Ethical and Legal Decision-Making Framework 1. Identify issues and collect information 1.1 Identify the problem • Issue 1: Should Sharna respect Ginty’s right to refuse further treatment. • Issue 2: Should Sharna report the suspected child abuse and neglect? 1.2 Identify who is involved • Ginty‚ Ginty’s two children‚ Sharna‚ Garry and Child Safety Service. 2. Evaluate 2.1 Ethical Principles • Autonomy – Competent adults with capacity have the right to refuse treatment. Respecting Ginty’s rights
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2011). Neglect is known to be the most common form of maltreatment. Neglect can have substantial and long term effects on children’s physical and mental health and cognitive development (Dubowitz‚ 2013). The National Adult Protective Services Association defines neglect as a form of mistreatment by individuals resulting from inadequate attention‚ especially through carelessness or disregard for the needs of others. Commonly Reported types of neglect are physical neglect‚ emotional neglect‚ financial
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Abstract This paper gives the following: effective interviewing skills related to children and teens coping with child abuse and neglect and an in-depth discussion of a specific evidenced-based intervention theory to use with either children or teens that have experienced child abuse. The child abuse and neglect paper that I used for my assessment is the Sandra Horton case. The Horton family has many emotional‚ mental‚ and physical issues. The primary caregiver is Michelle Horton‚
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Pergamon Child Abuse & Neglect 26 (2002) 679 – 695 Child neglect: developmental issues and outcomes Kathryn L. Hildyard‚ David A. Wolfe* Department of Psychology‚ The University of Western Ontario‚ London‚ Ontario‚ N6A 5C2‚ Canada Abstract Objective: This article highlights the manner in which child neglect‚ the most common form of maltreatment‚ affects children’s development. Method: The review is organized according to three developmental periods (i.e.‚ infancy/preschool‚ school-aged and
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ENG-100 D. Berkeley Ortize December 16‚ 2011 Community and Culture play a role in determining the risk for alcohol and drug abuse. Substance abuse and addiction are major problems in society today. Every segment of society‚ regardless of race‚ gender‚ or age is affected. Some of the substances that are used grow naturally‚ whereas others are manufactured illicitly or even legitimately in laboratories. They may be smoked‚ inhaled‚ ingested‚ or injected and used for social‚ religious
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that children who experience abuse are more likely to have negative outcomes in adulthood. These negative outcomes may be mental or psychological problems‚ problems in behavior as well as economic status. Two studies (Colman‚ Widom 2004; Belt‚ Abidin 1996) find that there is a correlation between child abuse and relationships in adulthood. Two studies (Burnette‚ Ilgen‚ Frayne‚ Lucas‚ Mayo‚ Weitlauf 2007; Lansford‚ Dodge‚ Pettit‚ Bates 2010) show that childhood abuse can be an indicator in an increase
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In today’s society‚ abuse in households has grown tremendously. Studies have been done in order to reveal the amount of abuse that goes on today. About one in four girls‚ are sexually assaulted before the age of 18‚ and about one in eight boys also suffer sexual assault before the age of 18. These numbers continue to grow each year‚ and researchers are continuing to study why. The term abuse does not just consider sexual assault‚ but any form of child neglect ( Beating‚ breaking bones‚ torture‚ burning)
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Child Neglect Child Neglect is a horrible thing that occurs in the United States of America everyday. Millions of children are refused food‚ shelter and much other basic necessity. It is unfortunately an act that can sometimes not be as clear-cut as other crimes. Where someone getting robbed can be easily proven‚ it is hard to truly tell when a child is being neglected. Another thing that effect whether it is clear-cut abuse is‚ the fact that different places have different child rearing laws
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Nurses are the primary source of defense to protect the children from abusive relationship. Therefore‚ it is necessary that the nurses know how to identify the physical and behavioral signs of child abuse while assessing a child. Although it is mandated by the law‚ that nurses should report to Child Protective Services any suspicious findings about child abuse within an appropriate time limit. Nurses who works in the Emergency Department sees infants‚ and children admitted to the hospitals for treatment
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Verbal Abuse in Intimate Relationships Abuse in relationships takes many forms and has many levels which is the vice- grip causing negative behavior to perpetuate harm to someone. Abusive behavior can generate enough negative hatred which can cause a person to create physical assault on another person. Verbal abuse in intimate relationships also has many forms and level within itself‚ what make verbal abuse more questionable is that verbal abuse does not leave physical evident or signs. Verbal abuse
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