A concussion is indeed a captivating, nonfictional book that explores the life and story of a thirty-four-year-old doctor, living in Pittsburg. He was born in Biafra, Nigeria, but went to study in America. Dr. Omalu is not a football fanatic until he stumbles upon the body of Mike Webster. He then strives to unleash what exactly happened to Mike Webster. It is the death of Mike Webster that leads to a series of scientific researches for Dr. Bennet Omalu. When Omalu performs an autopsy on Webster to find out what exactly kills him, he suspects that Webster did not die of a heart attack as earlier speculated, but rather due to a serious brain injury. He soon finds out that Webster’s brain is full of sludge- like proteins, called tau. The …show more content…
He had known Mike Webster as well as Terry long (Omalu’s second case brain case). Bailes had experiences that touched and interconnected with Omalu’s research in so many ways. When he called Omalu to say that he believed him, Dr. Omalu was ecstatic. It was the first time that anybody confirmed his work as valid. Ultimately, Omalu sent all his brain tissues to Bailes and they, together with Fitzsimmons, became a team with a mission. Their resolve was to learn more about the disease, understand NFL’s adamant, extreme denial and to break them of …show more content…
According to the utilitarian view, the right action is that which produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. (Darwall, 17) The company needed to look beyond the consequences for the company. They failed in this sense because they were only protecting their interests. The deontological view also, on the other hand, implies that right action is that which recognizes the rights of individuals, not based on the consequences. In this case, the rights of an individual are put on forehand, such as their right to life, rights to be free from physical harm, right to consent, right to free thought and speech, among others. The NFL evidently violated this. Thirdly, the justice and fairness view requires that a right action is that which is just and fair. The way NFL handled the cases of the victims was unjust and unfair because they were only protecting their name and reputation. Also, the relativist indicates that an action is right if it is regarded as right in a particular situation or culture. The actions done in Concussion to the victims are very uncouth. The last view is about the Virtue-based view. (Darwal, 34)Under this, the right action is that which is based on a virtue shared by a person of moral character. What Omalu was doing was right because he had a virtue to seek the
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Deontology theory defines an ethical action as one that adheres to a set of rules and duties. PharmaCARE’s actions are unethical by way of this moral compass because the firm has failed to perform in accordance with one very important duty, the duty to safeguard human dignity and basic human rights. Paying $1 a day to its workers and not providing them with even the most basic of amenities is a gross violation of the firm’s obligation to safeguard human rights, which in itself is a morally required behavior and applicable almost universally. PharmaCARE is not treating the Colberians like the treat their executives, nor are they treating the community there as they treat the communities in the
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A. Background In recent years, there has been an increase in research investigating the long-term effects of repeated head trauma on the brain, especially in athletes. Following his discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Dr. Bennet Omalu inspired a movement of research aimed at establishing better safety standards and protocols in football. It was not until 2002 that the initial connection between repetitive head trauma, such as concussions, and brain injury was suspected (Ott, 2015). As common as concussions were during the late 1970s and 1980s, they were often swept under the rug, as they were seen as insignificant injuries.
The NFL (National Football League) up until recent years has intentionally tried to cover up the long term effects of concussions on the brain. Is been hidden from the athletes at all levels youth through professional. Many player’s lives were changed and some lost as a result. Dr. Bennet Omalu was the first to shed light on the long term effects of multiple concussions on football players. Players like”NFL” Hall of Famer Mike Webster who suffered from dementia and passed away at the age of fifty. He became the first player to be diagnosed with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) by Dr. Omalu. As well as players at the youth level like Zackery Lystedt who suffered a concussion and was sent back into play he now suffers from permanent brain
Did you know, that someone suffers from a brain injury every 21 seconds (Haas)? Children get concussions all the time, and most of the time they go unnoticed. The majority of concussions happen when one is playing a sport such as football, hockey, or lacrosse. Many famous athletes have had their careers, even their lives cut short due to concussions. Brain damage and death can result from serial concussions (Schafer). When one suffers from a concussion, one’s brain needs time to recover physically and mentally. Between 2002 and 2006, statistics showed that 52,000 people died from concussions and about 275,000 were hospitalized (Fundukian). Everyone’s recovery process is different (“Injury and Pain Care”). Although concussions seem minor, they are very serious brain injuries that may result in severe damage to one’s brain.
