Choose a technological innovation from the list below, using the Code of Ethics, and other scholarly sources analyze the following questions.

  • Select a technological innovation affecting health care:
    • Stem cell research
    • Genetics
    • Eugenics
    • Cloning
    • Organ trafficking
    • Chimeras
    • Surrogate parenting
    • Octo-mom, In vitro fertilization
    • Assisted reproduction
    • Placebo studies
  • What are the major arguments of the proponents and opponents of this development?
  • What ethical principles are either validated or violated by this development?
  • What Code provisions or interpretative statements are either validated or violated by this development?
  • What are the potential outcomes of this innovation for patients, the health care system, the costs of health care and health providers?
  • How will the nursing practice be impacted by this development by 2025 if it is allowed to proceed?
  • What ethical challenges will nurses face because of this development?

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