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    Informed consent is when you get permission from someone before giving care to that person and they have the choice to accept or refuse the care. Some issues a health care professional might face could be confidentiality‚ relationships with patients and matters related to consent‚ especially in the treatment of minors. Also you may have issues with making a decision to turn-off life support. The laws of HIPAA would need to be kept up to date as they do change often. With the HIPAA laws‚ discussing

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    Basic Principles of Medical Ethics There are four basic principles of medical ethics. •Autonomy: People have the right to control what happens to their bodies. •Beneficence: All healthcare providers must try to improve their patient’s health‚ to do the most good for the patient in every situation. •Nonmaleficence: “First‚ do no harm” is the basis of medical ethics. In every situation‚ healthcare providers should avoid causing harm to their patients. •Justice: The fourth principle

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    The distribution of resources in public health involves many ethics or ethical principles. The main ethical principles include: autonomy‚ beneficencenonmaleficence‚ and justice. These ethical principles can affect how a rural areas distribution of resources to public health is viewed among those distributing the resources and those receiving them. Autonomy can be considered the act of respecting the decisions or choices made by others ("Four fundamental principles of ethics"‚ 2016). This ethical

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    “Beneficent actions can be taken to help prevent or remove harms or to simply improve the situation of others” (Pantilat MD‚ 2008). “The term beneficence connotes acts of mercy‚ kindness‚ and charity. It is suggestive of altruism‚ love‚ humanity‚ and promoting the good of others” (Beauchamp‚ 2013). Acts of beneficence not only include treatment but also helping with prevention such as educating the harm of smoking‚ drinking and/or drug abuse‚ encouraging and motivating people

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    APPLYING ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PRACTICE APPLYING ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PRACTICE Ethical Implications The ethical principles involved in the article reviewed are beneficence (bring about positive good) fidelity (trustworthy)‚ and veracity (honesty) The nurse involved is caught between the core principles of nursing‚ by following the patients wish of not informing her parents by the diagnoses of a sexually transmitted disease. The implications of betraying the core principles of nursing could

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    to be considered when options of euthanasia arise. Firstly‚ it is illegal in the United States‚ and secondly‚ it is considered against many ethical codes for a healthcare professional or provider to end life. The principles of non-maleficence‚ beneficence‚ and autonomy are three primary principles considered when the end of life for the patient is approaching. Healthcare professionals and healthcare providers should consider their state regulatory board limitations of practice and also code of ethics

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    Ethical Issue Ethics as the word implies is the philosophical analysis of human morality and conduct. And‚ therefore‚ we say that the moral principle of one nation may not be the same of others. Or it may be of a different thing to different individuals in some cases. But is this inference correct? When I was driving in Australia during my tertiary education between the years 1965-1970‚ it would be an ethical courtesy to always let the right side of your traffic pass first when you reach a junction

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    Adaorah NU Azotam Villanova University‚ USA Abstract This article will explore pediatric consent through the analysis of a clinical case study using the principles of biomedical ethics approach. Application of the principles of autonomy‚ nonmaleficencebeneficence‚ and justice will be dissected in order to attempt to establish resolution of the ethical dilemma. The main conflict in this case study deals with whether the wishes of an adolescent for end-of-life care should be followed or should the

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    In the case presented‚ the nurse has to confront many ethical principles‚ cited in Blais and Hayes (2016)‚ important in the nursing practice: the sanctity of life‚ utility‚ autonomy‚ respect for person‚ nonmaleficencebeneficence‚ justice‚ fidelity‚ and veracity. Sanctity of life. The nurse instinctively will do measures to preserve the life of this bleeding patient‚ including calling doctor to the scene immediately‚ administering fluids‚ensuring laboratory test and other pertinent procedures

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