Comments on blog 1
It is true that a just society is the one that ensures every person is able to exercise their rights and resources are equitably accessible. I also agree that, women face challenges in their efforts to achieve social justices in terms of their social, cultural and environmental backgrounds (Payne & Doyal, 2012). I don’t agree with the notion that women in developing countries should be the sole caretakers of the household duties as it acts as a barrier to accessing healthcare. Such an instance is a probable reason for gender injustice. I am therefore, of the opinion that efforts need to be put in place to address these problems that women in such countries face. It is agreeable that developed countries have been at the forefront in ensuring social equality in the provision and access to healthcare though the services may not be well distributed all over the country. I am of the opinion that women in developed countries need to have easier access to healthcare products. As such, I think the law needs to be revised to make these products easily accessible to women. It is true that including women in policy making process, improving sanitation, providing proper education and reducing maternal and child mortality acts as an empowerment strategy. I believe that a society with empowered women is a prosperous society.
Comments on blog 2
It is factual that the role physicians play in ensuring the health of patients under their care cannot be understated since they usually put to use all the available options to ensure that patients emerge with desirable outcomes even though they face dilemmas at times.. It think it is important to have a clear-cut difference between the prevention of harm to a patient and not violating their ethical stands. To this direction, I feel that it is essential for the law to provide proper guidelines on the way physicians are supposed to act under such instances. I however disagree with the idea of having physicians take part in treatment regimens that will only prove futile at the end. As such, I suggest that constant interactions between the patient and the doctor concerning care should form the basis through which such futility instances can be addressed (Pope, 2013). The use of particular treatment regimens that have got deteriorating outcomes on the well-being of the patient need to be addressed with the objectives of improving their outcomes. It is true that by reinforcing the hope of terminally ill patients is becomes easy to address their personal needs.
References
Payne, S., & Doyal, L. (2012). Re-visiting gender justice in health and healthcare. In The Palgrave handbook of gender and healthcare (pp. 21-35). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Pope, T. M. (2013). Dispute resolution mechanisms for intractable medical futility disputes. NYL Sch. L. Rev., 58, 347.
