Non-Profit In Healthcare

Nearly half of all Americans will develop cancer in their lifetime, which means there could be an overwhelming 157 million victims in the long run (Jemal). In 2012, the reported casualties of cancer were over half a million people in America, and consequently the spending on cancer treatment was 124.6 billion dollars (Luther). Because of these incredible expenditures, and the lack of a concrete cure for cancer, some individuals have developed the theory that cancer is simply a multi-billion dollar industry, and that certain companies and organizations are suppressing information about cures and treatments to keep their industry thriving. The billions of dollars generated from cancer treatment, research and prevention persuades many to believe

Covering up and hiding these advances wouldn’t result in any kind of compensation for these workers and healthcare providers. However it may seem that all healthcare providers have a moral obligation to be truthful and follow the oath taken to do no harm, organizations that are non-profit may be more so inclined to have a moral obligation and a conscious, because their establishment already lacks self-advancement. If there were an advanced and highly affective treatment, organizations like St. Jude’s children’s hospital, which is a non-profit that specializes in pediatric cancer patients, would not receive any self-gain from letting patients succumb to cancer, neither morally or

The United States is not the only country with medicinal practice, and its medical system certainly is not consistent with the rest of the World’s practices. Socialized medicine can be found all over the world and is the dominant form of healthcare systems. A cure could dramatically decrease health care costs around the world if a cancer cure came to light, therefore suppressing it would not necessarily benefit other countries around the world. Cancer is statistically proven to be sporadic and increasingly unpredictable in its victims. There are so many new predicted causations for cancer, like processed meats, alcohol in excessive amounts, ultraviolet radiation, engine exhaust, and just breathing in the air, which may or may not be polluted (Celestino). There are so many more theorized causes of cancer, that avoiding cancer all together seems an impossible task. Since cancer can reach any person no matter gender, age, race, or ethnicity, it can also reach the children and family members of healthcare professionals and researchers. With such a high risk of contracting the disease, no one would dare hide the cure or treatments necessary. One might counter that it would be easy for healthcare professionals to conceal the cure and only use it only for family and