be carried out: ‘new arrangements should be introduced requiring those who wish to work with children‚ or vulnerable adults‚ to be registered. The register would confirm that there is no known reason why an individual should not work with these clients.’ As a result‚ the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 was passed‚ providing the legislative framework for the new Vetting and Barring scheme. This Act established the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to
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“Abstinence Vs. Harm Reduction” “Drug policy regarding the control of the traditional illicit substances (opiates‚ cocaine‚ cannabis) is currently moving through upbeat times in almost all Western countries. Prohibition on the basis of repressive law enforcement not only seems to fail on a large scale‚ but also to create vast additional costs‚ problems‚ and harm for drug consumers‚ who often find themselves in extreme social‚ economic‚ and health conditions” (Fischer 1995: 389). Western countries
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assist in this procedure? The dental assistant cannot refuse to assist in this procedure. Besides it being unethical to refuse helping this patient solely because he has AIDS it is also illegal (Anderson‚ 2009). Dental assistants are bound by a code of professional conduct‚ adopted in August 2007 by the Dental Assistants National Board. Justice and fairness is one of the codes of conduct. This states the dental assistant has a duty to treat people fairly‚ behaving in a manner free from bias or discrimination
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Dyanna Thompson ENG-123-X6485 Leah Tewell 08/10/2014 Research Shows How Patient Portals Impact Patient Care Patient portals‚ which are secure web based applications‚ provide patients the ease of access to their health care records at any time. Some portals include features such as‚ obtaining prescription refills and lab results‚ and communicating with their provider. With close to 80% of the population in North America using the internet to seek out health information‚ portals continue to
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Anorexia Athletica. Self-Harm: ‘the deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one’s body.’ E.g. cutting‚ burning/scalding/branding‚ overdoses taken with the intent to simply harm rather than kill‚ bone breaking‚ punching/kicking walls or other objects‚ interfering with wound healing‚ scratching‚ biting‚ embedding objects in the skin‚ self-hitting‚ head banging‚ excessive nail biting‚ skin picking‚ and hair pulling which causes injury/bleeding. Both Eating Disorders and Self harm are done out of pity and
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Patient Portals HCS/490 January 28‚ 2013 Russell Wettstein Patient Portals Every day more and more people use the internet to communicate with friends‚ family‚ and coworkers. The internet is used for banking‚ making reservations‚ reading books‚ and now they can manage their health care online. Many providers now offer health care portals to their patients. They can email their physician‚ check lab results‚ and even make appointments right from the comfort of their home. Portals have
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Patients can be harmed from health care‚ resulting in permanent injury‚ increased lengths of stay in hospital and even death. Over the past 15 years‚ adverse events occur not because people working in medical professions intentionally hurt patients‚ but rather due to the complexity of health-care systems‚ where treatment and care depend on many factors‚ in addition to the competence of health-care providers. When so many and varied types of health-care providers‚ such as dentists‚ dieticians‚ doctors
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Safeguarding Policy and Procedure: Protecting Children‚ Young People‚ Adults at Risk and Staff January 2012 Also available in large print (16pt) and electronic format. Ask Student Services for details. www.perth.uhi.ac.uk Perth College is a registered Scottish charity‚ number SC021209. Safeguarding Policy and Procedure A - Policy A1 Purpose The purpose of this document is to outline the College’s framework for protecting children‚ young people and adults at risk from harm‚ abuse and exploitation
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and even more to generate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by Congress in remedy to its torts‚ patient dumping still appear to be an issue in our society today. In fact‚ patient dumping occurs when hospitals deny treatment to emergency patients -- often because those patients can’t pay. As Patient dumping is the practice of refusing to treat patients who cannot pay for healthcare services. Federal anti-dumping law‚ initiated by Congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus
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Lethal Sex: Conditions of Disclosure in Counseling Sexually Active Clients with HIV Elliot D. Cohen‚ Ph.D. The present HIV pandemic presents challenges for mental health practitioners who‚ in the course of therapy‚ sometimes become privy to confidential information about potentially lethal sexual relationships ongoing between the client and one or more uninformed partner(s). In this lecture I will discuss the current professional/legal status of making disclosure in such cases‚ and
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