Thesis: Concussions affect children and adults of all ages causing physical, emotional and metal trauma to a person and their brain.
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An anonymous person once said, "He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything." Ever since I was a young girl, I always knew I wanted to do something with helping people. But as I grew up, I also took an interest in sports, which leads me to where I am today. I would like to be able to help people in the sports ' world. In this essay, I plan to research concussions and how the long-term effects can impact people for the rest of their lives. Through research, I have learned exactly what a concussion is, the long-term effects and severity, and finally the treatments for a concussion. This relates to my senior project because for my final product, I will be presenting the lasting effects of concussions.
“Neurological surgeons have treated head and spinal sports injuries since the specialty was formed in the first decades of the 20th century (Stone p. S3).” Stone and his colleagues go on to say that in the last half century or so, neurosurgeons and scientists, especially hailing from, The American College of Sports Medicine, had come to be more immersed in the rising sports concussion problem, particularly in American sports per say “football and ice hockey, with the former having the greatest number of participants” (Stone,
In 2005 Dr. Bennet Omalu first discovered CTE In the Brain Of the retired player Mike webster, after he passed in 2002, at the age of 50. However CTE has been identified, there is no way to diagnose it in living individuals. In a study done by the National Institutes of Health, and the Concussion Research Funding, they came to the conclusion that, “Current tests cannot reliably identify concussions, and no technique reliably differentiates individuals who will recover quickly, suffer long-term symptoms, or develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)” (NIH, NFL, and Concussion Research Funding). Therefore, currently there is no way to treat or identify whether or not a person has CTE officially until they have died. Doctors only way of identifying if a person has CTE is to diagnose based off their symptoms. CTE symptoms vary based on the severity of the case, However according to researchers at the CTE Center at Boston University School of Medicine; “CTE is associated with “memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse-control problems, aggression, depression, and, eventually, progressive dementia” (Karaim). Theses Symptoms have a dramatic effect on the everyday lives of the people that have CTE. With nearly anywhere from 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur each year, leading professional athletes and
One of the earliest players to bring awareness to brain traumas was Mike Webster, a former Pittsburgh Steeler. In April of 1999, he claimed to be disabled with the NFL Retirement Board. He also had dementia which was a result of the brutal hits he endured during his football career. Webster ran into many problems at the e...
As per request of the first assignment of this course, I watched the movie “A Civil Action” starring John Travolta (Jan Schlichtmann), as a plaintiff’s lawyer and Robert Duvall (Jerome Facher) and Bruce Norris (William Cheeseman) as the defendant’s lawyers of W.R. Grace and J Riley Leather companies. The movie depicted the court case fought in the 1980’s among the previously mentioned companies and the residents of Woburn a little town located in Massachusetts. After watching the movie, an analysis using the ethical tools reflected in the chapter 1 of the course textbook will be used to portray the ethical issues of the movie.
Many managers and organisations make the mistake of assuming that what’s wrong is illegal and what’s legal is right and if it’s legal it must be ethical. Yet many ethical dilemmas present themselves before the decision makers where right and wrong can not be clearly identified. They involve conflict between interactive parts – “the individual against the organisation or the societ...
Life threatening situations can be some of the most difficult situations that one can go through. During these types of situations moral lines can be blurred in such ways that what one may think is right for that situation is not actually a moral solution that one should do. In the case of the Heinz dilemma what is verses what isn’t moral is a hard decision to make. In the case of Heinz I feel personally that there were two wrong-doings that were done in order that one right-doing could be achieved. The shop owner was in the wrong for over pricing a drug and refusing to help Mr. Heinz ailing wife, but at the same time Mr. Heinz was in the wrong for stealing from the drug dealer. At the same time he was only forced into that situation due to