Epq ideas- for anyone wanting to do medicine!

Hey,
I'm in year 12 and really wanting to do medicine in the future. I study biology, chemistry, physics and maths.
These are some possible ethical topics that I am considering to an 6000 word EPQ dissertation on but I haven't yet finalized on a topic/question?

Can you guys just comment below any of the questions given below, that you think I should for an EPQ project. I am hoping to get an A star so any advice would be helpful and any suggestions or alternative questions will be much appreciated as I am really struggling to start my EPQ.

Many Thanks in advance,


• To what extent can current immunological research advance cancer treatments?
• What do you think of alternatives to medicine for the “treatment” of cancer?
• Is it better to give healthcare/aid to impoverished countries?
• What are the differences between length of life and quality of life?
• Malaria?
• Autism cost the UK at least 32 billion pounds a year in terms of treatments, lost earnings, care and support for children and adults with ASD. Is enough being done?
• Mental illness?
• Alzheimer’s/ dementia – e.g. could stem cell research lead to a viable cure for Alzheimer’s
• What progress have been made by healthcare system in terms of MRSA?
• Embryonic stem cells and disease?
• Should NHS pay for IVF treatments?
• Do people with lifestyle diseases “waste” NHS resources? Should people who “give themselves” heart disease be given treatment on NHS, particularly if their treatment leads to someone “innocent” further down the waiting list not getting treatment in time? (social/economic/moral choice/dependency) e.g. smoking, drinking, drugs and obesity
• For privatised healthcare system, how to make public services more efficient without damaging patient care?
• Multiple sclerosis and how it affects sufferers within society?
• Capacity- how it relates to medicine and why it has become increasingly important in aging population?
• Women in developing countries and effect their effect of HIV/AIDS?
• Medical ethics?
• Should NHS fund fertility treatments for people over 40?
• Socio-economic factors affecting situations in a country can affect the kind of medicine the population has access to
• Disclosure of Terminal illness- would it be appropriate to hide a patient’s diagnosis of a terminal illness if only to give more hope and positivity to the patient?
• Patient Demands-how appropriate is to “give in to patient demands” and treat them when they do not need it, just to keep them happy?
• Confidentiality Issues- how correct is it to protect patient confidentiality when a 16-year-old demands that her pregnancy (or any other illness for that matter) not be disclosed to her parents?
• Is it ethical to genetically engineer babies for designer purposes?
• Should abortion be free on the NHS?