The legal and ethical issue I encountered in the clinical setting was failure to protect patient rights. The healthcare setting is demanding environment for nurses who have a responsibility to meet the needs of patients. An ethical issue can occur in any healthcare situation where profound moral questions of “rightness” or “wrongness” underlie professional decision-making and the beneficent care of patients (Ulrich et al., 2010). An ethical issue deals with virtues and values related to human
Words: 1236 - Pages: 5
Ethics Case Study Ethics are the moral principles that dictate a person’s or group’s behavior and decision making process. Ethics are needed on a daily basis for making proper decisions for a collective approval of group of people or business. I will discuss a situation that has happened in a doctor’s office and analyze what is ethical and legal for the worker to do in the situation that he is presented with. In the scenario, Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. Williams. Jerry
Words: 828 - Pages: 4
planet. The industrial marketing is happening with the aim of money making, not considering the outcomes linked to such business. The selfish merchants are so drawn into money making that rarely consider the negative consequences that may come about. Patients being handled by surgeons have all the rights to be provided with the finest details concerning the level of understanding of a device usage by the later. But is this happening? This paper discusses the ethical issues that are associated with surgical
Words: 1202 - Pages: 5
Cambridge University Press 0521804167 - Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation John Keown Frontmatter More information EUTHANASIA, ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY An Argument against Legalisation Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physicianassisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain
Words: 3306 - Pages: 14
SHOULD COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BE INTEGRATED INTO MAINSTREAM MEDICAL PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES October 29, 2015 The health industry in the United States (US) over the last decades has gone through tremendous changes more specifically the passing of the 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The healthcare movement in terms of medical treatment has evolved as a result of increased in chronic illnesses, pain management, injuries and illnesses
Words: 1634 - Pages: 7
nurse and patient. The information disclosed can cause problems on a personal and professional level. Breach of confidentiality occurs when the heath care work discloses the patient's medical or personal information without the patient's informed written or verbal consent. Confidentiality is needed between the nurse and the patient to maintain a good open and honest relationship between both parties. There are several ethical implications regarding breach of confidentiality, for example, patient trust
Words: 1175 - Pages: 5
Administrative Ethics HCS/335 Health Care Ethics and Social Responsibility June 3, 2013 Anthem Blue Cross is a major health insurance provider with approximately 800,000 customers and has more individual policyholders in California than any other insurance provider in the United States ("Anthem BlueCross BlueShield," 2012). Anthem Blue Cross has informed some of its San Francisco base policyholders that their medications will only be available through mail order. A Consumer Watchdog group
Words: 1057 - Pages: 5
Running head: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Professional Ethics Paper Patrick Kelley University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics NUR 478 Susan Lawson, RN, MS, CLNC July 18, 2010 Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues, identify personal values and professional ethics, examine ethical theories and principles, and apply these to current practice examples. Nurses face
Words: 2093 - Pages: 9
a plethora of medical machines and medication. Most of the time, this is only delaying their death and is not effective in helping them get better. However, there is an alternative for this. Euthanasia is when it is decided by doctors and family to painlessly kill a patient suffering from an incurable disease or an irreversible coma. It is illegal in many countries, but it should be a legal option for anyone. The topic of euthanasia is an intense argument and a matter of ethics and morals. Doctors
Words: 1792 - Pages: 8
Medical Law and Ethics, MDA 207 Mrs. Joe Martino July 22, 2009 Abstract In a recent study it had been reported that older American had increased from 58,000 in 1950 to an estimated number of 11.0 million by 2012. Our past history have shown that our country laws on assisted suicides are continually be more and more rejected of nearly all efforts to permit it. This country has engaged in intensified debates about the legality, morality and practicality of patient being assisted
Words: 1096 - Pages: 5
