There is a myriad of ethical issues involved in an acute hospital setting where multiple issues may need to be addressed before‚ during‚ and after an admission to an intensive care unit. An Intensive Care Unit lends itself to an environment that is often chaotic with health care professionals busily caring for patients with critical medical needs and family members who are often not prepared for the worst-case scenario‚ especially end-of-life issues. Ethical issues are further complicated when
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Ethical Health Care Issues HCS/545 September 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Ethical Health Care Issues When working with patients and their families‚ the health care professionals occasionally will face unpopular and difficult decisions that relates to medical treatments which questions moral issues such as religious beliefs and even professional guidelines of ethical or not. Health care ethics is used as a parameter for staff to exemplify the
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Within the healthcare industry‚ numerous ethical issues have arisen over the years. A few common ethical issues faced today are abortion‚ euthanasia‚ and the containment of HIV/AIDS. To address ethical issues within the healthcare industry the use of a process termed the ethical decision making process‚ is a necessary tool in approaching ethical issues and furthermore finding the best ethical solution. The first of these ethical issues we will discuss is abortion. Three categories of abortion exist
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Many health care organizations are now calling for multicultural competent health care professionals. It is suggested cultural competence is as an ethical obligation and cross -cultural skills should be placed on a level of parity with other specialized skills (2009). Within each culture exists an incredible diversity of groups and subgroups (2011). Achieving a base of knowledge for each group creates a challenge. Social workers are affected by the way they grow up and their own culture. They will
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Ethical Issues in Management Hiring Hiring is the process of interviewing the candidate selected to the job he‚ or she applied for. Appointment of a certain person to a particular post involves formally asking that person to work on the position her‚ or he officially to do it; It involves placing the selected employees on the right position of the jobs. Hiring is an everyday job for every business. It is not an easy job as it sounds; they are numerous rules‚ and procedures
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paper argues that mainstream media has a direct influence on what we perceive as ethical food‚ and thus‚ good to eat. The focus of this paper is on the media’s portrayal of farm animals and its effect on consumption rather than other ways that the media influences us‚ such as fast-food advertisements and how they affect our view of what is healthy and what we should be eating. Therefore‚ the use of the term “ethical” in this paper refers to methods of obtaining food in which animals are caused no
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only alcohol and tobacco‚ and is estimated that nearly 80 million Americans use it at least one occasion. According to government surveys‚ some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year‚ and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Being used for medicinal purposes or simply for recreational‚ there are not only laws to consider when the topic of legalization comes up but also ethical concerns as well. For this paper I will outline some of the uses
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understand the multitude of legal and ethical issues required in order to be an effective counselor. Understanding legal and ethical issues is necessary for several reasons. First‚ individuals in correctional institutions use litigation indeed‚ and it is prudent for counselors to fully understand the legal parameters they have to work with to avoid consequences or manipulation by their clients. Second‚ by understanding the legal and ethical issues and utilizing ethical practices‚ the counselor establishes
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Ethical Issues Surrounding Gay Marriage When I think of Ethical issues in the world today‚ Gay Marriage seems to hits me the hardest. Now Maybe it is the fact that I am bisexual myself or that I have a homosexual uncle who has been married for 2 years. Either way‚ I am a strong supporter of the entire marriage institution‚ especially gay marriage. In this paper I will first indentify the ethical issue of gay marriage and specifically explore the ethical problems gay marriage presents including
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College Admission Is it Ethical? University of Phoenix April 17‚ 2008 Abstract Affirmative action deals with various segments of segregation and/or equal opportunity. This paper will with affirmative action in relation to higher education ’s admissions and enrollment. In respect to this topic this paper will touch on where the line is to be drawn between affirmative action ’s being ethical in the academic environment. Affirmative Action and College Admission: Is it Ethical? The debate over admissions
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