Ethical theories and principles that are related to confidentiality are- confidentiality is one of the most basic principles in health care practice and it is the most long-standing ethical dictum in health care codes of ethics. It is the practice of keeping harmful‚ shameful‚ or embarrassing patient information within proper bounds. The right to privacy gives legal standing to this ethical principle.). a reliable test for who among team members should be given certain types of information is need
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tool to navigate through the “game” of psychology. As the case of Dr. Teen demonstrates‚ this responsibility proves challenging in more ways than one. Yet‚ one theme remains prominent throughout every ethical guideline: the notion of beneficence and nonmaleficence. Above all‚ a psychologist’s greatest obligation is that of “striving to do good and doing no harm” when dealing with patients (Fisher‚
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addition‚ in the future‚ therapeutic reasons might necessitate the creation of hybrid creature that would be allowed to grow into adulthood – in fact‚ considerable moral reasons might necessitate such. Supporting his argument with duties of “beneficence and nonmaleficence”‚ Harris writes: “Assuming the possible enhancements leave the animals short of personhood then‚ in so far as we have moral reasons to create better-off rather than less-well-off beings […] it seems that we would have a moral reason to
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minimized by having the patient input their own personal values to the information provided by the practitioner. Therapeutic alliance: requires that cultural competence is critical to establishing an effective therapeutic relationship. Beneficence/Nonmaleficence: to provide the best possible care‚ its necessary to incorporate cultural and spiritual dimensions into evaluation and treatment. However keep in mind that some beliefs/practices are harmful‚ while others are therapeutic‚ so respect must
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Kate is a seventeen year old uninsured unmarried girl who is eight weeks pregnant. Kate grew up in an abusive foster home‚ and she has emancipated herself. She now has no support system. She has evaluated her options‚ but she has decided that her only logical option is to have an abortion. She considered giving the baby up for adoption‚ but because of her experience as an adoptee given back to the foster system‚ she does not want to put her child through an abusive childhood. She also considered
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CHAPTER 11 Ethics and Health Pat Kurtz and Ronald L. Burr Authors Go Here Authors Go Here Authors Go Here Visit http://nursing.jbpub.com/communityhealth for Visit http://nursing.jbpub.com/communityhealth interactive exercises‚ review questions‚ WebLinks for interactive exercises‚ review questions‚ and more. Web links‚ and more. © Jones and Bartlett Publishers‚ LLC. NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION. 1786X_CH11_248_269.pdf 248 12/30/08 10:30:24 AM REFLECTIONS It has become
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Mr. Jo is undergoing a counselling session with his client‚ Alexander who is now 18 years old. Mr. Jo has been conducting these counselling sessions with Alexander for about three months. Along the sessions‚ Mr. Jo found out that Alexander is actually a homosexual in which he has feelings towards one of his classmate name Xavier. During the sessions‚ there were few times that Alexander disclosed his strong feelings towards Xavier to Mr. Jo. Initially‚ Alexander was just worried and shame about his
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Grand Canyon University College of Nursing NUR 502 – Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice Professional Communication Cultural Sensitivity Guide Maintain the Mexican Culture Mexicans travel to the United States every day to work‚ make a better life‚ and earn money to send home to their families. However when they assimilate to the American culture and let go of some of their own practices their health deteriorates. Research has shown that if the migrant workers stay in low-income
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In the nursing profession‚ keeping patient confidentiality is of the upmost concern. It is an important feature of the nurse -patient relationship and must be maintain as basis of providing care. Confidentiality is described as respecting other people’s secret and keeping security information gathered from individuals in the privileged circumstances of a professional relationship. (Lee and Godbold ‚ 2012). The privacy act offer nurses some flexibility in using professional opinion regarding disclosure
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ethical principles that underlie confidentiality are autonomy ( agreement to respect another ’s right to self-determine a course of action; support of independent decision making)‚ beneficence ( compassion; taking positive action to help others; desire to do good; core principle of our patient advocacy) and nonmaleficence (avoidance of harm or hurt ).These principles ensure that nurses act in a way that benefits the patient‚ causing no harm‚ respecting the patient’s personal information and promoting
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