Ethical Dilemma Nader Ayyad Chamberlain College of Nursing Pediatric/Nursing Ethical Dilemma A major health problem that is affecting millions of children around the globe is child maltreatment (ANA‚ 2015). Child maltreatment is any act of harm or threat to a child under the age of eighteen by a parent‚ caregiver‚ or guardian (ANA‚ 2015). There are four common types of abuse; physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect (CDC‚ 2015). There are many forms of neglect such as
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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 ethical dilemmas that can be examined under the four ethical principles
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The ethical dilemma proposed in this case study involves a psychologist who purposefully miscodes a client’s clinical diagnosis while billing the insurance for services since half of the patient’s clinical diagnosis is often declined for payment by the insurance company. While the therapist was only trying to help the patient out by saving them money by getting the insurance company to pay for all the services provided‚ the psychologist was unethical in not disclosing all the appropriate information
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Introduction – What is an ethical dilemma? Ethics is the term we give to our concern for good behavior. It is human nature to not only be concerned with our own personal well being‚ but also that of others and of human society as a whole. The difference between moral dilemmas and ethical ones‚ philosophers say‚ is that in moral issues the choice is between right and wrong. In ethical ones‚ the choice is between two rights. Everyday I’m faced with decisions of right and wrong‚ most of which
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In this case John is seeking to have a lethal injection administered by his doctors in order to alleviate the pain he is suffering as a result of stomach cancer. John’s exact words to his doctors were‚ “put me out of my misery.” As we review this case it is important to understand that John is under great distress and great pain understandably speaking and although we respect and honor his decision there is an ethical dilemma to the lethal treatment he so desperately seeks. First‚ we must address
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her environment. In my opinion‚ force feeding a patient who suffers from this serious disorder‚ would be unethical as well as a violation of the patient’s constitutional rights. The libertarian philosophy of freedom is based on the premise that self-ownership is a basic right and that initiating violence against others is a fundamental wrong. What is self-ownership if not the right to choose what‚ or how much‚ to ingest? What is initiating violence against another if not forcibly incarcerating him
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not only does it affect the lives of those who are terminally ill and/or comatose‚ and the physicians who have been entrusted with their care‚ but it also affects the patient’s ability to have control over their own life‚ whether they are aware of this decision or not‚ which is one of the reasons why euthanasia has become such a controversial issue around the globe. Caddell and Newton (1995) define euthanasia as “any treatment initiated by a physician with the intent of hastening the death of another
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Ethical dilemmas and multicultural issues are things that you will come across in your professional career. When we seek the assistance of a counselor in schools or in any other setting we want to know that what we share will not be shared with others. We want to feel comfortable and know that our standards and ethics will not be violated. While working in a school setting we came across Amy who is a 16 year old African American high school student. She went to talk to her high school counselor
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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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CASE 01. ETHICAL DILEMMA A CHANGE OF DIRECTION FOR SOUTHERN X LTD John Kolikias‚ managing director of Southern X Ltd‚ fixed his gaze on the numbers on the screen. They were exciting. If correct‚ the innovation would be highly lucrative. The profits of their mobile phone subsidiary would literally explode. John sighed with relief. Southern X had been struggling for the last two years and its share price had plummeted by 40 percent. If the business didn’t turn around soon‚ a major restructuring would
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