Hall v Hilbun Tina Henry Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on November 9, 2012, for Heather in Medical Law and Ethics course. In the case of Hall v Hilbun I do believe that the physician was at fault for the four D’s of negligence. The four D’s of negligence are Duty; which the person has to show the physician and patient relationship existed. Derelict; has to show the physician failed to comply with standards of a physician. Direct cause; the person has to show that the damages were a direct cause to the injury or death.
Hospital member CEOs all have service lines reporting to them and must answer to key stakeholders. The attached stakeholder diagrams show on macro and micro levels the stakeholders that have some say in UMMS’ day to day operations. UMMS must answer to labor unions that represent unionized employees who can form “strikes” and hamper daily hospital routine. Third party payers, managed care organizations (MCOs) along with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) reimbursed UMMS for services rendered thereby affecting the system’s “bottom line”. Other stakeholders include nonhospital corporate services that deal with the board, local community physicians who operate privately but see patients at UMMS.
Anya Gugliemotto MBA 600: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Barbara Barresi, Ph.D. July 21, 2011 Physician Aid-in-Dying Physician aid-in dying is a highly controversial issue that has many ethical concerns. I would like to present a summary of this issue, including its etymological history, background, and laws. Also, I will examine the arguments for and against physician aid-in dying. Finally, I will determine which views most accurately reflect my own and I will discuss why I chose to research the ethical issues surrounding this topic. “Physician aid-in-dying” (PAD) is the official term used under the Washington and Oregon Death with Dignity Acts (DwDA).
An example of this is how health care organizations have sought to deal with specific clinical ethical issues surrounding death and dying, organ transplantations, and informed consent before they have assessed the ethical organizational life and ethical infrastructure of the total organization. However, to change the way an organization practices, one must take the culture of its employees and customers into consideration. Ignoring culture in attempting to refocus the values orientation of an organization is similar to ignoring causes and treating symptoms (Cipriano Silva, 1998). Another example of ethical issues in the workplace involves patient confidentiality. On several occasions, administrators are instructed to perform based on standards of the company not congruent with their own.
MEMO From: Joshua A. Burger (Gibbs), Phlebotomist, Genesys Regional Medical Center To: Office of Susan K. Kolka, Hospital Administrator, Genesys Regional Medical Center Subject: Excessive needlestick complaints and proposed corrective action 11/11/2009 Introduction Statement of Problem Inpatients of Genesys Regional Medical Center are complaining of excessive needlesticks during their stay at our facility. After receiving dozens of complaints, policy changes were made to allow the patients to receive a heparin lock as standard procedure, but the complaints continued. To promote patient comfort, safety, and well being, the hospital needs to take immediate action to reduce the number of needlesticks that our patients must endure
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down The barrier of communication that results from cultural collusion is one of the most commonly-seen obstructions in providing timely and appropriate medical care for the patients. The cost is doubtless immense not only to the health of the patients themselves but also to the professional ethics of the hospital staff involved if delay or mistreatment occurs due to cultural difference. Therefore, it becomes extremely important to understand the difference between cultures so as to ensure quality medical treatments to all patients and ,in some extreme cases, prevent treatable illnesses from becoming life-threatening ones. The book" The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down " vividly illustrates the difficulties, brought about by cross-cultural misunderstanding, in providing medical treatment to a child from Laos, Lia, who is diagnosed with epilepsy, who, unfortunately, belongs to a religion that asserts epileptic attacks are perceived as evidence of the epileptic's ability to enter and journey momentarily into the spirit realm------hence the title "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". In chapter 3 of the book, it reveals that Lia began having epileptic seizures when she was about 3 months old.
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?
Evaluation Plan Beauty Sama Grand Canyon University NRS-441v Instructor: Dr. Joyce Morrison (Drj) Evaluation Plan The writer’s PICO question will change the policies and procedures in the hospitals in ultimate goal to reduce CAUTI in patients. This change will affect the outcome of patient care, with that in mind there is great need to evaluate the plan, making sure that although it is an administrative interventions all areas of this change is examine for patient safety. In the proposed solution, there are independent variables (see Appendix A) in the research are; materials used for catheterization, policies and procedures for catheter insertion and removal, and nursing and professional staff. The dependent variables,
Dying patients sometimes lose all ability to take care of themselves. Vomit, drool, urine, faces, and other indignities must be attended to by nursing assistants. Recent laws in Oregon and the U.K. have started a trend of legalization. But some most notably the U.S. Attorney General’s office, are determined to prevent the laws from going through with physician assisted suicide. Physician assisted suicide is killing one’s self by a patient facilitated by means a drug prescription or by information as an indication of what dosage provided by a physician aware of the patients intent.
Furthermore, one has to know that diversity is good for every organization. Culture shock is the failure to identify cultural issues relating to organizations of the patients and the staff (Kotelnikov, 2003). Within an organization everyone should be held accountable to the mission of the company. When working in