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In nine pages this paper examines the impact of global competition on the U.S. economy and healthcare policies with subcategories including the accepted practice of euthanasia in Europe, but not in the United States; how this impacts America’s economy and healthcare options; how the U.S. should handle telemedicine implications for clinicians in terms of licensing and liability issues across state and national borders; ethical dilemmas in biomedical research, e-health, information technology, and telemedicine with key global health medical issues discussed; and also contrasts current international health policy issues. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
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worldwide but not without incurring costs in other areas, most notably in terms of healthcare policies in the United States and elsewhere. Once upon a time, economic and healthcare
policies were confined within clearly defined regional borders. These parameters also determined acceptable ethical boundaries that would not be crossed in the name of medical research. But such
distinctions have become blurred within the global framework of the twenty-first century. The United States has to articulate a policy that will reflect its moral values while at the
same time mesh with the policies of other countries in the West and elsewhere with which it seeks to do business. How will global competition affect the U.S. economy and
its healthcare options? Global competition has forced America to reevaluate some of the healthcare options that have been historically prohibited from its citizens, such as the practices of euthanasia
and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Euthanasia, which is derived from Greek terms meaning "easy death," is carried out through some type of professional intervention that is either active or passive
(Zanskas & Coduti, 2006, p. 27). Active euthanasia involves some act on the part of a physician to permanently ease a patients suffering whereas passive euthanasia is when a
patient is deprived of treatment and/or nourishment that is needed in order to sustain life (Zanskas & Coduti, 2006). Physician-assisted suicide, on the other hand, is different from euthanasia
in that a physicians actions to necessitate a patients death are purportedly based upon a terminally ill patients request to die (Zanskas & Coduti, 2006). Although Ohio actually introduced a
voluntary euthanasia bill (by a qualified physician back in 1906, such bills have died a quick death in Congress. As far as physician-assisted suicide is concerned, this also falls
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