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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