Core Assessment Paper Physician Assisted Suicide Creates Perpetuates the Slippery Slope Argument Abstract Human illness, suffering and death, unfortunately, are part of the human condition, and dealing with chronic illness and death is part of the human experience. With a topic as far reaching as Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS), and, of course the root topic, death, it is understandable that much controversy exist between propends of suicide as a method to ease suffering and their opposition. This paper will address the controversy by presenting a balanced assessment of each argument. The research and findings will show trend predictions in the Slippery Slope argument have been proven factual. Keywords: Physician Assisted Suicide, Medical Ethics, Goals of Medicine, Slippery Slope, Sweden .
What are the strengths and limitations of the concept of evidence-based practice? Illustrate with reference to one psychological condition, problem or area. Evidence-based practice has been firmly placed on the agenda as a key factor in improving standards of mental health care through the introduction of government initiatives such as clinical governance (Department of Health, 1998) and guidelines such as the Department of Health’s ‘Treatment Choice in Psychological Therapies and Counselling: Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines’ (Department of Health, 2001). The Practice Guidelines were developed by the British Psychological Society’s Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness. The Practice Guideline was written following a comprehensive review of the literature from 1990 to 1998 (Barkham and Mellor-Clark, 2003) and commissioned by the Department of Health to attempt to ensure that referral decisions were rooted in research evidence (Parry et al., 2003), rather than impromptu or random allocations leading to inappropriate psychological therapy.
Zur (2004) supports the idea of dual relationships being unavoidable and states, “familiarity between therapists and clients are not only normal but, in fact, increase trust”. Practitioners must be careful, consider potential conflicts of interest and never enter a sexual dual relationship. Boundary crossings can be beneficial, as shown by Zur (2004), and does not necessarily constitute a dual relationship. It should be implemented only when benefitting the welfare of the client and
This has been incorporated into the main risk management policy of NHS organisations. This assignment will be looking at the Policy and Guidelines for Lone Working of a local NHS trust in particular reference to community mental health nursing. This policy is part of the wider risk management policies and address not only staff issues but also has implications on patient care (Mitchell and Glendinning, 2007). This policy has become more relevant after a personal experience of aggression on a recent clinical placement in the community. Risk management refers to set actions or flexible strategies, on the basis of a risk assessment, that are designed to prevent or limit undesirable outcomes (DH, 2007).
It conceptualizes substance abuse as a symptom of dysfunction in the family. It is this focus on the family system, more than the inclusion of more people, that defines family therapy. Despite these basic differences, the fields of family therapy and substance abuse treatment are compatible. Clinicians in both fields address the client’s interactions with a system that involves something outside the self. Multiple systems affect people with substance use disorders at different levels (individual, family, culture, and society), and truly comprehensive treatment would take all of them into consideration.
The principles that I learn during course are very valuable. Conclusion The epidemiology perspective focuses on immediate causes and mechanisms of disease, it helps us understand how and why individuals become diseased, but it does not address the disease in its societal context, from the population perspective. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is willing to learn more about disease and
The approaches are named: “Separate but Equal”, “Tossed Salad”, “Nothing Buttery”, and “Spoiling the Egyptians”. The “Separate but Equal” approach states that psychology and theology are both important but are two different entities. His thoughts were that the two doctrines should never intertwine when helping clients. In the “Tossed Salad” approach, therapists make use of both psychology and theology by combining parts of two doctrines. However, when using this approach little value is given to the fact that some of the psychology tends to contradict with theology beliefs.
so health promotion is not something that is done on or to people its done by, with and for people weater they are in groups or indevidual. the aim of this activity is so that it can strengthen the skills and capabilities of indiviuals to take action and the capacity of groups or communities to act collectively to exert control over the determinants of health and achieve positive change. the health protection service use to be called communicable disease control center (CDCC) in the PHA, has a big role in protecting the population form infection and hazereds that could be enviromental, though a range of core functions including monotoring and savalance, operational support , advice , education, tranning and resarch. the health protection service is delivred by a multi-disciplinary team of doctors, nurses,emergency planners and scieniffic, surveillance and also administrative staff. the service coordinates its acute responce functions for the hralth protection, duy room that is in the PHA eastern offcie in linehall street belfast.
At trial level, it was found by the court that Insite was not entirely exempted from the Controlled Drug and Substance Act and also that the doctrine of Interjurisdictional immunity did not apply. Meaning that though the overlap of Health Care which is provincially controlled and the Criminal Code which is Federally Controlled, Insite was still bound by both levels of government but through the doctrine of federal paramountcy federal legislation still prevailed. In the claim of violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Section 7 “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.” It was found that sections 4(1) and 5(1) in the case of Insite were unconstitutional because it did not take into consideration the management of addiction and the risks accompanied. It was noted that the ministers choice to retract the exemption was unjustified and the Violations of Section 7 could not be upheld by section 1 of the Canadian Charter claiming an action of good
Anderson in the early 1930's and as implemented in most AA-oriented treatment programmes (e.g., the Hazelden Foundation, the Betty Ford Foundation, the Sierra Tucson Centre, and others). These models assume addiction can be arrested but not cured, subscribe to the AA/NA philosophy, as described in AA/NA literature, that relies heavily on a combination of spirituality and pragmatism, and advocate peer support as the primary means for achieving sustained sobriety. Any approach that advocates controlled use of alcohol or other drugs (as compared with abstinence) is fundamentally dissimilar to Twelve Step-Facilitation with respect to basic treatment goals. Cognitive-behavioral approaches that are based on the idea that problem drinking and other drug abuse stems primarily from inadequate stress management skills and that aim to enhance problem solving and coping skills differ from TSF with respect to the assumption of peer support as fundamental to recovery. Twelve Step-Facilitation therapies also assume that alcoholism and other drug addictions are primary diagnoses and not symptoms of another diagnosis (e.g.