widespread‚ with some studies reporting nearly 100 percent of physicians engaging in this practice” (Latessa & Ray‚ 2005‚ p.42). A case was presented where a physician assistant (PA Brian) was asked to treat his supervising physician (Dr.Yarnell) for different medical conditions while prescribing multiple controlled substances. Legal standards provide vague ethical guidance regarding this issue and leave a lot of blank spaces open for clinician interpretation. In Dr.Yarnell and PA Brian’s case there were numerous
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Keaton Stroud Professor Arnaud September 2‚ 2009 BA 325 Sec. 02 Ethical Dilemma Report Introduction The ethical dilemma I will be talking about throughout this report is about how the United States is going through the biggest recession since the Great Depression in the 1930’s‚ and one of the main reasons of this is because of the housing market. The two leading causes of the housing market causing so much damage is because all these new houses are popping up while houses aren’t even being
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for nurses to face at least one ethical dilemma per shift. Some of the hardest ethical dilemmas that a nurse will face during their nursing career are situations that go against the personal values of the nurse. The following essay will discuss such a dilemma and how the nurse uses a decision-making model to assist in resolving the ethical dilemma. In the case presented a six-year-old girl contracts meningitis and requires medical treatment. The ethical dilemma becomes apparent when permission
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Ethical‚ Legal‚ And Professional Issues In Counseling — Presentation Transcript 1. James F. Whittenberg‚ M.Ed.‚ CSC‚ LPC Rivera High School‚ Brownsville ISD Doctoral Candidate‚ Capella University‚ Minneapolis‚ MN Counselor’s Institute‚ South Padre Island‚ TX January 27-29‚ 2011 2. This presentation is intended to raise awareness of ethical‚ legal‚ and professional issues in counseling and reduce the risk of unethical or unlawful behavior that might result in legal complications for counselors
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What is an ethical dilemma? When trying to figure the answer the smartest thing to do would be to break down both of the words. Ethical means being in line with what is right and what is wrong. A dilemma is a problem offering two possibilities. So‚ putting those together‚ an ethical dilemma is a situation when someone is faced with two options to a situation‚ neither option is particularly right or wrong. It is usually a conflict that tests your morals. As it says in the book‚ "When there is no clear
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Ethical challenges in a professional scope are not something new. Almost every profession‚ be it that of a lawyer‚ teacher‚ medical specialist‚ organization decision maker or any other‚ grave decisions often have to be made that put them in ethical dilemma. In the field of nursing‚ ethical dilemma while rendering patient care is both unnerving and challenging. Way back in 1859‚ Florence Nightingale had noted about this in her Notes on Nursing. There are matters of duties and responsibilities‚ decorum
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Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession LaKeesha Lawler ACC/260 January 14‚ 2011 Dan Jensen Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Accounting Profession The Dilemma of an Accountant Baker Greenleaf was one of the Big Eight accounting firms. Daniel Potter was a highly ethical accountant that placed a lot of value on integrity. He was hired to work as an accountant for the firm. Baker like many other firms was faced with a dilemma that tested the firm’s ethical standings
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One of the most challenging moral/ethical dilemmas to resolve occurs when the patient’s autonomous choices conflict with the nurse’s duty to look out for the patient’s best interests. The scenario presented to me describes a conflict between a patient who refuses to bathe and a nurse whose duty is to provide the patient’s care. Because of the patient’s physical condition and inability to get out of bed‚ they require a two-person bath involving lifts. The patient refuses to bathe at the time scheduled
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“Ethical Dilemma at Northlake” Week 3 – Case Study #1 Cecellia Dantzler Synopsis: Frank‚ manager of corporate reporting at Amalgamated Forest Products‚ has threatened to go public with information regarding a falsified report on the effect of effluent controls on the discharge of wastewater from pulp and paper companies‚ which has angered his boss‚ Jim McIntosh and the company’s president‚ Jim Letourneau. Letourneau was to testify before a legislative subcommittee the following week and use
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client without any dilemmas. Unfortunately this isn’t reality‚ we will come across many dilemmas in our coaching career. There are many different types of dilemmas that may arise. A ethical dilemma is described as a problem that involves two choices‚ doing one would result in a negative affect on the other (Aroskar‚ M. A.‚1980). In this essay I will discuss an ethical dilemma in coaching based on communication and one based on storage of coaching records. An ethical dilemma in coaching based on
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