However, this comes with the immense baggage accompanying tough decisions in clinical settings. If someone suffering from a severe coma is admitted into a hospital, is it the doctor’s responsibility to decide whether or not the patient deserves to live? What if the costs to sustain them aren’t proportional to the chance that they may make it through their condition? The issue regarding care of vegetative patients paints a gray area between right and wrong action; doctors alone must grapple with the ethical dilemmas surrounding patients with debilitating conditions. Kjell Asplund and Mona Britton, authors of Ethics of life support in patients with severe stroke, argue that there is a specific protocol that should be followed in order to deal with the multitude of ethical complications coma patients introduce.
Informed consent could be implied, explicit, verbal or written. This is to protect health care professionals as a failure to obtain a patients consent to healthcare may result in criminal charges of assault or civil action for battery, in addition to this failure to disclose material risks to patients may give rise for ones action for negligence. “Patient centred care is widely recognised as a core dimension of a quality modern health services” (QLD health informed consent guide 2014). Informed decision making about benefits, risks and alternatives of treatment, taking into account each patients personal circumstances, beliefs and priorities is vital for a truly patient centred care. A well informed patient can have an active involvement in their decision making in regards to health care and treatment, allowing them to have realistic expectations about the likely or potential outcomes of the treatment and an additional protection against errors or adverse events.
Because counselors are responsible for assisting physicians in ensuring the best possible care for the client, it is important that I familiarize myself with psychotropic medication. However as a counselor I must also carefully consider the
Advance directive laws merely give doctors and others immunity if they follow it, the only reliable strategy is to discuss your values and wishes with your healthcare providers ahead of time to make sure they are clear about what you want. Although, a doctor can be held liable in a court of law for not following those orders. There is a limited amount of time in which a patient can make a medical malpractice claim. The statute of limitations for these claims may vary by each state. Life and Death Issues in Healthcare A Review of the Case Study During a scheduled appointment a patient is given the unfortunate diagnosis of colon cancer.
Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011, p. 160) writes “The first Step in protecting the rights of clients is the informed consent document.” In any form of practice whether that be medical, or counseling, informed consent is not only an important part of treatment, but it’s mandatory. Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011) continues to say “informed consent involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make autonomous decisions pertaining to it.” Informed consent must be a written agreement between you and the client, the consent document not only protects the patients right, but it also allows the counselor to get the patient involved in his or her own treatment. Corey, Schneider and Callanan (2011, p. 160) Writes “informed consent is a shared decision-making process in which a practitioner provides adequate information so that a potential client can make an informed decision about participating in the professional relationship.” Counseling is most effective when approached as a collaborative effort between counselor and client. At times, the process of counseling may be difficult. Working toward positive change often requires you to step out of your comfort zone and take some risks.
Concept Analysis of Effective Walker & Avant’s methodology (2005) is used to analyze the concept of the word effective; this provides clarity to the meaning of the concept and identifies its unique attributes, particularly in relation to medical treatment. Antecedents and consequences of presumed effective medical treatment are discussed followed by empirical referents, which aid in illuminating the concept of effectiveness. Assumedly, “effective” is an adjective most healthcare professionals and their patients would hope to use in describing the outcome of the treatment or the care provided. The purpose of this concept analysis is to understand that for physicians and nurses to provide truly effective treatment, it must attend to multiple needs of the patient, not just their illness. Not only is it important for healthcare providers to construct and implement a treatment plans, but also to involve patients in medical decision making about their treatment.
These policies and procedures are to protect not only the su’s, but also the staff, who are responsible for the administration of medication. All staff have a duty of care to the su’s and should be appropriately trained, before undertaking any medication administration. The medicines act 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication, while staff are not expected to have a detailed knowledge of the legislation, they do need to be aware of the legal differences between types of drugs and legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the su’s. The list 1-11 of legislation has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. 2 2.1 Depression is commonly treated with antidepressant
TOURO UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL BHM 443 Module 5 – Case assignment Professor – afrookhteh Informed consent is a legal condition where a patient who is fully informed may participate in choices involving their healthcare. This comes from a legal and ethical right that the patient has to direct what happens to his/her body and the ethical duty of the provider to involve the patient in their healthcare. The elements of informed consent as described by (Law and Health) states that in order for a patient to give full consent they must understand the nature of the decision as well as the procedure and its specifics. Their then must be an assessment of the patient to ensure that the patient understands the procedure. The elements of conformed consent are Reasonable alternatives to the proposed intervention, the relevant risks, benefits, and uncertainty’s, the final step is acceptance of the intervention by the patient.
Seeking consent: working with older people Contents Page Introduction 1 Seeking consent: people with capacity 3 When adults lack capacity 9 Research 13 Withdrawing and withholding life-prolonging treatment 15 i Seeking consent: working with older people Introduction If your work involves treating or caring for people (anything from helping people with dressing to carrying out major surgery), you need to make sure you have the person’s consent to what you propose to do, if they are able to give it. This respect for people’s rights to determine what happens to their own bodies is a fundamental part of good practice. It is also a legal requirement. The Department of Health guidance, Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment, sets out in detail the current English law on consent and gives references to legal cases and good practice guidance from regulatory bodies for those who want to know more. This booklet focuses on the particular issues which may arise when seeking consent from older people.
Unit 14 Understanding the administration of medication to Individuals with Dementia using Person Centred Approach. Approaching administration of medication to every individual should be based upon keeping them informed and offerring choice. However it may be apparent that the dementia may prevent an individual from being reliable and consistant with medication. In this case a care worker may be solely responsible for continuity of administration of medication. Still informing.