Homework help please - medical ethics

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Dd has to do some work on various different medical ethical things. She's done euthanasia, abortion, blood transfusions (Jehovah's Witnesses)
Can anyone give her any more ideas? Struggling to get brain working tonight!

What about the cost of drugs/patents/big pharmaceutical companies? Would that count?

Or medical decision-making for adults with reduced mental capacity?

Animal testing for new drugs?

Or turning away patients who are ineligible for NHS care?

Or drug funding/NICE etc. What should the NHS fund in terms of price for extra months of life?

Fantastic suggestions, thank you

resus and treatment of babies born at under 23 weeks - v topical at the moment, think there's a bbc thing on soon

Confidentiality issues - eg teenagers seeking medical help without their parents' knowledge.

Postcode lottery of treatment

The argument that alcoholics and smokers etc shouldn't be given transplants if a 'better' candidate is also a match.

Who should decide whether a person has 'do not resuscitate' written in their notes (everyone, not just prem babies).

Should 'self-inflicted' illness and injury be treated free of charge (eg sports injuries, excess alcohol related injuries)?

Should patients who dont lose weight/give up smoking be treated?

Should embryos be used for research?

the whole saviour sibling thing?

paying drug addicts to have contraceptive implants? fertility treatment for women over 60?

Wow, loads of great suggestions. Thank you so much.
Should be a very interesting lesson/discussion they have.

This is my favourite:

Should a 75-year-old woman be allowed to get pregnant and give birth to a child?