Current Legal Issue Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance HCS 430 John Weiss April 27‚ 2014 Current Legal Issue Is a woman completely in control of her own body? This question has been in controversy for many legal cases brought to court. Women have lost many cases in court when it comes to being able to use and care for their own body as they want. This issue is especially current when the woman is pregnant and the fetus’ health is in
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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 Concern The ethical healthcare concern that will be addressed in this paper is the challenge of long waiting lists that patient’s who need help with a medical issue are having to endure. Waiting times and lists are an ethical problems because facilities are essentially obstructing (not on purpose) the care of ill patients (Viberg‚ Forsberg‚ Borowitz‚ Molin‚ 2013). Long waiting times cause inefficiencies in the delivery of healthcare‚ they prolong suffering‚ discomfort a and dissatisfaction
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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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Volume 10‚ Number 2 2006 Allied Academies International Conference Reno‚ Nevada October 19-21‚ 2006 Academy of Legal‚ Ethical and Regulatory Issues PROCEEDINGS Volume 10‚ Number 2 2006 page ii Allied Academies International Conference Reno‚ 2006 Proceedings of the Academy of Legal‚ Ethical and Regulatory Issues‚ Volume 10‚ Number 2 Allied Academies International Conference page iii Table of Contents INVESTIGATING AVIATION PERSONNEL PERCEPTIONS OF AIRLINE
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driven to make decisions based on our findings. As public health professionals‚ we are obligated to protect the interest of our health.” – Dr. Adrienne Katner. Following Dr. Scharf’s lecture on ethic essentials and Dr. Katner’s first-hand experience with fighting the good fight‚ I spent the remainder of the day fixated not on the issues discussed in class‚ but those that weren’t. I couldn’t help but think about all of the unaddressed public health concerns that plague our world. Many will go unaddressed
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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine the professional issues that take place while working in a Residential Care setting. Child and Youth Care (CYC) is an up and coming field that has been around for many years. Like all things in life there are negatives and positives to every job in the field. Most profession out there is a regulated profession. Unlike the Child Youth Care Practitioners profession we are still unregulated. Being unregulated doesn’t do our field any good. In order
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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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http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/ Legal and Ethical Issues in the Online World Nov 1st‚ 2007 by Bryan. This year‚ a slightly revised version of an earlier article I wrote was printed in Keeping Free Presses Free‚ a publication of the Student Press Law Center and CMA. Even though the printed publication is distributed at conventions‚ I think the information is worthwhile for a general audience who might not be able to attend‚ so I’m including what I wrote in this blog post. Look below
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issues‚ then work to create services within the community that could benefit this patient and others. Collaboration Creating collaborative relationships between healthcare providers is essential for the APN (Hamric‚ 2014). These relationships create better patient care and decrease the overall costs of healthcare by decreasing duplication of services. Hamric (2014) writes‚ “Patients assume that their health care providers communicate and collaborate effectively: thus‚ patient dissatisfaction with
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