Betraying Trust or Providing Good Care? April J. Bundy Ethical Decision Making in Heath Care January 22‚ 2012 Betraying Trust or Providing Good Care? The Hippocratic Oath‚ taken by all healthcare professionals states that‚ “What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men‚ which on no account one must spread abroad‚ I will keep to myself‚ holding such things shameful to be spoken about. I will respect the privacy of my patients
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When is it OK to Break Confidentiality? Confidentiality is central to trust between doctors‚ medical team and patients. Patients have a right to expect that information about them will be held in confidence. The birth of the Hippocratic Oath in the fourth century started the responsibility of physicians to preserve the privacy and confidentiality of their patients. One of the provisions of the Oath lays the ethical foundation for the physician’s duty of confidentiality even beyond the circumstances
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standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as
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information or even general information about then client should be kept in condense between eh client and the counselor. 3.Counselors have a responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of clients. However‚ under few circumstances‚ counselors have the right to break confidently. Counselors have the right to break confidentiality if they suspect clients are a danger to
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Bioethics 280 -02 Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous hospital across the country that has put patients‚ workers and families at risk
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service quality and clinical quality of care. Patient satisfaction is improved as a system can allow patients the ability to get advice quicker and provide them with easier access to personal health information. Tools for managing patient information are provided which contributes to a reduction
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Euthanasia The word “euthanasia” comes from combining two greek words: “Eu” meaning “good”‚ and “thanatos” meaning “death”. So euthanasia actually means “good death.” The idea is that a death is good if it is painless. Now an important distinction must be made: not all painless deaths are euthanasia. Only those deaths in which an individual directly causes the death of another as a means of eliminating that other person ’s pain are euthanasia. For example‚ if a doctor lethally injects a paraplegic
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When the levees Broke What should the government provide during a time of crisis or disaster? I believe that during times of crisis that the United States government should be 100% behind prevention rescue and recovery‚ But as people in general we should keep ourselves prepared for disaster weather you live in Tornado Alley or the Gulf of Mexico. We as Americans believe that our government would be there for us no matter what‚ but that simply isn’t true. No matter how bad we want them to do
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feel whole‚ happy and complete. After a break up‚ it can take months to feel normal again. What if you could speed up the process? Do you constantly think about your ex? Has your ex blocked you because you text and call so much? Do you find it impossible to think about moving on? Break ups are an unfortunate part of life. While being with someone can make you amazingly happy‚ separating is never easy. For many people‚ the emotional turmoil from a break up is overwhelming. You want to move on
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there are scenarios when lying is acceptable. One should not make a habit of lying‚ but know when the right time and the right place is to lie. Lying for the greater good to spare someone’s feelings‚ to keep a child’s innocence‚ or to even save a life are just a few examples when I think lying can be tolerated. People say “tell me the truth‚ I can handle it.” But really inside‚ they don’t want the truth; they want you to tell them something that is going to make them feel good. What if a friend asked
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