Mr. T is a 48-year-old Korean-American male admitted to Mercy Medical Center for heart palpitations following a call to the Behavioral Health help hotline. As a result of the call to the helpline, the police were called and Mr. T was initially brought to the Emergency Department. He told medical staff he was depressed and had ingested somewhere around 10 Xanax pills. Mr. T has bipolar disorder with possible borderline personality disorder characteristics. He was “nasty” to the staff and refused to give consent to treatment regarding his heart condition, for which he has a pacemaker, as well as any type of psychiatric evaluation. He also refused to allow staff to contact his former physicians at Sloan General …show more content…
Human Dignity: We are all created in the image of God and therefore should be treated as humans with dignity and respect. The value or worth of human life. Connection to the case: By letting Mr. T leave against medical advice, the health care professionals did not treat the situation in a way that respects and dignifies the patient. The patient’s state of mind barred him from making competent decisions regarding his health care. Considering Mr. T’s psychiatric state, as evidenced by his suicidal tendencies, he should have been placed on a psychiatric hold so as to prevent any harm that he may inflict upon himself. The health care professionals did not take Mr. T’s value/worth as a human into consideration and allowed him to leave against medical advice. 3. Relationality: the way in which two or more people and or groups interact and deal with another. Connection to the case: The health care providers attempted to built rapport with Mr. T however, he was not in the right frame of mind to receive help and or aid regarding his medical care and needs. Mr. T may have had previous experiences with medical care where he felt as though the interactions he had were negative, in turn giving Mr. T an overall negative outlook on medical care in
This is a fascinating case because it presents the distinction between a patient’s right to refuse treatment and a physician’s assistance with suicide. Legally, Diane possessed the right to refuse treatment, but she would have faced a debilitating, painful death, so the issue of treatment would be a moot point. It would be moot in the sense that Diane seemed to refuse treatment because the odds were low, even if she survived she would spend significant periods of time in the hospital and in pain, and if she didn’t survive she would spend her last days in the hospital. If Diane were to merely refuse treatment and nothing else (as the law prescribes) than she would not have been able to avoid the death which she so dearly wanted to avoid.
This case study is an interpretation of a problem or situation that has occurred within a LPC’s (License Professional Counselor) care. As information is gathered, the depiction to this specific problem in this case study may also include additional information that may deem so to be necessary, in order to place possible solutions or actions that could have or will arise from the situation. This document will consist of a step by step analysis of the factors which impact the case, mostly in the order of what appears to be the most ethically sound decision. This document involves Stephanie’s (therapist) treatment of Martha Rose (client). The therapist, Stephanie, has been given a case through referral from an unknown source; Stephanie is working with this new case in SC (South Carolina).
The vignette described a woman who comes in for a session in an agitated state. The psychologist has worked with her for a few weeks and she was not overtly suicidal or homicidal. On this visit, the psychologist decided to refer her to an inpatient due to her becoming unreliable and taking 17mg of Xanax in 30 hours instead of 2.5mg prior to her appointment.The decision making process for this vignette is very important because of the dilemma involved. The ethical decisions-making process I am going to engage in will be the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologist and the decision- making process that accompanies it.
Human persons are fundamentally equal in their worth and dignity. A person’s worth is not dependent on their lineage, how they fit in some utopian scheme, how much they produce or consume, their autonomy or independence, or their race, intelligence, age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. Human worth is innate and cannot be forfeited. And it is equal in each person.
There was inappropriate staffing in the Emergency Room which was a factor in the event. There was one registered nurse (RN) and one licensed practical nurse (LPN) on duty at the time of the incident. Additional staff was available and not called in. The Emergency Nurses Association holds the position there should be two registered nurses whose responsibility is to prov...
Paramedics deemed the patient competent and therefore Ms. Walker had the right to refuse treatment, which held paramedics legally and ethically bound to her decisions. Although negligent actions were identified which may have resulted in a substandard patient treatment, paramedics acted with intent to better the patient despite unforeseen future factors. There is no set structure paramedics can follow in an ethical and legal standpoint thus paramedics must tailor them to every given
2a quadrant is about where human believe they have a dignity when they trust towards their own worth. This quadrant is about human dignity can be acquire or lose through a self-worth. In some understanding they believe that human dignity something that similar to the sense of pride of somebody or aware about others worth as a human being that live a meaningful life, and respecting others. On the other hand, some argued that being a compromised and embarrassing place is likely become a threat to their own dignity in the society. (Kirchhoffer, 2013) Human be able to gain their pride and feel to have a value but nevertheless they can also feel worthless to the society and will lose their dignity because of the facets from society. Therefore, in this perspective human dignity is about a sense of ego to value the
The client Pam has been brought to counseling by a friend who believes she needs to talk to someone professionally. Pam appears disheveled and unable to communicate clearly with the counselor. Pam is extremely energetic and is constantly moving around in the chair. Pam explains she has not slept in four or five days and is very tired. Pam is too tired to sleep and feels she has too many thoughts on her mind. She believes she is chosen to show her talents and does not have any suicidal thoughts. During the counseling session Pam seemed to be in a manic stage. Although she is not depressed or expressing suicidal thoughts currently, there is no evidence she wont have these symptoms at another time (Cengage Learning, 2009). The ACA
What about the everyday definition in the modern world. This dignity today is rarely encountered other than in the higher levels of old fashioned society, politics and perhaps serious business matters. With all our upbringing, culture and modernization, few have retained what was known as the dignity of even a half century ago. No one has the time any more to nurture and develop their dignity to a reasonable potential, as they find increasingly less and less reason to do so, relying instead on pure wit, instinct and professional tact. What I think is meant when one talks about dignity is the following. Take an imaginary case. You are confronted with a difficult or abnormal situation, yet you can maintain the same level of thinking and can attempt to deal with the situation. Or, you are forced to respond to a matter, and there is the possibility of your letting it get out of hand, but you control yourself and respond instead while focused and maintaining a civilised manner. That is dignity.
Dignity and respect; two words that are often used together in the same sentence, or used to carry the same meaning. However, if one were to give extreme attention to detail, the two words are not completely the same, but rather they coexist to compliment each other’s meaning. For instance, it is almost guaranteed that upon looking the two up in the dictionary, the two of them will be found in each other’s definition. Dignity, in simple terms, is the worth that one believes he or she has earned and is entitled to. It is a sense of honor that one carries with them like a knight would a sword. On the other hand, respect is specifically that honor that one gives to others at their discretion. It is not the sword itself but rather the honor of
In this case study, there are some serious matter took place between Ellen and the Council which later on further we will be discussing. In this case we also discuss about duty of care, negligence and psychiatric injury to Ellen under Australian law
Those who are covering for medical professional and keeping a watch over suicidal tendency patient need to be properly educated and should be provided with proper guidelines. Slight neglect on their part can have grave outcomes.
Human rights are rights or entitlements that every human being has because of the reason being human, that denotes, the capacity for or possession of human dignity is seen as the ground for human rights. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to enjoy from the full benefit of human rights being human is the only requirement. Some people technically define human rights, as those 30 principles (rights) that exist under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A human right is a moral, none-transactionally grounded, moderately social context –insensitive, and difficult to alienate claim-right possessed in virtue of some aspect of the status of being human (Anthony R. Reeves, 2015: 407). A human right is not identical
Human dignity, which is a person's self-worth, is a part of what makes humans want to live. It adds meaning to one’s life and without it, humans feel like nothing. As a result, humans all desire human dignity and want to keep it for as long as possible to feel valuable enough to keep on thriving. Developing human dignity begins by understanding how human worth works and the violations of human dignity.
of what it means to be human. People are entitled to dignity, in life and