DEATH AND DYING
Death and Dying
Tonia Larson
Kaplan Univerity
HS101 Unit 9
03/26/2013
1. List 2 examples of legal issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be legal issues.
Two examples of legal issues affecting health care are- labor and employment issues because it seems like there is always some kind of a lawsuit being brought forth about age discrimination or requests for accommodations for employees with disabilities. Medical malpractice and tort reform how can you not determine that to be legal issue when even the President of the United States of America talks about it in a State of the Union address.
2. Give 2 examples of ethical issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be ethical issues.
Two examples of ethical issues affecting health care are- equal treatment vs VIP treatment for donors and influential people this is an issue that seems like it will never go away because some people fight with the idea of feeling like they have to spend more time and or give special treatment to large financial donors, and trustees family members because they are helping keep the doors open and the business functioning properly and as well have the power of your job placement. Another ethical issue in health care is the addressing nurse moral distress about providing care with minimal benefit. As we learned in the case of Terry Schiavo these cases can be difficult for everyone and drain some bedside nurses to the point of asking themselves why am I doing this? Am I really helping this person or hurting them?
3. Give 2 examples of moral issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be moral issues.
Two examples of moral issues affecting health care are that some pharmacists feel they can refuse filling prescriptions for birth control because they feel it is wrong and I feel that is a moral issue for the fact it is just an opinion of
Tonia Larson
Kaplan Univerity
HS101 Unit 9
03/26/2013
1. List 2 examples of legal issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be legal issues.
Two examples of legal issues affecting health care are- labor and employment issues because it seems like there is always some kind of a lawsuit being brought forth about age discrimination or requests for accommodations for employees with disabilities. Medical malpractice and tort reform how can you not determine that to be legal issue when even the President of the United States of America talks about it in a State of the Union address.
2. Give 2 examples of ethical issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be ethical issues.
Two examples of ethical issues affecting health care are- equal treatment vs VIP treatment for donors and influential people this is an issue that seems like it will never go away because some people fight with the idea of feeling like they have to spend more time and or give special treatment to large financial donors, and trustees family members because they are helping keep the doors open and the business functioning properly and as well have the power of your job placement. Another ethical issue in health care is the addressing nurse moral distress about providing care with minimal benefit. As we learned in the case of Terry Schiavo these cases can be difficult for everyone and drain some bedside nurses to the point of asking themselves why am I doing this? Am I really helping this person or hurting them?
3. Give 2 examples of moral issues affecting healthcare and describe how you determined your choices to be moral issues.
Two examples of moral issues affecting health care are that some pharmacists feel they can refuse filling prescriptions for birth control because they feel it is wrong and I feel that is a moral issue for the fact it is just an opinion of