References: Beauchamp T. and J. Childress. 2009. Principles of Biomedical Ethics‚ New York: Oxford University Press‚ 6th ed Gilligan‚ Carol 1977‚ “Concepts of the Self and of Morality” Harvard Educational Review: 481-517 Repr. 1986 as “A Different Voice”‚ In Pearsall‚ Women and
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AIDS-RELATED ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) raises challenging ethical and legal dilemmas for mental health professionals. Relevant issues pertaining to these dilemmas are examined in this article. Specifically‚ the authors review the following: professional responsibility‚ competence‚ and confidentiality. Special attention is paid to several court cases that have implications for mental health
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This essay is based on a case scenario and will critically analyse the ethical dilemmas that health and social care practitioner’s encounter with regards to: implications of consent‚ disclosure of personal information and maintaining patient confidentiality. The legal aspects of the scenario will be discussed in relation to the breaching of confidentiality and how the Data Protection Act (1998) can conflict with other legislation intended to protect patient’s rights. In addition it will identify
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Bibliography: Beauchamp and Childress. (2002). Ethics of Care. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Retrieved August 22‚ 2009 from http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cavalier/80130/part2/II_7.html Engster‚ D Glass‚ D. (1992). On Children ’s Rights: A Response to Barbara Houston. Retrieved
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Introduction The “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” Consisted of 600 black males‚ 399 had syphilis and 201 of them did not have syphilis. Initiated in 1932‚ the research was conducted without the patients’ informed consent. The only remuneration these subjects received was free medical exams‚ free meals and burial insurance. The study was initially expected to continue for six months but actually extended for more than 40 years. (CDC‚ 2017) The subjects were given regular
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The principles surrounding ethics involve health care professionals analysing problems they face and decide if an action or practice is deemed right or wrong. Health care professionals must always ensure they work within ethical principles highlighted within their profession (HCPC‚ 2016). Virtue ethics is a frame work which focuses upon the character of the person rather than the rightness of their actions (Pozgar‚ 2010). Deontology states the rightness of something is based on actions used to reach
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Accountability This essay is about accountability in health and social care setting. Accountability requires the individual practitioner to take responsibility for their actions and the outcomes. The essay looks at the different areas of accountability such as‚ principles of care‚ delegation; four ethical principles. In this essay record keeping will be discussed. (RCN ‚2008) defines accountability as taking responsibility for the actions done by a health care worker or omissions in their daily
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Justice is rapidly and continually slipping in Indian Country. With the rise of crimes against Native women‚ including rape or domestic abuse‚ tribal jurisdiction is not granting women the justice they need. While the justice system is seen as the main reason for the absence of justice and protection for Native American women‚ some believe that Native women need to have roles in the justice system or the system needs to be changed. In this paper‚ I will analyze two articles‚ “Tribal Jurisdiction
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Challenges of Robotics]"‚ IEEE Robotics&Automation Magazine‚ vol. 14‚ no. 1‚ pp. 35-42. Tapus‚ A. & Matarić‚ M.J. 2008‚ "Guest editorial: special issue on socially assistive robotics"‚ Autonomous Robots‚ vol. 24‚ no. 2‚ pp. 121-122. Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress‚ 2001‚ “Non maleficence”‚ PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICALS ETHICS‚ pp. 113-157
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B7101: Personal Professional Effectiveness Main body: 2‚923 What is confidentiality? Confidentiality can be defined quite simply as a set of rules or a promise that limits access or places restrictions on certain types of information‚ but in this assessment‚ we are trying to draw the connection between confidentiality and the links it as to my specific field of nursing as also the substantial impact it as on my role. Being more precise than broaden in defining what confidentiality means
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