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 professionals and it emphasizes
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Exploration and Analysis of a Health Issue Affecting Australian Population [Name of Student] [Name of Affiliate Institution] [Date] Introduction Australia‚ just like other countries in the world‚ faces various health issues that are widely spread all over the country. The country has to come up with initiatives on how to improve the current Public Health Care services to address these health issues. Accident is one of the several pertinent health issues currently affecting Australia. Particularly
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next generation of older adults will be like no other before it. It will be the most educated and diverse group of older adults in the nation’s history. They will set themselves apart from their predecessors by having fewer children‚ higher divorce rates‚ and a lower likelihood of living in poverty. But the key distinguishing feature of the next generation of older Americans will be their vast numbers. According to the most recent census numbers‚ there are now 78 million Americans who were born between
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Managed care is described as a variety of systems and arrangements for planning‚ managing‚ delivering and evaluating care (Linsley et al.‚2014). In a well-functioning system of managed care‚ a defined group of people receive treatment services that are clinically necessary and appropriate‚ within defined benefit parameters‚ for a set amount of time‚ in compliance with quality standards‚ and measurable outcomes (Linsley et al.‚2014). Managed health care has made an impact on patients and providers
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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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First question: the film of “henry’s Daughters” shows a lot of moral and ethical issues that are important to realize. These issues are 1-the egotistical childish views of advantage that henry had. Such that being untrustworthy to his family and employee. 2- utilizing Julia work without giving her permission. 3-attacking the privacy of all individual and gathering data for different proposes using this technology. 4-the rude and disrespectful behavior from Julia co-workers .Who made jokes consists
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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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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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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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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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