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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Poverty in America can be one of the leading causes of obesity. The people who are not in poverty are the ones that can afford to eat healthy for themselves and for the environment. Not only do people who are dealing in poverty can be obese‚ but they are more likely to be because they have more risk factors than others. There are a number of studies that have found positive associations between food insecurity and obesity. The FRAC (Food Research and Action Center) stated that‚ “In a 12- state
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Ethics Case Study Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected
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As the uprising of this silent problem in America that touches from the east to west coast. More than 14 percent of the U.S. people live in poverty in many ways. Many people struggle to maintain a well financial status to support themselves or love ones. Poverty effects the United States massively on its economic structure‚ as it gets worst the more it is hidden in the face of media and politics. Poverty is being stripped from getting food‚ clothes‚ and shelter due to not having much money for these
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These long-tem contracts lifted the risk for both buyers and sellers thus; Enron became the leading company in the profitable energy trading business. For further expansion and growth‚ this idea was applied to their trading businesses of commodity markets including electricity‚ coal and paper pulp. The financial wizard Andrew Fastow‚ who helped the trading business‚ had helped to persuade the U.S. Securities of Exchange Commission to allow them to use the “mark to market” method in which the value of
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Business Ethics Case BUS 415 February 26‚ 2012 Business Ethics Case: Lawsuits In every business ethics lawsuit there are many questions that must be answered. The first question that a person or organization wanting to sue must ask is if he or she has standing to sue. According to this law “the plaintiff must have some stake in the outcome of the lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010‚ p. 43). If the plaintiff does not have this they cannot bring the suit to court. The next question that must be determined
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Poverty and Children in the United States Who are America’s poor children? How many children in America are poor? What are some of the hardships that face poor children in America? These are only a few questions that we can ask ourselves when considering children who live in poverty in America. Children face monumental hardships in our country because of poverty or the condition of not possessing the means to afford basic human needs. The economic crisis that we find ourselves in today
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immigrants traveled from their homes of poverty and poor conditions to experience a better life for their families. The dream of the immigrants was that of achieving the successes of their dreams. Instead what the immigrants found was that of a vicious cycle of poverty. Extreme poverty kept immigrants in a vicious cycle by showing just how hard it is to travel to another country to try and achieve better life in America. Immigrants later realized that America needed immigrants in order for them to
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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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Poverty in America is a form of murder to the weakest and most innocent of our society. Struggling parents are more apt to take their frustrations out on their children when they are faced with the stress of mounting bills‚ inadequate housing‚ or lack of stable and supportive employment. In the last 10 years here in America‚ there have been well over 20‚000 children who have been murdered as a direct result of living in an impoverished home. The totals are devastating when compared to the fact that
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