vaccination of three disease’s measles, mumps, and rubella(MMR)
Unprofessional Conduct
This essay paper discusses the conflict of interest in regards to the case study of an American vaccination of three disease’s measles, mumps, and rubella(MMR). There were several issues regarding Wakefield’s investigation in determining the complaints received from parents due to a lack of transparency and sustainable ethics from the General Medical Council.
Question 1
The conflict of interest is that the General Medical Council (GMC) ruling was based not on the conclusions he made. The way those conclusions were reached, the lancet in response to GMC erased all the details from the public record and damaging Wakefield’s reputation since GMC claimed that several children in the case study did not have inflammatory bowel disease.
Question 2
According to the newspaper, Wakefield did not disclose where he received funds to conduct the case study. Wakefield’s disclosure of this information could have helped clarify that he got first-hand knowledge from the affected persons. Parents and children have the evidence; hence the information given is credible. On the other hand, his investigation could not be reliable since he had acted unprofessionally and worked in the parent’s interest against the MMR.
Question 3
Wakefield lost his practicing license from the GMC Ethics officer due to reactive ethical policies since the time of study; he worked at a hospital and did not cooperate with the organizational integrity of the GMC. GMC did not give him ethical approval to conduct tests outside the approved area, the Royal Free Hospital. He also took samples to perform the tests from his fellow medical team children at his son’s birthday hence acting unprofessionally.
Question 4
GMC brought Wakefield’s profession to disrepute since they understood the proactive ethical policies as an organization. To avoid this, he could have engaged GMC and filled a legal petition as the parent’s advocate under a personal account. He samples understudy taken from children across who had received the vaccination. Lastly, Wakefield could not have done the case study when not given ethical approval to do it.
References
Ghillyer, A. (2017). Loose Leaf for Business Ethics Now. New York NY: McGraw-Hill Education.