Health-Care Ethics Medical Ethics Outside Hospital Global Health Issues Throughout history global health issues have been increasing in our nations which have been creating many problems regarding our health. Health makes everyone more attentive because no one wants to obtain a disease at some point in their life that can cause an early demise. People believe that with good health, one lives a good and happy life with no worries. Health is described as “the general condition of the body or mind with the presence of illness that can be cured.” Healthcare systems are checking and managing an individual 's health care by providing treatments and medication that can alleviate pain and suffering of the individual. Global health issues have many factors outside the health system which can include economic conditions of an individual, eating the right amount of daily nutrients, environments, and family customs. One of global health issues across the nation has been how wealthy an individual is. The economic status of an individual can determine how well one 's health is due to the …show more content…
This world has many environmental issues whether it comes down to freshwater decline, ozone layer depletion and removal of trees and land. The amount of industries and big companies developing have been increasing each year. Land availability throughout the nation have been getting limited and more limited. Many managers of major industries like to expand their corporations all over the nation. Because of this the ozone layer is becoming thinner due to the pollution created. There are holes being created in the ozone layer due to the poison of pollution. When the ozone layer gets depleted, harmful UV rays from the sun penetrate through the holes causing severe damage to humans potentially causing skin cancer. Big corporations have been increasing in development all over the world that uses up our resources as described by
Healthcare administrators are expected to be professional and ethical. Situations will arise where the ethical course of action is not clear. If healthcare administrators learn to be self-regulating and follow their code of ethics, actions and decisions made will be consistent and will be reflective of a good steward of resources.
Today, there are so many legal dilemmas dominating trial for the courts to make a sound legal decision on whose right in a complicated situation. Despite the outcome of the case, the disagreement usually has a profound effect on the healthcare organization, and the industry as a whole. Many cases are arguments centered around if the issue is a legal or moral principle. Regardless what the situation maybe, the final decision is left to the courts to differentiate between the legality issues at hand opposed to justifying a case based on moral rules. According to Pozgar (2012), an ethical dilemma arises in situations where a choice must be made between unpleasant alternative. It can occur whenever a choice involves giving up something good and suffering something bad, no matter what course of action is taken (p. 367). In this paper, I will discuss cases that arose in the healthcare industry that have been tried and brought to justice by the United States court system.
Abuse is any action that intentionally harm or injures any person. Anyone can be abused such as child, adult and elder. Abuse can be done in many ways which is also known as types of abuse and they are physical, emotional, financial, sexual and neglect. Two years ago ,when I was working in the hospital ,I noticed the girl of age 12 who was admitted in ward with fever and after three days of admission there was no fever but she seems excessively withdrawn, fearful and anxious ,shows extremes in behavior (suddenly she become aggressive and suddenly passive) and also doesn't seem close to her parents and siblings. I decided to talk to her but she refused. I was encouraging her to share the things and at last she was convinced and share that her mother and elder brother abuse her emotionally. They always ignore and reject her and tell her that she is worthless ,no good ,bad etc and making negative comparison with others and she also told that she don't want to live because nobody was there to care her and request me not to tell anything to her parents. But as the nurse, we are in unique position to observe and interact with
When dealing with an ethical dilemma, social workers usually reference back to Reamers 7-step process to help with ethical decision-making. In the given case study, we meet Lori a bright fourteen-year-old who is smart, involved in school activities, and sports. She has had a non-normative impacted life since she was young, such as her mother dying of breast cancer and father dying as well. She has no immediate family and was lucky enough to be placed in a foster home with a family who loves her and wants the best for her.
“Public health is controversial because, depending upon how it is defined, it may challenge people’s values and demand sacrifices” (Schnieder 2017: 23). Although the overall goal is to create a policy that is inclusive of every group, this is almost impossible. It is impossible because there are too many conflicting views between each group. Public policy may also have a positive or a negative impact on the economy. One of the major conflict with public health policy is that it may be guided by religious beliefs. For example, issues such as AIDS, other sexual transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy, and low birth rates (20) are some of the major issues that end up being controversial when it comes to religion.
Day to day, health and social carer are in touch with legislation, policies and procedures. The aim of the social carer is to provide a qualitative service to the individual. This case study will consider how principles are implemented in the work setting. How policies and procedures protect the client as well as the service provider. What kind of ethical dilemmas and conflicts can arise by providing support or care, in health and social care service. In this essay there will be a lot of examples based on a real case regarding the workplace. Some parts of the essay are fictitious, to underpin the impact of the service provider to the individual. To protect the client; the name is changed as well as other data’s.
