Outline and evaluate research into the effects of age and anxiety on E.W.T Eye witness testimony (E.W.T) is one type of memory that has particular relevance to real life. Juries and British police officers rely on eye witness testimony on a daily basis. E.W.T is criticised enough due to the effects of misleading questions (Loftus 1992.) However also there is a lot of research to suggest that E.W.T isn’t as reliable as previously thought, especially when other factors such as anxiety and age are applied. There’s evidence to prove that anxiety and stress has a conflicting effect on a witnesses recall.
This presents a problem not only for the providers and other employees, but also for the patients who legitimately require the use of narcotics for their pain control. Recently more physicians are hesitant to write narcotic drug prescriptions for their patients because the manpower to keep track of the people on these medications is not available. Doctors and pharmacists are required to take many unnecessary steps to ensure that the people receiving narcotic drugs are doing so legally. In order to protect themselves from audits by the Drug Enforcement Agency and malpractices suits, more and more doctors are calling each pharmacy before prescribing pain medication to ensure that a ptient is only using one pharmacy. Upon receiving a controlled prescription, the pharmacist will also call other pharmacies to check a patient history and then call the patient’s insurance carrier, if one is available, to check even further.
Discriminatory Practices Discriminatory practices can be shown in many different types of behaviours such as: Bullying: This is using one’s power to intimidate another person. As there are different forms of bullying verbal, physical and written this can lead to mental health issues and stress. Bullying is an act of discrimination because its harms the other person emotionally. An example of bullying in health and social care is where a staff may be making rude remarks about a patient because of their disability and the staff may not give them a fair treatment because of their disability. Mr Gulaz Mutfi who is a senior urology surgeon and has been working for Medway NHS Foundation trust for two decades and he started getting bullied by three doctors which could be said as ‘a group campaign of bullying against Mr Mutfi’ making malicious and rude remarks to him but he felt as if they didn’t take the complaint properly and didn’t do nothing to deal with it.
After researching and reviewing the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession, I conclude that Joe’s behavior is deemed unethical. He is violating many of the physician assistant codes, and could be reprimanded in the future. According to the Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession, working with a friend or family member can form a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest in
I recently worked in an Intensive Care Unit and aggressive patient were always a potential problem sometimes from alcohol withdrawals or other times from an acute medical condition. I wish there were more studies on the use of chemical restraints as far as when they are deemed appropriate and how often they are used incorrectly. I used to get frustrated when I would see a patient snowed when I came on to shift and I wondered if it was because that nurse just didn't want to deal with the time consuming behavior and problems that patient would cause or if the medication given was for justified reasons as the patient was that out of
Distrust in Health Care Over the years, I have gained more understanding of why people do not trust the United States Health Care system. Growing up as children we all dreaded going to the doctor because we knew it meant we were getting shots. But even when you get older, you still avoid going to the doctor due to the fact that you may not have health insurance, scared or maybe because you don’t have trust in your primary physician. Throughout this essay I will discuss the different factors that cause specialized populations to distrust the United States Health Care system, the importance of trust in the health care system and why it’s so difficult for specialized populations to trust the ones that are providing health care. There are various different factors that have caused specialized populations distrust in the United States health care system.
Personality Disorders Discuss the problems related with identifying and diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder Introduction The term “borderline” means in-between things. Originally, this term was used when the clinician was unsure of the correct personality disorder diagnosis, because the patient manifested a mixture of neurotic and psychotic symptoms. Today there is a hopeful prognosis, but there are still a lot of questions to be answered and things to be learned about Borderline Personality Disorder. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric disorder that is difficult to treat, because of poor patient response and because of the trouble caused to the therapist and the treatment team.
Distracted Driving: Technology has become an obsession among many Americans. Over the years cell phones have gone from a business necessity, to a personal necessity. As a result of cell phone dependence and the need for a person to always be accessible, Americans continuously endanger themselves and others by texting while driving. The Vermont texting while driving law is widely ignored because it is severely flawed. Texting while driving has been forbidden in Vermont since July 2010.
A wide range of tech savvy devices and gadgets have been invented for different purposes. Whilst each serves a particular purpose, they have the tendency to be misused and of abuse to people. Closed-Circuit television CCTV is an invention which partakes in 24 hour surveillance of particular areas, the every move of civilians in range is recorded. There are no current laws on the use of CCTV cameras, hence why it is often an invasion of privacy against individual human rights. A survey conducted illustrated that the lack of knowledge as to who had access to CCTV footage was an unsettling thought for the general public.
Although mediation is widely used in many areas of American life, few programs offer mediation for citizen complaints against police officers. Mediation is a complex enterprise, and many obstacles can arise in the course of establishing a program. For example, a broad consensus of opinion exists among experts in the field that not all citizen complaints should be mediated, especially use of force complaints. In addition, experienced mediators generally find that citizen complaint cases differ from other kinds of cases they have mediated because of the police officer's inherent power. Moreover, many police officers are unenthusiastic about using mediation to resolve citizen complaints, fearing they may be forced to admit to things they did not do.