It's an ethics assignment, and it's my idea

Deonte 2022-04-19 09:02:04

After watching it, I was silent for a long time. When I watched it, I had many, many thoughts in my mind, but after the movie ended, only the helplessness and sadness about life and death were left. After reading the introduction, I thought my sister was unwilling and resentful, I thought the parents were disregarding the children's wishes, and I thought it was an unpleasant conflict. As the story slowly unfolded, I realized that there was none of what I thought it was. This is a love story. In this movie, every character hopes that things will turn out well. Everyone in this family loves each other. The other party, although the sister left in the end, but the whole is a warm movie. At the beginning of the movie, it is mentioned that Anna was born on the advice of a doctor and her parents were trying to save her sister. In my opinion, this behavior is inherently incorrect, sacrificing one life or harming other lives, and in involuntary circumstances, which I think is contrary to medical ethics. But life is a gift, and Anna received this gift. Fortunately, she loves her sister, and she is willing to give up some of her rights for her sister. But in fact, during the stumbling growth of my sister, she must be grateful and guilty, and she must be under huge pressure. The story is told throughout the film with my sister's narration, but my focus is more on the terminally ill sister. When a patient is ready to give up his life and give up treatment, should the patient's choice be respected? One of the basic principles of medical ethics in ethics is the principle of respect, which refers to respect for the autonomy of patients, that is, medical staff respects the autonomy of patients in the process of treatment and nursing, ensures that patients make their own decisions, and rationally chooses the ethical principles of diagnosis and treatment decisions, also known as autonomy. in principle. However, Kate is a minor and does not have full capacity for civil conduct, so she cannot fully exercise her autonomy. As a guardian, the mother has an almost crazy love for Kate, which makes her completely unable to accept her daughter's death, and directly ignores her daughter's real thoughts. The movie has a good ending. Sister, she not only has the love of the whole family, but also experienced an unforgettable love, and finally died under her own choice. And those who survived all returned to their normal life trajectories. It may be cruel to say, but it is true that everyone is living better rather than worse. In real life, there are more questions about life and death, and the same helplessness and sadness as in the movie. But whether it's movies or life, it's more than that. You must also see love and beauty.

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Extended Reading
  • Bo 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    In fact, I think the narrative is good, the flashbacks are big and small, but it is not messy, it is easy to connect, isn't it? Sensational? OK, but I hate to point fingers at this. In fact, I am more concerned about medical ethics lawsuits, moral and emotional conflicts, and the impact of a family member's disease on the family's life. It doesn't say anything. It still feels like a great simplification. Maybe it would be better to make a TV show.

  • Guadalupe 2022-04-24 07:01:08

    One person's existence has meaning because of another person

My Sister's Keeper quotes

  • [first lines]

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: When I was a kid, my mother told me that I was a little piece of blue sky that came into this world because she and Dad loved me so much. It was only later that I realized that it wasn't exactly true. Most babies are coincidences. I mean, up in space you've got all these souls flying around looking for bodies to live in. Then, down here on Earth, two people have sex or whatever, and bam, coincidence. Sure, you hear all these stories about how everyone plans these perfect families. But the truth is that most babies are products of drunken evenings and lack of birth control. They're accidents. Only people who have trouble making babies actually plan for them.

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I, on the other hand, am not a coincidence. I was engineered. Born for a particular reason. A scientist hooked up my mother's eggs and my father's sperm to make a specific combination of genes. He did it to save my sister's life. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Kate had been healthy. I'd probably still be up in heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body down here on Earth. But coincidence or not, I'm here.

  • Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I want to sue my parents for the right to my own body.

    Campbell Alexander: Would you repeat that, please?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I want to sue my parents for the right to my own body. My sister has leukemia. They're trying to force me to give her my body parts.

    Campbell Alexander: You're supposed to give her a kidney?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: She's been in renal failure for months now.

    Campbell Alexander: Well, no one can force you to donate if you don't want to, can they?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: They think they can. I'm under 18, they're my legal guardians.

    Campbell Alexander: They can't do that.

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: Well, I want you to tell them, because they've been doing it to me my whole life. I wouldn't even be alive if Kate wasn't sick. I'm a designer baby. I was made in a dish to be spare parts for Kate.