I decided to interview An Hunt. Ms. Hunt is a Family Service Specialist for a local social service agency. Ms. Hunt has been working in this field for two and a half years in the Foster Care Unit. Ms. Hunt reported their being many ethical issues that she faces everyday. Some of those ethical issues come from her own bias’s about what is acceptable and what is unethical according to her own norms and what is actually written in policy. Ms. Hunt reported that honest is very important in the
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Mental health legislation is complex and how this relates to ethical practice is open to critical debate. This essay will focus on some of the key ethical issues when implementing the Mental Health Act 1983 and the amendments to it‚ now called the Mental Health Act 2007. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives right to freedom and liberty (Human Rights Act 1998). Limitations to the right of liberty essentially revolve around three key legal principles in mental health: 1) If you are deemed to have a mental
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The concept of Ethics has been a very important and controversial topic throughout the health care profession. Ethics is a way of practice that involves decision making and many healthcare professions and various administrators work together to achieve excellent patient care. According to the article "Fundamental ethical principles in health care" the ethical code has evolved during many years but it gets its origin from the Hippocratic tradition. Similar codes are evolved recently by nurses‚ paramedical
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In modern day‚ health care professionals are often faced with medical decisions that affect clients seeking treatment. They are faced with situations on whether to continue care‚ determining the direction of care‚ and even deciding whom they should treat. Often‚ these decisions present an ethical dilemma. According to McConnell (2014)‚ the features of a moral dilemma consist of a situation where the $$$$agent is required to do each of two (or more) actions; the agent can do each of the actions;
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Ethical Case Study Amanda Whaley University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee NURS 404 10/17/2014 Summary of Events and Ethical Perspectives When clinicians enter the field of medicine‚ they have hopes of easing suffering and set goals towards helping patients attain their full health. But what happens when patients are deemed “legally dead” with no brain activity‚ and the only thing keeping their bodies alive are ventilators? Situations like this can cause profound ethical dilemmas between health care
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How might you apply ethical philosophies and principles that summarize what you perceive to be the top five ethical issues challenging health care delivery today? The healthcare industry is constantly facing challenges and pressures to deliver adequate care while making minimal mistakes. Healthcare systems general follow guidelines on the basis of; the prevention of disease outbreak‚ providing equal treatment for all patients‚ balancing profits with quality of care‚ patient confidentiality
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Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues HCS - 545 11/19/2012 Organizational Responsibility & Current Health Care Issues In today’s modern world with plenty of technology‚ it is hard to believe that we cannot figure out how to reduce Medical errors. The issue of medical error is not new in health care organizations. It has been in spot light since 1990’s‚ when government did research on sudden increase in number of death in the hospitals. According to Lester‚ H
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emergency health care workers of hospitals faced lots communication challenges during encountered the patient. Emergency Department (ED) is the most sensitive area‚ where critical patient arriving to take the immediate care. Hence‚ the emergency health care workers have no more time to know the every patients culture‚ behavior‚ values and beliefs. They have to provide immediate medical care. So‚ here‚ communication between provider and patient is vital.
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13‚ 2013 The United States health care system has undergone many changes. Many of these changes have led to the development of laws and regulations to ensure the protection of patient privacy and health information. “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients ’ medical records and other health information provided to health plans‚ doctors‚ hospitals and other health care “providers” ("HIPAA‚" 2012). In
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Ethical Principles Within the healthcare field‚ a worker will have to make some ethical decisions. These decisions may be easy‚ but most will be hard to make. There are certain code of ethics a healthcare worker needs to follow in order to create the best work environment for them and for the patients. These are set so that everyone has an equal understanding of the ethics. One example from the code of ethics is‚ “the health care worker provides adequate and continuous care for all patients regardless
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