ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract‚ involving both the stomach and the small intestine and resulting in acute diarrhea. It can be transferred by contact with contaminated food and water. The inflammation is caused most often by an infection from certain viruses or less often by bacteria‚ their toxins‚ parasites‚ or an adverse reaction to something in the diet or medication. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY The GIT is composed of two general parts‚ the main
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been a very important and controversial topic throughout the health care profession. Ethics is a way of practice that involves decision making and many healthcare professions and various administrators work together to achieve excellent patient care. According to the article "Fundamental ethical principles in health care" the ethical code has evolved during many years but it gets its origin from the Hippocratic tradition. Similar codes are evolved recently by nurses‚ paramedical professionals and it
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Universal Code of Conduct Brooke Greer SOC 120 Introductions to Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof. Thomas Reeder January 20‚ 2013 Relativists argue that there is no absolute law that gives guidance as to what is right or wrong. What is ethical or unethical depends on the individual or their culture such that what is unethical to one person can be ethical in another person’s culture. With relativism‚ one cannot pass judgment on another person’s moral standards using their own standards;
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Running head: Unprofessional Conduct Unprofessional Conduct‚ or Is It? American InterContinental University Online HCM410-0901A-02: The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Healthcare March 2‚ 2009 INTRODUCTION This paper will examine a 1979 Idaho case where a nurse met a woman diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia‚ a form of cancer. The patient had kept her condition under control for the past twelve years but has had a flare up. The patient was admitted into the hospital‚ and told by her physician
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A CASE STUDY OF BUINESS ETHICS MANAGEMENT AT CIPLA LTD. Submitted by – Deepti Arora Roll no. – 21/055 Apeejay School of Management Cipla Limited is a pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai‚ India. Founded by nationalist Indian scientist Khwaja Abdul Hamied as The Chemical‚ Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories in 1935. Cipla makes drugs to treat cardiovascular disease‚ arthritis‚ diabetes‚ weight control‚ depression and many other health conditions. Founded
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Ethical Leadership Ethical leadership promotes social responsibility as part of its corporate culture. It treats all it stakeholders with fairness‚ honesty‚ and respect at all times. Ethical leaders consider the consequences of their decisions to others‚ and look for ways to minimize harm. By incorporating social responsibility into the corporate culture‚ an organization should enjoy continued economic success. Its products and services should be well received and its reputation will promote good
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Acute Chest Syndrome And Sickle Cell Disease In The Pediatric Patient. Sickle Cell Disease: Is a generic disease that affects hemoglobin‚ oxygen transport in the body and patient quality of life. This disease is most common in African American‚ Hispanic‚ Greek and Arabs. Note: Sickle Cell is inherited from both parents. Sickle cell is a blood disease in wish the red blood cells that are responsible for carry oxygen from the lungs to other part of the body are behaving in an abnormal way because
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achieving universal health care in the country The Planning Commission’s draft 12th Plan for health has attracted much debate and controversy. Critics have been quick to direct their attention at two issues in it — the proposed increase in government health spending from one per cent to 1.58 per cent of GDP‚ and the “managed care model.” The spending increase was rightly felt to be grossly inadequate to move India towards achieving universal health care. The “managed care” model was expected to relegate
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How might you apply ethical philosophies and principles that summarize what you perceive to be the top five ethical issues challenging health care delivery today? The healthcare industry is constantly facing challenges and pressures to deliver adequate care while making minimal mistakes. Healthcare systems general follow guidelines on the basis of; the prevention of disease outbreak‚ providing equal treatment for all patients‚ balancing profits with quality of care‚ patient confidentiality
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Duty of care is a requirement that all health and social care professionals‚ and organisations providing health and care services‚ must put the interests of the people who use their service first. They also have to do everything in their power to keep people safe of any harm‚ neglect or risk. As an individual healthcare worker you owe a duty of care to your service users‚ your colleagues‚ your employer‚ yourself and the public interest. All duty of care is described I Code of Practice. Duty of
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