Ethical Implications of the War in Iraq: A Consequentialist Perspective The purpose of this paper is to argue that there was no humanitarian cause for the invasion of Iraq. I agree with Ken Roth’s analysis that the war in Iraq was not for humanitarian purposes and I would subsidize my reasoning with Peter Singer’s ideas of utilitarianism and consequentialism. I will first look at Ken Roth’s analysis; secondly I will analyze Peter Singer’s argument and apply it to Ken Roth’s analysis. Finally‚
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Written Assignment: Part A In paramedicine‚ it is essential to understand the elements of law in order to provide the highest standard of care and assistance. This essay will discuss the concept of consent in paramedicine and the legal and ethical implications that are involved in treating a patient. As a paramedic‚ before treating or transporting a patient‚ informed consent needs to be obtained. The term consent means to give assent‚ permission‚ agreement or to approve (Steer‚ 2007). When deciding
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• Ethical Dilemmas Patient 1: This patient is admitted to ER with Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock. The patient was transferred to LTAC for long term management of disease. Patient’s chart states that she has DNR/DNI order‚ but her son was disagreeing with that decision. One of the ethical principles that direct ethical decision making in health care is the autonomy-the ability of the individual to chose for him or herself. Patient 2: This patient was admitted with endocarditis and had a tracheostomy
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Ethical Implications of Aversive Conditioning It is not usual for psychologists to give prominence to ethical issues and Skinner is no exception. However‚ in writing about the application of behavioral analysis to significant issues in human behavior. Skinner stresses three issues which have general ethical implications. The use of positive reinforcement‚ the minimization of punishment contingencies and the specification of objectives (Skinner 1953‚ 1971). Aversive Conditioning is the use of unpleasant
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Summary With the advent of reality programming overtaking the television landscape‚ questions arise regarding the ethical implications involved in shows that seem to suggest counseling or therapy occurs within a television show‚ particularly one purported to be reality television. Studies show that television is an information media. According to a survey by the National Health Council‚ people received almost half (40%) of their information regarding healthcare from television (Vogel‚ Gentile‚
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coordinate the delivery of numerous patient services‚ and administer high costly healthcare programmes (Weld and Garmon Bibb 2009). Due to the rapid expansion in the scope of nursing care and knowledge‚ nursing staff face greater responsibilities and require increasingly more skills; such is the importance of nursing law and ethics. The pace of change of law in this area is considerable as the role of the nurse is becoming more diverse. The pressure to keep up to date not
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Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures Al Borbs HCS/335 January 20‚2014 Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures A guiding principle followed by most administrators and health care providers is the concept that ethical principles must match the values of the whole organization. This belief should serve as a continuous teaching to all staff so that the organization’s goals may be uniformly achieved
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Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient confidentiality is a fundamental practice in healthcare and it is integral part of healthcare ethical standards (Purtilo & Dougherty‚ 2010). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursing world‚ p.6). Also‚ when a patient confidentiality
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Ethical values are substantial in any workplace in cultivating increased productivity and teamwork especially in nursing profession. Nurses must scrutinize and comply with the ethical values to be able to provide proper care to clients and to secure the public. Ethical problems are inferred as a tough issues that oblige an ethical solutions; when resolving an ethical problems‚ nurses should make choices based on beliefs and understanding about what is essentially good or right for the clients
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Introduction Nursing is a profession that involved in identifying its own unique body of knowledge essential to nursing practice. To identify the knowledge base‚ nurses should develop and recognize theories that are specific to nursing. Parker and Smith (2010) define theory as a set of concepts‚ definitions and propositions that project a systematic view of phenomena by designating specific interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing‚ explaining‚ predicting and controlling phenomena
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