There are questions about transplant allocation in regards to the four major ethical principles in medical ethics: beneficence, autonomy, nonmaleficence and justice. Beneficence is the “obligation of healthcare providers to help people” that are in need, autonomy is the “right of patients to make choices” in regards to their healthcare, nonmaleficence, is the “duty of the healthcare providers to do no harm”, and justice is the “concept of treating everyone in a fair manner” ("Medical Ethics & the Rationing of Health Care: Introduction", n.d., p. 1).
The word ethics is derived from the Greek word ‘ethos’ meaning character or conduct. It is typically used interchangeably with word moral which is derived from the Latin word ‘moves’ which means customs or habits. Ethics refers to conduct, character and motivations involved in moral acts. Ethics are not imposed by a profession, by law but by moral obligation. It is unwritten code of conduct that encompasses both professional conduct and judgement. Ethics helps support autonomy and self-determination, protect the vulnerable and promotes the welfare and equality of human beings. An ethical dentist- patient relationship is based on trust, honesty, confidentiality, privacy and the quality of care.1
An ethical dilemma is defined as a mental state when the nurse has to make a choice between the options and choices that he or she has at her disposal. The choice is a crucial task as the opting of the step will subsequently determine the health status of the concerned patient, hence it requires a great deal of wisdom along with proper medical and health training before any such step is opted as it is a matter of life and death. Strong emphasis should therefore be on the acquisition of proper knowledge and skills so that nurses do posses the autonomy to interact with patients regarding ethical issues involved in health care affairs and address them efficiently. It is normally argued that nurses are not provided sufficient authority to consult and address their patients on a more communicative or interactive level as a result of which they are often trapped in predicaments where their treatments of action and their personal beliefs create a conflict with the health interests of the patient. (Timby, 2008)
If all records were electronic and if there were a problem then there would be no records if needed. Therefore two copies of electronic and written then they would have written files to fall back on. The administrator must coordinate the medical organizations doctor’s offices, hospital departments and health care organizations the administrator must also take care of the ethical principles making sure the rights and responsibilities of each member is performed to the organizations satisfaction. Also the administrator is responsible to make sure of the quality control which is making sure that the care is up to the patient’s satisfaction and the organizations. The challenges would be to keep everyone happy and satisfied.
There are many ethical problems, with the description of the Westwood Imaging Centers in the case study. The first problem with the physicians prescribing the particular studies because they will profit from the studies. Are the studies ordered for diagnostic purposes or because there is financial benefit to the ordering physician?. I would argue that will most physicians are ethical, but it the threshold for ordering a study maybe different when there is a financial interest. The second issue is that studies have found that physician in partnerships of this type may over utilize the services. "Physicians’ ownership interests in facilities to which they refer patients constitute a conflict of interest. Their secondary interest (i.e., increased
In my future role as a healthcare administrator, ethical decision making will be required to address a conflict or uncertainty regarding competing values , such as personal, professional, organizational, and societal values (Thompson, 2011). Administrators involved in this decision-making process must consider the ethical principles of justice, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Healthcare organizations having growing concerns over ethical issues such as:
To save or not to save? That is the question. In the hospital setting, many problems arise and it is the duty of the healthcare workers to ensure, aide, and facilitate the patient’s well being to the best of their ability. Though all problems cannot simply be solved with medicine and therapy, it takes a considerate amount of critical thinking as well. What should happen when a problem like making sure a patient stays alive, backfires and the patient actually wants to die? Also, for a person desiring death, it is not considered righteous and we, as humans will deem them as mentally ill. This is where the ethical and moral issues of promoting health and respecting the patient’s right to autonomy are conflicted.
Physician-assisted suicide refers to the physician acting indirectly in the death of the patient -- providing the means for death. The ethics of PAS is a continually debated topic. The range of arguments in support and opposition of PAS are vast. Justice, compassion, the moral irrelevance of the difference between killing and letting die, individual liberty are many arguments for PAS. The distinction between killing and letting die, sanctity of life, "do no harm" principle of medicine, and the potential for abuse are some of the arguments in favor of making PAS illegal. However, self-determination, and ultimately respect for autonomy are relied on heavily as principle arguments in the PAS issue.
This report is based on the major and specific global health problems in the world. Global health refers to the health of all people in the world which concerns about the health issues that go beyond the borders of each country due to the globalization ( Dyar & Costa, 2013). As well as health issues are referred to the health problems created due to this globalization.