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    to determine his healthcare goals. Speaking to Colin directly also allows Douglas to gauge Colin’s understanding of the issue and whether he is mature enough to make an autonomous decision. This action reflects Douglas’s duty to respect Colin’s autonomy‚ and although it may be difficult for Douglas to tell Colin about the possibility of sterility with PitErase‚ it is necessary that Colin is given complete and truthful information so that he is able to give informed consent (Thompson‚ Lecture‚ January

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    receive the chemotherapy treatments. Non-maleficence is to avoid hurting a patient either it is intentional or intentional. For example a mother just gave birth to a baby who was detoxing from illegal drugs and was going home with the mother and the mother was still going to take drugs and breastfeeding her baby. As nurses if we let the mother take the baby home without intervening for the safety of the child we are not doing our jobs and not using non-maleficence. Beneficence is to purposely do good

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    principles are respect for autonomy‚ beneficence‚ non-maleficence‚ and justice. “Prima facie‚” a term introduced by the English philosopher W D Ross‚ means that the principle is binding unless it conflicts with another moral principle - if it does we have to choose between them.2 Respect for autonomy is the moral obligation to respect the autonomy of others in so far as such respect is compatible with equal respect for the autonomy of all potentially affected. Respect for autonomy is also sometimes described

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    MacKenzie Pudenz Grand Canyon University Introduction to the Study of Ethics NRS-437V Linnette Nolte June 22‚ 2013 Personal Ethics Personal ethics is something that every individual has instilled in them and lives their life by.  Personal‚ cultural‚ and spiritual values contribute to an individual’s worldview and philosophy of nursing‚ in the nursing practice.  An ethical dilemma may arise when the individuals personal values‚ philosophy and worldview conflict with their obligation to nursing

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    Both Union Carbide and the Indian government had the ethical obligation of non-maleficence; their obligation was to avoid harm to employees of the plant as well as citizens living in Bhopal. Additionally‚ Union Carbide and the Indian government had the ethical obligation to ensure that safety precautions were taken in daily operations of the plant as well as making corrections to known safety deficiencies. The Indian employees had the ethical obligation of fixing the problems that were pointed out

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    Privacy…………………………………………………………………………..7 2.5 Ethical and Legal Guidelines for Assessing Suicidal Behaviour ………………8 2.6 HIV/AIDS and the risk of Suicide……………………………………………...8 2.7 Confidentiality…………………………………………………………………..9 2.7.1 Statutory obligations to disclose……………………………………………...10 2.8 Negligence………………………………………………………………………10 2.9 Autonomy ……………………………………………………………………...12 2.9.1 Beneficence…………………………………………………………………..12 3.0 Conclusions………………………………………………………………………..13 4.0 LIST OF REFERRENCE………………………………………………………

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    principles of medical ethics: autonomy‚ beneficence‚ justice and non-maleficence. As such‚ bioethicists typically refer to the four principles of health care ethics in their evaluation of the merits and difficulties of medical procedures such as transplants. With regards to issue of transplant allocation‚ the four ethical principles can be applied to the issue in the following ways: Autonomy The principle of autonomy involves the patient having ’a voice‚’ ownership‚ autonomy of thought‚ action‚ intention

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    Certificate In Counselling Skills Level 3 Unit 1 Assignment: Creating A Counselling Skills Professional Framework Report 1. Understand What Is Meant By Counselling Skills Counselling skills are a set of communication tools‚ or a competency or accomplishment in communication‚ acquired or developed. Rather than discuss the 6 classic Rogerian necessary conditions of Person-Centred Counselling‚ I will focus on some Counselling skills

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    Ethical Health-care issue- Abortion Mathew V Kurian HCS/545 October 29 2012 . Ethical Health-care issue- Abortion Abortion is the induced termination of a pregnancy after conception. There are different ways in which an abortion can occur. Spontaneous abortions are usually termed as miscarriage. Miscarriage that happens between 8 to 22 weeks is due to incorrect replication of chromosomes‚ and it can be caused by environmental factors. Stillbirth and premature-birth are not considered

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    assignment‚ Kitchener’s (1984) five moralprinciples of ‘autonomy’‚ ‘Non-maleficence’‚ ‘Beneficence’‚ ‘Justice’‚ and ‘Fidelity’ are used asthe ethical guideline. According to Forester-Miller and Davis (1996): • Non-maleficence “is the concept of not bringing any damage to the others. This theory reveals the concept of not harming someone intentionally and also not being a part of the activities that

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