Sunday, June 21, 2009

No one in individual should make the decision. Firstly, the government should establish laws on cases like this. They could do it in a way that is similar to treating euthanasia patients. The family of the individual propose their decision to the doctor, the doctor decide whether is it the only way to save the life. Then he proposes to the Authority and let them discuss and make the final decision by referring to the laws. No one in this chain should make the decision alone. However if one party is unwilling about the decision another party made, they could try to solve it in the court. In this case, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority do have the right to decide it but the Whitaker family could appeal it to court and let the jury make the last final decision. I believe that establishing a board especially for these cases is unnecessary. It is because cases like this are really rare. It would be a waste because the board does not really have work to do since cases like this might only happen once in a few years in the world. Lastly the insurance should not have the right to make this decision even if they are paying for this procedure. Because, under circumstances like this, there are no other ways to save the child, thus they should follow the decision made by the three parties and pay for the procedure if all three parties agree with it. Since the insurance is suppose to pay for the treatments that safe the individual’s life. If it is really a very serious case and the family is unable to pay for it since they do not have money and insurance, the government should see if it is necessary for them to aid the family by a certain amount to have the treatment.

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