The patient is a 35-year old woman in her first pregnancy. She was very committed to a natural delivery for her daughter. The fetus’s sex had been identified on ultrasound examination and provided to the patient at her request. At 36 weeks gestation, the patient was diagnosed by ultrasound examination by her primary obstetrician to have complete Placenta Previa. The primary obstetrician referred the patient to Dr. de Beau for evaluation. When the patient when presented in labor, ultrasound examination
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Medical volunteerism is someone who does a task in the medical field voluntarily without pay, particularly in an underdeveloped country that is lacking medical professionals. This topic relates to a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathmatics) class this semester because we had a discussion over the ethics of medical volunteerism. Ethical questions do arise from this topic. There are many discussion questions of who benefits from medical volunteering, what procedures volunteers are allowed
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AAMA Code of Ethics Robin Doyle Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on July 8, 2012, for Tonja King’s MA110 Clinical Skills I Section OCA-3A course. AAMA Code of Ethics The mission of the AAMA is to make sure that medical assistants are provided with what they need to be professional. They provide the medical assistant with the proper education for certification and credential acknowledgment. The AAMA makes sure that the medical assistant understands what is meant
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HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Instructor: Jennine Kinsey August 18, 2012 Ethical Issues for Nurses Ethical issues have always affected the role of the professional nurse. Efforts to enact this standard may cause conflict in health care settings in which the traditional roles of the nurse are delineated within a bureaucratic structure. Nurses have more direct contact with patients than one can even imagine, which plays a huge role in protecting the patients’ rights, and creating
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Ethics, Informed Consent, and Enforceable Standards William Neelsen Ethics, Informed Consent, and Enforceable Standards The clinician has high ethical standards as well as legal regulations to obtain the proper and legal consent to treat individuals in the field of psychology. Without bias to the methodology (research, experimentation, testing, or therapy), the psychologist is obligated by law, and the APA Code of Ethics to have consent to treat. The consent is in place for many reasons. The
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Medication errors that result in death, physical and/or mental challenges are inexcusable to the patients and their loved ones. There are several types of medication errors and prevention begins with recognizing the causes and developing possible solutions in order to limit the occurrences. Prevention of these errors is an immediate need considering the analysis that they are one of the leading causes of medical grievances in the United States. Infant Death In the case study, “Understanding the Causes
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of condition” This patient name Erik is struggling of his disorder having this thoughts leads to the idea of dying with dignity on a sleep drug. This procedure is called autonomy a patient’s will to do what it is pleased for the outcome of their appearance. Erik has decided to take this action because his chances are low enough to give up on faith and watching his family have pity for him was the last tolerance. Autonomy is one of the fourth basic principles in medical ethics. As well as beneficence
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Legal and Ethical Practice Health care professionals are held to legal standards, as well as high standards of ethics which govern their practice. This chapter will introduce the student to the basics of health care ethics and legal practice. Ethics Ethics are the practices, beliefs, and standards of behavior that guide practice as health care professionals. Four basic ethical principles: Autonomy refers to the right to make one’s own decisions. Health care professionals must respect a patient’s
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Biomedical Ethics Group 6 February 26th, 2013 The decision to treat any patient by force poses many questions. There are very few occasions where one might imagine treating a competent person in defiance of his or her express wishes. The moral principle of respect for autonomy coupled with statutes that protect patient rights forbid forced treatment. Yet there remain medical professionals who have disagreed with a patient’s choice and take the matter to court. When considering patient rights it’s
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Ethics Case Study Heather Holcomb University of Phoenix Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS 335 Deborah Laughon RN BSN MS DBA January 23, 2012 Ethics Case Study Case Study Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant mediation, called
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