Write a 23 page paper that explains and defends your view on the issue of whether or not patients with no other treatment
options have a moral right to unproven drugs.
Do patients with no other treatment options have a moral right to unproven drugs? Write a paper that explains and
defends your view on this issue. In addition to reviewing the suggested resources, you are encouraged to locate
additional resources in the Capella library, your public library, or authoritative online sites to provide additional
support for your viewpoint. Be sure to weave and cite the resources throughout your work. In your paper, address
the following points:
Identify relevant ethical theories and moral principles.
Explain how the principle of informed consent is relevant to the issue.
Explain the costs and benefits of making unproven, unapproved experimental drugs widely available to
patients. Consider the costs and benefits not only to the individual patients who take these drugs but also
potential costs and benefits to other patients.
Explain arguments using examples for and against offering pre-approved drugs to wider pools of patients.
Support your view using ethical theories or moral principles (or both) that you find most relevant to the issue.
PHI-FPX3200 Assessment 2 A Right to Experimental Drugs?
