Questions 1. Question : The purpose of law is to Student Answer: provide a way of measuring our actions. punish us when our actions break the law. provide moral decision-making standards. a and b. Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: 2. Question : The study of a branch of philosophy related to morals‚ moral principles‚ and moral judgments is called Student Answer: ethics. law. medical practice acts. utilitarianism
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What Ms Ellul exhibited is known as parentalism. This term is used when an adult is treated as a child by a person who is showing authority or concern of a parent. There are two types of parentalisim‚ weak and strong. In weak paternalisim there is interference with others liberty‚ and this will prevent them from causing any harm to themselves. On the other hand‚ strong parentalisim is the interference with others liberty to promote the best regardless of any consent from the patient. In this case
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Autonomy Vs. Paternalism In Mental Health Treatment The assignment for this Ethics class was to review Mr. Jacob ’s treatment‚ as described by the New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally disabled (1994). The class was further asked to comment on the major issues for each of the three perspectives. The agencies‚ family and review board were to be included. This student will begin with a fourth perspective; that of Mr. Gordon. In the Matter of Jacob Gordon (1994)
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Paternalism Seen through the Perspective of Arranged Marriage Philosophers have argued about when the use of paternalism is justified. Paternalism may be justified by the various considerations of a society’s set of values and virtues. Ordinarily‚ the commonly accepted idea of what paternalism means involves supportive agents within society who infringe on an individual’s freedom for his/her benefit when the individuals of interest would prefer not to be treated this way. When discussed from a
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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Foundation and Undergraduate Programmes 2011 School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Foundation in Science School of Nursing B.N. (Hons.) Nursing Dip. Nursing Foundation in Science INTRODUCTION Built on the principles of audacity‚ perseverance‚ integrity and excellence‚ UCSI University is a leading institution of higher learning with campuses in Kuala Lumpur‚ Terengganu and Kuching‚ Malaysia. Started in 1986‚ UCSI University is the flagship institution of the
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“Medical Records” HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law 06/11/2013 “Medical Records” 1 Some of the laws that bind the professional that works with medical records are the maintaining of patient medical information such as doctors’ orders‚ test results‚ x-rays‚ the prescriptions of different medications etc. Medical records must be precise
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Wea`am Mohammad Al-jarie Dr. mokhleed zaza physics Medical applications of x-ray Introduction: X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers‚ corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) X-rays up to about 10 keV (10 to 0.10 nm wavelength) are classified as "soft" X-rays‚ and from about 10 to 120 keV (0.10 to 0.01 nm wavelength) as "hard" X-rays‚ due
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Medical Malpractice Law Medical Malpractice is a serious offense that has affected the lives of many. It became important to recognize this type of unintentional offenses and bring them under the law to give justice to the sufferers. Hence‚ the medical malpractice law was devised to provide protection to the sufferers and make the medical practitioners more careful towards their work. Factors that make a Valid Case There are certain factors that make a case valid under the medical malpractice
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The essay will discuss the ETHICS IN MEDICINE : The Relationship Between Law and Medical Ethics: Dispute and Legal Issues: A 32 year old woman was admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit following a motor vehicle accident; she had multiple injuries and fractures‚ with several complications which continued to develop over the first couple of weeks. The patient rapidly developed Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome‚ was on a ventilator‚ and was continuously sedated. Shortly after the patient’s
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TEST ONE 1. A 75-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia is diagnosed with severe atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic occlusion of which the following arteries would result in insufficient perfusion of the urinary bladder? (A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic
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