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    Onora O’Neill’s criticism of understanding informed consent as being about respecting autonomy? Onara O’Neill argues that interpreting informed consent as being about respecting autonomy can lead individuals into misunderstanding its meaning. Generally‚ autonomy is perceived as an individual’s independence; their freedom from external influence or control. However‚ it is O’Neill’s belief that this form of autonomy is not directly translated into the medical setting. Those in medicine explain informed

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    There are many strategies available to help support people with physiological disorders. For both dementia and diabetes there are multiple care strategies to help them cope with their disorders and to support them through it all. The first physiological disorder I am going to be talking about related to care strategies is dementia. As dementia is a progressive illness‚ the care strategies will have to make them feel as comfortable and safe as possible. As stated in my P5‚ the first strategy

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    argues that there are three main elements of internal motivation‚ which he calls ‘Autonomy’‚ ‘Mastery’ and ‘Purpose’. These may seem pretty much common sense‚ but many managers forget how internal drive to motivation may be. Pink’s ideas may well identify why external motivators don’t work effectively all the time. Let’s take a look at the three ideas and see if we can marry up why they are so important: Firstly‚ Autonomy Our default-setting‚ say‚ Pink‚ is to be autonomous and self-directed. Most management

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    Principles of Dementia Care. Unit 1. Q1. Explain what is meant by the term ’dementiaDementia is a broad term used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions.Dementia is a progressive disease and the symptoms will get gradually worse. | Q2. Describe how dementia can affect a person if the following areas of the brain are damaged by dementia. Area of Brain | How damage to this area might affect a person with dementia | Frontal lobe

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    Understand and Meet the Nutritional Requirements of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe how cognitive‚ functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating‚ drinking and nutrition Cognitive behaviour is dysfunctional emotions and behaviours caused by damage in brain affecting part of the brain responsible for memory and all that we learn from birth- how to talk‚ eat etc. This means that person with dementia can forget how important it is to eat and drink. They also may lose

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    DEVELOPMENT Page 58 Dementia multiple choice questionnaire Page 59 Read Catherine Gibbs’s practice profile on diabetic ketoacidosis Page 60 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing NS562 Hoe J‚ Thompson R (2010) Promoting positive approaches to dementia care in nursing. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 4‚ 47-56. Date of acceptance: July 27 2010. Summary This article provides an overview of factors relevant to dementia care today. The number

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    In Dorothy Lee’s Individual Autonomy and Social Structure she writes about American culture and its issues with individual integrity. She discusses diverse cultural groups that live in America during 1956 and how their societies are able to implement both individual autonomy and social structure into their ways of living. One of the aforementioned cultural groups is the Navaho Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. Lee suggests that the key social problem in American culture is they are too focused on

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    and they rule their kingdom in peace. This tale shows the consequences of a childish dependence clung to for a long time. The princess trusts her mother who then sends her off to get married. Because she was protected as a child she did not develop autonomy. She was very dependent on her parents. Her dependence is then shifted to her maid who robs her of her title. The princess fears the maid and goes along with her lies. When the princess is in the pasture herding geese her partner wishes to touch

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    regulation are set and expected to be followed. People know what norms are to be followed. All of this leads to personal autonomy being breached. In the article Individual Autonomy and Social Structure by Dorothy Lee‚ she gives various examples of societies in which personal autonomy have been established. Lee uses examples from different societies claiming that personal autonomy does not turmoil the society. In these societies all individuals have respect for other individuals and they value each

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    date and regularly retested or reviewed to ensure that I am refreshed with everything. 3. Describe potential conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights. In out care setting the individuals have got dementia so they may not have the ability to judge what is good for them and what is not. In those cases it is our responsibility and job as carers and as a team to provide them what we judge is best for them in some other

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