An advance directive is a written statement in which people state the amount of care they wish to receive if they have a terminal illness or as death approaches. 2. There are four types of advanced directives listed in your text. Please list and describe three of them: A living will is a document that a person writes before becoming unable to make healthcare decisions. A do not resuscitate order is an order placed into a person’s medical record.
First, and most important of these, the patient or persons requesting the physician assisted suicide must have a condition that is incurable and associated with severe, unrelenting suffering and understand the prognosis. Second, the physician must be sure the request is not made because of inadequate pain control. Third, the patient must clearly and repeatedly request to die. Fourth the physician must be sure the patient’s judgment is not distorted. Fifth, the physician assisted suicide should only be carried out in a meaningful doctor patient relationship.
Smithsonian desire is for all patient to be well informed of his or her care plan. To make certain that patients understand the facility provides interpreters to help individuals participate in his or her procedures. Informed consents allows individuals to give permission prior to provider treatment. The consent protects patients and the facility, however situations may occur in emergencies when minors or adults are not available to sign and providers must make an ethical decision to save the patient. Religious beliefs also affect healthcare, some individuals refuse to receive blood transfusion if the patient is available to sign the refusal care providers
List 2 things you would consider before talking with Kelly. • You are unable to release information without the Fathers consent • Depending if this is over the phone or in person and even though she claims to be his daughter as you are unaware of the relationship with the father and daughter you can not assume she has consent unless he is there and able to give consent Question 3 – A patient is on the phone, they are asking you to change their name details. How would you proceed? I would explain that when they are next in they can change their details as we can not change information over the phone and to bring identification with their new name Question 4 – A patient has had some blood tests and would like the results over the phone. Would you give the results to the patient?
Keep records out of view Don’t leave the sign in sheet out Do not gossip 6. A breach of confidentiality can result in what consequences for a health care professional? Disciplinary action or even a lawsuit. 7. From the list of Interpersonal Ethics (found in Chapter 1 of the Fremgen text), please describe how any of those traits were demonstrated in your actions in this case scenario?
what ethics should guide fetal tissue research? do reproductive technologies offer hope to the childless, or are they unethical? should animals ever be used in research? 1) What ethics should guide biomedical research? 2) What ethics should guide organ transplants?
Determine three patient safety issues that are being addressed by your health care organization. Identify the actions the organization is taking or identify three issues that you think need to be addressed by health care organizations. Make suggestion for actions to be taken. Support your responses with two peer-reviewed references. HLT 308V Week 4 DQ 2 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and The Joint Commission (TJC) have identified the necessity for health care organizations to have a risk management program to address infection control.
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. This situation puts Jerry in a real tough place, however Jerry is not the doctor and shouldn’t issue refill request to anyone including
IRS Sec. 213(d)(1)(A) rules that the medical care used to find out the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body could be considered as medical care. IRS Sec 213(d)(2)(A) rules that the medical care should be offered by a physician in a licensed hospital. Thus, the expense of medical care that is not provided by physician should not be included in medical care
I authorize the physician who examines me for this purpose to disclose my physical or mental condition to another person for purposes of this power of attorney. A third party who accepts this power of attorney is fully protected from any action taken under this power of attorney that is based on the determination made by a physician of my disability or incapacity. After having been certified as being incapable of managing my financial affairs, if a physician certifies in writing at such later date that, based upon such physician's medical examination of me, I have regained the mental capacity to manage my financial affairs, then this power of attorney shall no longer be effective, and it shall become effective again only if a physician certifies in writing at a date later than the date I regained capacity that, based on the physician's medical examination of me, I am mentally incapable of managing my financial