of lobotomy, patients' experience and stories, and alternatives we can grasp a better view in how lobotomy was unethical and ineffective. Lobotomy has evolved from various techniques, patients, countries, and psychosurgeons.
In addition to Beck et al. (2009) work, Fridlund, Goldie and Irons (2012) stated the hydrocephalus was diagnosed shortly after birth. Furthermore, they allege that Watson and Rayner (1920) unethically chose to perform the study despite Douglas being neurologically impaired.
