This is a very complex scenario. To prevent patient not be a victim from others‚ the healthcare organization must have some sort of policies and guidelines in place to protect the patient and privacy and confidentiality. According to Westrick (2014)‚ the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 has expanded patients’ rights to confidentiality concerning protected health information held by any healthcare organization which includes physician‚ insurance companies‚ and or
Premium Medicine Patient Health care
Case one In this case the company acted in an ethical way. This is an example of the principle of individual rights. The manager had decided to fire the employee instead of resolving the initial issue‚ which results in employee dissatisfaction. However‚ as the company does not want a bad reputation online or in the office‚ firing was the best solution. An employee has the right to freedom of speech but the employer also will be intolerant of any employee anti- corporate activities‚ which it perceives
Premium Ethics Individual rights Rights
services they may be faced with ethical dilemmas. An ethical dilemma‚ according to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ is “a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of actions‚ either of which entails transgressing a moral principle.” Social workers working for the Onslow County Department of Social Services have a duty to follow agency policies while still abiding by the NASW Code of Ethics. Being able to respond to ethical dilemmas while working as a social worker is
Premium Ethics Foster care Social work
Collaborative Learning Community: Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Collaborative Learning Community: Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma (Part 1) 1) In your CLC group‚ select one of the following three options and view the video related to your chosen topic (a description of each is provided along with a link to access the electronic media): Dilemma 1: Embryo Harvesting and Freezing/Genetic Manipulation http://abc.go.com/shows/private-practice/video-detail/private-practice-momen
Premium Ethics Medicine
Malpractice By Nurses And The Ethical Dilemmas They Face Lisa Hayes ITT Technical Institute Composition I GE 117 Ju1y 1‚ 2014 Outline 1. Thesis Statement 2. Introduction 3. Data on the malpractice lawsuits against nurses 4. Reasons for increase in lawsuits against nurses 5. Factors proving breach of law by the nurses 6. Healthcare Ethics 7. Ethical dilemmas faced by the nurses 8. The other side of the argument: Nurses make far less errors than other medical practitioners 9. Conclusion
Premium Nursing Ethics Patient
The ethical issues involved in the case study for school psychology or ABA‚ are pertaining to patient confidentiality. In the case study‚ the patient trusted the psychologist to not tell anyone that she had started to cut herself in order to make friends with a group of girls. The patient is excited to finally be making friends as she has difficulty in socializing with others. According to the psychologist‚ she or he has not discussed patient confidentiality or its terms with the client. In reference
Premium Ethics Psychology Psychotherapy
A moral dilemma is to be placed in a situation which involves conflicts between moral requirements. These situations have a very apparent conflict between moral imperatives such that obeying one will result in transgressing the other. This paper will demonstrate choices‚ tragedy‚ respect‚ individuality‚ and values in the following stories: The Moose and The Sparrow by Hugh Garner‚ The Yellow Sweater by Hugh Garner‚ The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant‚ The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross‚ and David
Premium Tragedy
Ethics Game Dilemmas Tricia Harris University of Phoenix Eth/316 Ethics and Social Responsibility Rebecca DeVoss May 27‚ 2013 Sexual harassment and falsifying data are an unethical practice that happens in many organizations‚ even today. Leaders must take action. In the case of the Mysterious Roses and the case of the Cold Feet G BioSport find themselves resolving serious dilemmas. This discussion will address decision-making steps‚ ethical lenses used to make decisions‚ and ethical
Premium Ethics Business ethics Philosophy
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)‚ was established by Congress in 1990 "to protect cemeteries on federal and tribal lands‚ and to provide a way to return the human skeletal material and associated funerary objects in the nation’s scientific and museum collections to culturally affiliated tribes" (Jew 4). The enforcement of this law‚ however‚ has been met with several challenges‚ as a conflict rages between the archeologists who value "these remains and objects as
Premium Native Americans in the United States Archaeology Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Pregnancy includes many different topics‚ such as conceiving‚ prenatal care‚ labor‚ birth‚ and adoption‚ so the ethical dilemmas that can occur are many. The reproductive system produces a new life‚ and at what point during the pregnancy this life has rights of its own is a much debated subject. Should a mother have sole maternal rights over the prenatal life‚ and therefore‚ the right to make choices as she sees fit? Or should the father have an equal say in the decisions? Perhaps once the child
Premium Ethics Abortion