Augusto and Michaela Odone

which because they cant be taken in safely damage the myelin. The myelin acts as a protective coating around the brains nerves causing the afflicted person’s physical and mental health begin to degrade. In Lorenzo’s Oil, Lorenzo Odone is the son of Michaela and Augusto Odone. Lorenzo is stricken with symptoms of ALD at the age of 5 and his

Lorenzo’s Oil Relative to Ethic Theories Director George Miller is a great story teller of the real life story Of Lorenzo Odone. Lorenzo’s is a little boy that at a very young age is diagnosis with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Parents Augusto and Michaela Odone, devastated as any parents would decide right then they would take action. They started to research in addition to seeking out the best doctors they could find that had knowledge of this rare disease that their son inherited. Their quest was

Ethical Principles Applied to Lorenzo’s Oil Movie Lorenzo’s Oil is a movie about a young child diagnosed with a very rare, inherited neurological disorder called Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). A boy named Lorenzo Odone was diagnosed with ALD. Throughout the movie his parents, Augusto and Michaela Odone, along with other characters, demonstrate many ethical theories. Teleology, deontology, virtue ethics, and divine command ethics theories are all expressed in this movie. Lorenzo’s Oil also demonstrates the

Lorenzo’s Oil, directed by George Miller, is a film based on the real-life story of the Odone family. Shortly after moving from the Comoro Islands to the United States, five-year-old Lorenzo Odone is diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) after displaying symptoms of the disease at school and at home. After failing to find an existing cure for the extremely rare disease, parents Michaela and Augusto Odone take it into their own hands to save their child. Unsuccessful experimental trials, countless

Introduction The history of Lorenzo’s Oil derived from one story, based on a young man named Lorenzo Odone and his parents will and dedication to help him survive and regain his loss of functions. It began at the age of five, when Lorenzo’s teacher’s first noted a bad behavioral change. After witnessing the behavioral change themselves, Lorenzo’s parents, Michaela and Augusto Odone, took it upon themselves to get Lorenzo tested. After being checked out by several doctors it was confirmed that Lorenzo

Part A: Lorenzo’s Oil Movie 1. Step 1: Their question was how to reduce blood in Lorenzo’s blood. Step 2: Lorenzo’s parents did the background research on ALD to better understand the disease. Step 3: They created a hypothesis. The Odones’ hypothesis was that by modifying oil, they could be able to reduce the fat in Lorenzo’s blood. Step 4: They tested this by conducting experiments. The Odone’s gave Lorenzo regulated oil to see if there was any change. After the method didn’t work, they would restart

Lorenzo’s Oil In 1984, Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone, just a young boy at the age of 5, was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). ALD is an extremely rare genetic disorder that causes damage to the myelin sheath, which is the protective layer that surrounds the central nervous system’s nerve fibers. This demyelination prevents and impairs the conduction of signals to and from the brain, causing many problems such as aggression, visual loss, learning disabilities, dysphagia, and hearing loss

face with a dilemma their decisions will in the end be considered right since being a good person has always been a priority. In relation to the movie, Deidre, Michaela’s sister can be seen as having good intentions throughout. She stayed with the Odones to help. She helped with the care of Lorenzo. Deidre also became worried when the search for the right treatment became overwhelming for

This paper is about ethical decision making that involved a case study in a movie based on a true story. It is about a child named Lorenzo Odone, his disease, adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and how both his parents relentlessly pursued to find treatment for him. Aside from Mr. and Mrs. Odones’ decision making, the doctors and scientists involved in Lorenzo’s treatment were just as affected. These characters were faced with ethical issues that arose when deciding proper course in finding treatment

son of Michaela and Augusto Odone. He begins to have strange memory problems and blackouts. At age 6, he is diagnosed with the childhood cerebral form of ALD, a progressive degenerative nervous system disorder. There is no cure for this disease and his parents are told he will become totally disabled and die in a few years. Michaela and Augusto, devastated by Lorenzo's diagnosis, decide to research ALD even though neither has a scientific or medical background. The movie shows the Odones often working