ETHICS CASE STUDY BRANDI M C UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX In healthcare many things go off of ethics, every healthcare worker has to understand that. In this case study Jerry Mccall has to decide whether to call in a medication refill without consulting the doctor first. Many things need to be considered like legal consequences, patient complications, consequences for Dr. Williams. All of these could have grave consequences for Jerry. In this case study Jerry Mccall takes a call asking for a prescription refill, the person requesting the refill isn’t a normal patient of Dr. Williams he states he is a close friend.
Bok RR1 In the easy “The Doctors’ Dilemma,” Sissela Bok explans why some doctors told lies to their seriously ill patients, and why doctors should be told the truth to their patients. For example, doctors discovered an old man had a form of cancer that he wil be die during few months. “Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients – to speed recovery or conceal the approach of death?” (337). According to the author doctor, most of doctors are in a dilemma as to whether to tell the patients the truth about their conditions or not. At times, they don’t want seriously ill patients to feel miserable about their conditions.
Nursing indicators such as education on unnecessary use of restraints and not repositioning the patient every two hours, are failures to deliver quality care. The staff increased the chances of Mr. J to develop pressure ulcers. Also the use of restraints increased the chances of Mr. J to develop a deep vein thrombosis or pneumonia from lack of mobility. All members of the healthcare team are responsible to provide the best care possible and be an advocate for the people they care for. (American Nurses Association, 2015).
There would then be some kind of medical intervention such as medication, operations or counselling. The individual would then be re-examined by medical professionals. If their condition is cured, they would no longer need to use social care services and would no longer be helped. If they are not cured, the process would begin over again, using a different kind of medical intervention. However, this may lead to mistrust between medical professionals and the disabled individual, leaving the individual feeling abandoned, isolated and let down.
The clinical outcome in this situation was clearly that Mr. B was over-sedated leading to a very dangerous situation. Hypoxia during sedation is a common side affect, which is treated by giving the patient O2 or reversing the sedation. However in this situation the staff was not aware that he was hypoxic, and why weren’t they? The answer a nurse had silenced the alarm but had not done an assessment nor alerted anyone else of the situation. Why did the nurse choose to silence the alarm with no further action?
Some doctors report that they feel obligated to provide a prescription to a patient, even when the cause of the illness is not yet proven to be bacterial (Bersch, 2010). In some countries, antibiotics are available without a prescription, further flooding the population with inappropriate medications without proper dosing and length of therapy (WHO, n.d.). This issue seems almost impossible to remedy, because in countries where access to medical care is limited, patients would otherwise die of simple infections if not for easy access to
Sometimes, heart bypass surgery is not the first treatment for ischemic heart disease. Often times your doctor may try treating you first with medications and sometimes he may recommend trying to treat the heart disease by doing angioplasty with stenting. Ischemic heart disease is different for every individual patient. Surgery is one form
In fact, patients may be caused additional, avoidable harm by failure to disclose because they lack information that would allow them to receive appropriate treatment should further complications arise (Hoy, 2006). In a recent survey, 77% of hospitals indicated that malpractice fear was the principal barrier to error disclosure. Malpractice liability and insurance costs have become so high that they have caused physicians to move their practices to other states and, in some states, institute work stoppages. Although physicians may want to do the right thing by disclosing errors to patients and apologizing for harm that occurred as a result of an error, physicians fear that an apology would lead to higher malpractice premiums and be admissible in court, should the patient decide to sue (Hoy, 2006). However, research on the relationship between error disclosure and malpractice liability has not found
I was not aware that several individuals were not obtaining the care they require for the reason they could not pay for it and couldn’t find insurance. The biggest influence is the health care price, health care entrance, and the consequences from it (Wood, R., 2009, p. 1). I’ve knowledge that breaking the HIPAA policies can result in punishment along with the government laws. Role of Technology Technology will perform a big position in the medical business from security, new services ideas and diagnosing patients, contacting patients and keeping touch. It will assist to make sure the obedience in the legal condition of health care and it will assist to decreased the costs and provide a superior care than before (Finnegan, 2012) Technology will assist with more communication services, electronic medical records, and more computers doctors order entry solutions and many more things than before (Finnegan, 2012).
They also argue that Physician-Assisted-Suicide allows terminally ill patients to avoid unnecessary pain and agony in their final days and also allows the patient to control the manner and timing of his/her own death. Cons Just like there are many pros there are cons to Physician-Assisted-Suicide. Society is fearful of Physician-Assisted-Suicide because they fear being pressured to terminate their lives by the people around them and/or the medical staff. In addition, patients might feel as if they have become a burden to their families and committing suicide will resolve that for his/her family. Another concern would be the message being sent, especially to those who are not terminally ill. Would our younger generation have the understanding that committing suicide is appropriate?