HIV/AIDS Advocacy The scenario of Lena as a community health nurse finding out her sister’s boyfriend is HIV positive is a difficult one. There are many moral, legal, and ethical implications in a situation like this. While it is easy to want to jump to one decision concerning this issue, there are many things to consider before making a decision. Patient’s Rights First and foremost, the patient’s rights and privacy needs to be the first thing reviewed. HIV/AIDS status is considered “superconfidential”
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Running head: ANALYSIS OF AN ETHICAL DILEMMA Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma NRS 437V December 11, 2011 Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Euthanasia, sometimes referred to as mercy killing, is an act by a third party that causes a patient’s death. Such acts include administering a lethal dose of medication by way of injection or mask, usually to a seriously ill patient. This analysis will discuss the ethics of euthanasia as it relates to nursing, laws, society, and the stakeholders involved
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Description of the Ethical Issue In a technological world protecting patients’ information has become harder and harder to maintain. Todays new threat is social media. According to Elizabeth Scruth, et. al, (2015) social netweorking is one of the most common types of social media being used (para. 5). We live in an era where social media is being used as our own personal journals. Everyday personal experiences and the happenings of our day to day lives are constantly being posted on social networking
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describing the beliefs, attitudes and habits related to an individual’s or group’s morality. Eg. : Ethics given in the Bhagavat Gita or the Bible or the Quran. 4. As per the definition of dictionaries – ‘moral principles’ is about the actions and principles of conduct of the people. i.e. ethical or unethical. Engineering Ethics 1. Like the ethics, engineering ethics also aims at knowing moral values related to engineering, finding accurate solutions to the moral problems in engineering and justifying
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| | | Assessment Two: Professional practice in counselling. Counselling is defined as several talking therapies delivered by counsellors to bring about an effective change or enhance their well-being (BACP, 2010). People who are in need of counselling are those who are experiencing difficulties while dealing with problems and those who are distressed psychologically, physically and/or spiritually. However, not all of these people who undergo these problems actually approach counsellors
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Training Paper The purpose of this paper is to identify the situation in which a correct ethical decision must be made and the different outcomes of such decisions. In this essay, the main topics to be covered will be the appropriate approach to making an ethical decision, potential courses of action and their potential consequences. After reading this paper, the reader will have a more extensive knowledge in ethical decision-making and a stronger opinion in the case. In this case study, George and his
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Grand Canyon University: Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare Lisa Firkus October 27, 2013 Applying Ethical Frameworks in Practice Care providers strive to provide care that is patient focused that maintains confidentiality and respect. This paper is about the maintenance of patient confidentiality and the trusting relationships that must be maintained between the patient and the healthcare providers. Ethical Implications of Breaching Confidentiality
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Dear Patient, I understand as your doctor, I have a responsibility to uphold all four cardinal principles of medical ethics and health care including nonmalfeasance, benevolence, justice, and the principle currently at hand, autonomy. The decision to undergo physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is only legal in two states within the U.S. due to the consistent debate between medical professionals and patients regarding empowerment, choice, and human dignity. As notified by the government, medical professionals
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Week 1 Organ donation is a significant health care issue in which ethical and legal concepts can be applied. Many people can benefit greatly from organ transplants in terms of extent and quality of life, but usually the demand exceeds the supply and this issue can leads to ethical dilemma with regard to who lives?, who dies? and who decides? (Pozgar, 2013). Therefore, for healthcare providers the ethical issue arise when they have to make decisions with regard to who lives and dies making for
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religions. Some of these ethical concepts include the principals of autonomy, beneficence and social justice. Ethics provide a moral pathway in which individuals pick to find their way out of difficult issues. Individuals have many different derived concepts, or moral pathways, controversies that cause ethical dilemmas can become apparent. Such dilemmas can be seen in the health care delivery system of the United States and the policies that are enforced within it. One ethical argument in particular
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