Case study: an ethical dilemma involving a dying patient. Abstract Nursing often deals with ethical dilemmas in the clinical arena. A case study demonstrates an ethical dilemma faced by healthcare providers who care for and treat Jehovah ’s Witnesses who are placed in a critical situation due to medical life-threatening situations. A 20-year-old‚ pregnant‚ Black Hispanic female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) in critical condition following a single-vehicle car accident. She exhibited
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Assignment: Ethical Dilemmas Throughout our existent we may never be prepared to deal with the unexpected. Although in life we have our blessings we are face with dilemmas that will bring us to crossroads we never thought were possible. Inside our hearts we will test our faith and beliefs‚ while trying to understand which path is ethically correct. The influences of our worldviews shape our decisions and ultimately impact what direction we choose. In this paper‚ I will discuss the dilemmas of abortion
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Exploration of meaning of downsizing – Definition Organizational Perspective Downsizing is the planned set of organizational policies and practices aimed at reducing the extant workforce with the goal of improving firm performance (Datta et al.‚ 2010: 282) Individual Perspective Downsizing is a constellation
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Practice 1994‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 2‚ 161-167 Ethical and Professional Conflicts in Correctional Psychology Linda E. Weinberger and Shoba Sreenivasan The role of the mental health professional in a prison setting has changed to reflect the prevailing ideology of the correctional administration that deemphasizes treatment and emphasizes security and custodial concerns. As a consequence‚ mental health professionals who work in corrections have experienced unique ethical and professional conflicts. Standards
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Ethical‚ Legal‚ And Professional Issues In Counseling — Presentation Transcript 1. James F. Whittenberg‚ M.Ed.‚ CSC‚ LPC Rivera High School‚ Brownsville ISD Doctoral Candidate‚ Capella University‚ Minneapolis‚ MN Counselor’s Institute‚ South Padre Island‚ TX January 27-29‚ 2011 2. This presentation is intended to raise awareness of ethical‚ legal‚ and professional issues in counseling and reduce the risk of unethical or unlawful behavior that might result in legal complications for counselors
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Ethical Dilemmas in The Insider The movie The Insider is based on real-life events from the mid-nineties. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation‚ but was unsatisfied with the direction that the company was heading. He was fired when he started to vocalize concerns about just how dangerous cigarettes actually were and about the fact that the company was adding chemicals that made the cigarettes even more addictive. An investigative reporter at
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Introduction – What is an ethical dilemma? Ethics is the term we give to our concern for good behavior. It is human nature to not only be concerned with our own personal well being‚ but also that of others and of human society as a whole. The difference between moral dilemmas and ethical ones‚ philosophers say‚ is that in moral issues the choice is between right and wrong. In ethical ones‚ the choice is between two rights. Everyday I’m faced with decisions of right and wrong‚ most of which
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Ethical dilemmas and multicultural issues are things that you will come across in your professional career. When we seek the assistance of a counselor in schools or in any other setting we want to know that what we share will not be shared with others. We want to feel comfortable and know that our standards and ethics will not be violated. While working in a school setting we came across Amy who is a 16 year old African American high school student. She went to talk to her high school counselor
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article is titled: When Abortion becomes birth: A Dilemma of Medical Ethics Shaken by New Advances (New York Times). The main ethical question following this article is: when if ever is an abortion ethical according to deontology? Abortion by dictionary definition is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy” (“Abortion.” Merriam-Webster). Abortion is one of the most controversial ethical issues because it concerns the taking of a human
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Should we as healthcare professionals‚ deliberately cause harm to a fetus to maintain the autonomy of the mother? Is it just to deny complete autonomy to the mother while simultaneously denying justice and autonomy to a potential life? From a virtue ethical prospective‚ the answers to the difficult questions and actions taken depend on the innate moral values of the individual. For example‚ a Christian would derive their moral values from the Bible which describes life as preconceived before physical
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