The RotaShield Fix

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3 pages

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06/06/2008

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Table of Contents The RotaShield Fix Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The laboratories of Wyeth Ayerst
  3. The RotaShield vaccine and VAERS' discovery of a much larger rate of intussusception
  4. RotaShield: Not as clearly justified.
  5. the application of Kantian ethics for underdeveloped areas
  6. Conclusion
  7. Works cited

Abstract

The field of biomedicine is wrought with ethical questions and dilemmas. As researchers and medical professions work to improve our quality of health, they must constantly evaluate the appropriateness of their efforts, especially when weighted against the experimental and the adverse unknown. Wyeth Ayerst, a prominent pharmaceutical company, encountered such a difficult ethical situation when they ventured to develop a vaccine to defeat rotavirus. Although their intentions stemmed from moral grounds, the progression of their work to put the vaccine into use forced them into an ethical dilemma. Wyeth Ayerst's case exemplifies how ethical considerations are necessary in the medicine and business realms, regardless of the nature of the situation at hand.

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pencil image Elizabeth T. National Institutes of Health
Level :Advanced Study : Medical studies School/University : George Washington University

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