Medical Ethics Issues

1. Governments should be less involved when it comes to public health. Government intervention in public health-except to ensure healthcare for the disadvantaged-is largely a mistake. It compromises the quality of care and adds a huge burden of bureaucratic red tape to a healthcare system that is already struggling.

2. The U.S. government needs to take less of a role in public health. The interventions designed by the medical profession, such as chemotherapy and radiation-both proven cancer causers-for cancer victims no longer make sense to many Americans, who are increasingly interested in holistic health care, organic foods, and natural remedies, yet the U.S. government and its legal system have taken a stance forcing citizens to accept medical care even when they do not want it. Even many doctors and nurses "vary in their willingness to undertake cancer chemotherapy" (Bremnes, Andersen, &

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