Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS/335 Ethics Case Study Instructor: David Moody Sara Godbey June 24‚ 2013 Medical laws have been put into place to protect not only the patient‚ but also the physicians‚ nurses‚ and medical office staff. The laws were put into place to ensure that these professionals follow the correct procedures and steps that only qualified persons follow. The definition of practicing medicine has also been clearly explained. Those professionals who do not
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traffic accident. She is haemorrhaging (bleeding to death). The parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses and refuse to allow her to have a blood transfusion. What ethical issues are involved? The daughter of an elderly woman you have been caring for in a nursing home has asked you if you can try to get her mother moved to a better room. You have explained to her that such decisions are not within your remit and that she must speak to the manager. Two weeks later‚ at Christmas time‚ she presents you with some
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Nursing Leadership and management Ethical Dilemma Synopsis As nurses‚ we vow to advocate for our patients by respecting their autonomy and maintaining their dignity. We practice beneficence and veracity when providing patient care. During my time as a student‚ I have unfortunately heard and seen many breaches in ethical principles regarding patients and their care. As the nurses exchanged report from the previous shift‚ they gossiped about a nurse on another medical-surgical unit making a medication
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Ethical Practice in Nursing S.Z‚ a 65 year old Hispanic male‚ is being discharged from hospital after being admitted with a blood sugar of 589. He has been seeing a curandero to manage his diabetes mellitus type II‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and osteoarthritis. He has not taken his prescription medications for these chronic conditions‚ but instead takes traditional medicines the curandero tells him to take. His daughter approaches the nurse with her concerns over her father’s heath and asks the nurse if
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BUSINESS ETHICS CASE STUDY 1) What are Joseph’s ethical problems? Joseph is faced with some ethical problems such as honesty‚ conflicts of interest‚ fairness and bribes. He found out that Carl and other employees were using (kickback) with their customers. Even if the Alcon’s hand book didn’t say anything about the kickback‚ but it include this statement" our company stands for the right thing at all time and giving our customers the best products for the best price" so Joseph and the employees
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Ethics Case Study Everyday health care workers around the world are faced with tough decisions. The law guides many decisions but some decisions require ethical considerations. Making good ethical decisions is not always as easy as it seems. Making ethical decisions is even harder when the primary intention is to be helpful‚ but it is beyond an employee’s qualifications. Jerry’s Qualifications versus Necessary Qualifications Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical
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Ethics Case Study Merck & Company invested millions of dollars to develop a treatment for river blindness‚ a disease of the developing world that has infected 18 million people and poses a risk for 127 million people. River blindness is caused by the bite of black flies that deposit larvae of a parasite under the skin of their victims. When the larvae mature into adult worms‚ the adults reproduce millions of the immature forms of the parasites that migrate throughout the tissues of the body causing
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INDIVIDUAL WORK WEEK TWO-CASE STUDY BY SHELLY DAVIS Identify what you consider to be potentially unethical. Why do you think it is not ethical? I believe Daryl’s decision to have the secretary and the market research interns to work on his book are unethical. The book that Daryl is supposed to be writing for one isn’t from his own words or his own research. He’s using the interns to look up information‚ having them use the company’s time and money to do research on a book that is basically
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simple task. However‚ in practise and in a system as complex as health care we really have to consider the different ways‚ we as professionals can provide family centred care to our patients. The following assignment will focus on one case study about a father. Mr. Fleming recently had a heart attack and was admitted to hospital. The essay will discuss the patient’s social and health care needs as well as providing an eco-map to illustrate this network and how they are connected. It will also focus
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DOI: 2/2/2016. Patient is a 59-year-old female certified nursing assistant who sustained injury to her low back and right knee while transferring a patient. Per OMNI entry‚ she was initially diagnosed with right knee contusion/strain and lumbar sprain. She is status post right knee arthroscopic medial meniscectomy‚ medial condyle abrasion arthroplasty major synovectomy/3 compartments and lateral release on 07/31/16. Per the PT note dated 10/17/16‚ patient is doing well with the exercises. However
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