discriminating or judgments for any reason‚ all patients having the right to truthful information and the right to refuse‚ and for the healthcare professional to always promote health and well-being which comes under the ethical theories beneficence and non-maleficence: do no harm‚ always attempt to do good. However‚ although these are the standard ethical frameworks‚ certain health facilities have created their own standards to follow.
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THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE JOLY S. PHILIP Grand Canyon University: NRS-437v Instructor: Amy Salgado 07/27/2012 Introduction The concept of confidentiality in nursing is founded on the philosophy and principles laid out by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge. The ethical need for confidentiality emerges from the need for establishing a trustful relationship between the patient and the nurse. The patient needs the assurance that whatever private/personal information
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Judy Heumann‚ an American Disability Rights Activist‚ once said‚ “For people without disabilities‚ technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities‚ technology makes things possible.” The technology mentioned is specifically known as assistive technology‚ which is defined as any item‚ piece of equipment‚ software program‚ or product system that is used to increase‚ maintain‚ or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities (Assistive Technology). This technology can
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In health and social care there are four ethic principles :- Justice Autonomy Beneficence Non-maleficence The principles were put in place for patients and doctors to make sure that there is respect from both parties‚ so that whilst a patient is in hospital they can make their own decisions about their bodies and what treatment they want to receive‚ even if the doctor doesn’t recommend the treatment they will have to respect the patients decision the only way they can say they can’t do it is
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The Right to Choose Physician-Assisted Suicide Choosing the time to die is a very sensitive and controversial topic of around the world and as people suffering from terminal illness make the hard choices to seek an end to their suffering‚ governments debate the legality‚ ethics‚ and morality of physician-assisted suicide. As thousands of people around the world suffer from terminal illnesses‚ it is important to explore options that allow people to make the choice to die on their
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euthanasia across North America is supported by religious institutions which act as the sole moral platform for questioning the professional conduct of medical practitioners. The hegemonic belief that is fostered views euthanasia as a breach of non-maleficence‚ though doctors have and will likely continue to comply with life-ending aid in North America‚ regardless of recent deliberation regarding legislation. A legalization of euthanasia could ease tensions for physicians and patients dealing with chronic
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practices include autonomy‚ justice and non- maleficence. Autonomy is commonly seen in abortion‚ and giving a mother autonomy occurs when a mother has the right to control her body in addition to her life‚ instead of giving the right to the unborn fetus. But should we as healthcare professionals‚ knowingly cause harm to a fetus in order to project the autonomy of a mother? Are we practicing justice to not give woman autonomy but then at the same time negating justice and autonomy to an unborn fetus
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Professional School Counseling Liberty University COUN501 B08 Dr. Kathleen Chara Sharon Ollie On March 9‚ 2012 Professional School Counseling A school counselor assists students in developing strategies to surmount society before society surmounts them. By teaching children social skills‚ and also a way of coping‚ a school counselor serves as a role model among the youth. Their primary purpose is assisting children with educational‚ emotional‚ and social development skills that
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families as they go through the process of extending life. The use of extreme measures is essentially prolonging the inevitable and using such treatments just adds stress and pain to those effected‚ directly or indirectly‚ by the treatments. Non-maleficence becomes an ethical issue because it is the physician’s duty to avoid causing harm to the patient. Assisting a patient to prolong their life can be seen as causing harm because many life-sustaining treatments involve painful procedures and physicians
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The Ethical Dilemma Surrounding the Experiment Ethical Pros and Cons Ethical Pros Human research‚ as mentioned previously‚ is necessary for medical progress and expansion of health care. Without research‚ many of the findings and advances in medicine would not exist today. In the case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment‚ the USPHS conducted the experiment to increase in knowledge about the syphilis infection and ways to improve and provide treatment/cures for those who were infected. The intent
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