Who should have the constitutional, legal, or moral obligation to this growing entity? The answer to this question lies in many different forms of opinions and may not very well be answered, as personal opinion seems to overrule and outweigh the logic of it. Today, I will be evaluating each one of these topics to help come to a conclusion of health care and how it is considered a right, privilege, or responsibility. Right There are many different types of rights that US citizens are entitled to such as the right to vote, the freedom of speech, and the pursuit of happiness, but where does the right of the health and health care of these citizens fall? The Preamble of the US Constitution states that (the purpose of health care) is to "promote" for the general welfare, not to provide it (ProCon).
However, before going further, I will like to analyse the definition of health; as defined by other various institutions. The concept of health and its definition has remained very controversial, even to date because it is understood very differently by professionals and lay people. Blaxter, 2004:3, once said, “The meaning of health is neither simple nor unchanging”. The biomedical perspective on health earlier focused on the body’s ability to function, seeing health as a state of normal function that could be disrupted from time to time by disease. According to the World Health Organization, health is; “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
Healthcare: Plato’s View Versus Modern Western Society People in today’s society have an immense number of expectations in regards to their quality of life. Perhaps the most prevalent is the expectation to the healthcare they choose. On the surface, it seems pretty clear cut. After all, why shouldn’t the individual patient be allowed to make choices that directly, or even indirectly, effect their general health? The waters become murky, however, when one takes into account the amount of resources allocated to providing some services or procedures to certain patients.
There are a lot of pros and cons of pay-for-performance in health care (see appendix for charts.) the chart will show what people think about pay-for-performance and the good they think it does for the health care system but it also shows the cons what people think is wrong with the pay-for-performance program. However, many are not satisfied by pay-for-performance including congress who are not on board with the Medicare reimbursement because the policy relies on the evidence-based medicine it is used to developed a “clinical practice guidelines and compensate health care providers according to their compliance with the best practices dictated by a
My role as a psychiatric nurse and/or manager is understanding that as there are issues with confidentiality in medicine, so are there issues with confidentiality in behavioral health. If not more so this becomes an issue secondary to patients/clients seeking help within the context of a stigma, a labeling of a disease, what is looked upon by others as an imperfection. “Attention to ethical issues at the intersection of computing and mental health began more than a decade ago and has tended to emphasize confidentiality and privacy, professional standards, therapy, and most recently care management.” (Goodman, 1998, p. 19) What values are threatened by the increasing use of information and communication technologies in health care. Values such as respect are threatened by the use of information and communication technologies. “The inclusion of advanced directives in the electronic medical record whether respect is improved or not.” (Goodman, 1998, p. 19) Goodman speaks about the use of electronic
Take for example, often times a group or subjects are chosen for a number of characteristics of the subject are measured and recorded to collect data such as weight, blood pressure, diet, and smoking habits. The subjects are then followed up in time to see if there has been an occurrence of a disease. This course did a great job with breaking down the different age group and ethnicities for different diseases and how it affects the body. The course did changes my views on how we act as a community and making sure the people who have been diagnosed with most of these diseases have the resources they need or able to get the what they need. It is up to the state to follow up on their part to get the information out there and letting the people know that it is available.
To define the concept of ill- health there are two main approaches, arising from different views of what the courses are, referred to as the medical and social models of health. Essentially the foundations of these models of health can be separated by, prevention and cure. The biomedical model focuses on cure for illness, whilst the social models of health underpin the origins of illness, allowing these models to successfully coexists, alongside each. The biomedical model presumes that illness is always due to abnormalities in the body's workings. It works on the theory that if a part of the body goes wrong it should be fixed or replaced, in the same way that a machine would be repaired.
Jerry was accused of a medical malpractice because of prescribing a refill without the authorization of a physician. There were many legal and ethical issues that affected the decision Jerry made in ordering the prescription refill, and the knowledge of right and wrong deterred Jerry from deciding to refill the prescription. There are several methods and types of values at hand that Jerry could have used to help him make an ethical decision. Determining the appropriate course to take when faced with a difficult ethical dilemma can be a challenge, but it is always important to engage in a carefully considered ethical decision-making. Everyday health care workers around the world are faced with tough decisions.
I agree with this definition, though an alternative could be a change of “knowledge” to “awareness.” List and explain 3 barriers to culturally-competent health care in the US. (6 points) 1. The endless extent of information that would make health care “competent” in the US is astounding. A health care provider can never be truly “competent” because they would not be able to retain all the information required. 2.
There are several important reasons why patient confidentiality should be respected. First, breaching a patient’s confidentiality destroys trust, which is an important aspect in physician-patient relationships. Second, if this trust is breached, patients may have a difficult time trusting doctors and disclosing pertinent information in the future. Lastly, betraying a patient’s trust this way is in direct opposition to that individual’s right for autonomy. There are many instances on a daily basis where patients’ medical data must be disclosed.