Mental health legislation is complex and how this relates to ethical practice is open to critical debate. This essay will focus on some of the key ethical issues when implementing the Mental Health Act 1983 and the amendments to it‚ now called the Mental Health Act 2007. The Human Rights Act 1998 gives right to freedom and liberty (Human Rights Act 1998). Limitations to the right of liberty essentially revolve around three key legal principles in mental health: 1) If you are deemed to have a mental
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Medical Marijuana There are a number of ethical issues that a nurse faces while in the clinical setting. One of these issues deals with using marijuana as medicine to treat patients. There has been controversy over medical marijuana ever since it was discovered that patients respond to it. There are many arguments supporting the use of medical marijuana in the health care field and many arguments in opposition of its use. The United States Congress classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance
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Ethical Issues in Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich is in a car accident that is not her fault and hires attorney Ed Masry to defend her. He gave her the impression that she would be getting a good settlement‚ but she lost the case. She is a single mom of three‚ has no money and is unable to find a job. She blames him for losing the case (due to lack of preparation) and forces her way in to a job at his law firm. Because of the way she dresses and acts‚ nobody takes her seriously and treats her
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There are four issues that can affect the health of the elderly: lack of resources; scarcity of providers; financial barriers; and cultural barriers and biases; all of which can spark ethical debates within the healthcare community. In the situation where there is a lack of resources a nurse has to determine which patient to take care of. The nurse can
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In today’s electronic age‚ many employers are faced daunting task of making a legal call when determining if monitoring employee behavior is appropriate at all times. In essence‚ “Little Brother” is always watching. According to Schulman (2013)‚ Little Brother represents the tremendous capabilities technology as provided for employers to keep track of what their work force is up to. Several programs are available that search e-mails‚ as well as software to block objectionable websites. The most
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Work within a legal and ethical framework Task A Question 1 Why is important for a worker in the csi to follow their job description? It is important for a worker in the community service industry to follow their job description as it is important that they give a professional standard of the service. It is also due to confidentiality. Community service workers have duty of care to their clients. Also it is important they follow their job description because different services may have different
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Ethics of human cloning has become an outstanding issue in the past few years. Even though both sides agree that cloning technology is one of the greatest achievements‚ they still have a big gap in accepting its ethnicity. On one hand‚ a number of people have extremely appreciated human cloning because this might be the last chance or even the only way for them to preserve the priceless images from their lovers. On the other hand‚ many others have claimed that cloning human beings would seriously
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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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In this section‚ I will explain five moral issues that are prevalent to the dental hygiene profession. The best way to define a moral issue is that it is a dilemma one is faced with where they must choose between right and wrong. A dental hygienist may be faced with a variety of moral issues. Common dilemmas include substandard care‚ patient overtreatment‚ confidentiality breaches‚ fraud‚ and even sexual harassment
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Ethical Issues in Today’s Society Judith Berryan Ethics Introduction To agree or disagree with today’s ethical issues one must have morals‚ values and ethics of their own. For instance‚ abortion is a highly controversial topic. I for one do not believe in abortion‚ but can understand it in some circumstances. Abortion is defined as any expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it is sufficiently developed to survive. (www.yourdictionary.com) Although abortion can be tracked way back in time
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