These are some of the principles of care: * Individuality * Rights * Choice * Privacy * Independence * Dignity * Respect If person centred values, which should be at the heart of all work in the health and social care sector, are followed as they should be, then all individuals should feel that they are being supported in accessing their rights. Care plans are the basis for the delivery of social care and support. The most important part of the plan is the outcome that the individual wants to achieve, and the plan is geared towards making progress to realise these outcomes. One of the key ways in which care plans reflect person centred values is that the service provider does not structure services around what the providers do in order for individuals to receive services. But instead, are structured around outcomes – what the individual receiving the service will achieve.
Each situation and each person must be assessed on their own merits (Thiroux, 2004, p. 42). Since we cannot look at each client individually to determine whether or not Dr. Smith’s confidentiality policy is morally justifiable (it may be for one client, but not for another), we cannot properly answer this question using act-based utilitarianism. Rule-based utilitarianism, on the other hand, changes the basic utilitarianism’s principle from “everyone should always act to bring about the greatest good (i.e., “happiness”) for all
If a patient is competent they should absolutely have the right to refuse taking medication no matter what the circumstances. I am a bit more reserved when it comes to my feelings about a patient who is deemed incompetent. If a person is not competent, I feel they do not have the right to refuse medication. Whenever possible, a family member or legal guardian should be responsible for making this decision for these patients. In circumstances where this is not possible, I feel the answer to this question is best left in the hands of medical professionals.
This also means doing everything in their power to keep patients safe from harm. Exercising duty of care is a legal requirement and would be tested in court should there be a case of negligence or malpractice. Patients have the right to expect when support is provided they will be kept safe and not be put at risk. Duty of care applies to all professionals who work with people. By thinking about the duty of care that we owe patients when panning our work, we can consider what we are doing is in the best interest of the patient.
SHC 24 (204) Introduction to duty of care Level 2 Diploma Unit credit value - 1 [pic] Learning outcome 1 – Understand the implications of Duty of Care |1.1 Define what is meant by the term ‘Duty of Care’ | |A Duty of Care means that all health and social care professionals and organisations providing health and care services should | |always act in the best interest of the people they support | |keep people safe from harm and exploitation | |not act or fail to act in a way that results in harm | |act within your competence and not take on anything you do not believe you can safely do. | |Duty of care is a legal requirement and underpins everything we do, it is what underlies the codes of practice and it should be built into | |practice on a day to day basis. | | | | | | | |1.2 Describe how the Duty of Care affects your day-to-day work role
UNIT 4 VICTORIA WESSELS ID: 1094182 1.1 EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A DUTY OF CARE IN OWN WORK ROLE. Duty of care is a legal obligation to all health care providers to be constantly aware of the wellbeing of service users, colleagues and others and to take reasonable steps to ensure that no one comes to harm as a result of action or inaction. This applies to all people the carer comes into contact with, especially, children, young people and elderly service users because they may not be able to meet their own needs and cannot simply spot potential dangers. In my role as a care worker, I owe a duty of care to support and act in the best interest of service users, colleagues and even I, to ensure my work role is carried out safely and effectively taking into consideration the care home’s policies and procedures. It also my duty of care to provide high quality care to the best of my ability, if not, to inform my employer the reason why I am unable to do so and when acting on behalf of a service user, I am to seek he or her consent unless I have evidence to prove that he or she lacks the mental capacity to make that particular decision at the time it needs to be made.
Joseph’s Medical Center has set goals to provide the highest quality of care, patient satisfaction, wellness, and happiness for the patient. The ethical values consist of integrity, honesty, charity, self-discipline, fidelity, and responsibility. The Catholic culture relationship with ethical decision-making is based on their belief in and the right to life. Essentia Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center finds it important to have employees with the same or similar values. As a Catholic hospital they will never refuse to treat any patient in need of medical care regardless of race, gender, religious beliefs, the uninsured, the poor, and the mentally ill. Essentia Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center is an institution the follows the beliefs of the Catholic church and provides health care to those in need, just as Christ
The benefits of chemotherapy are that it can help to reduce pain and other problems caused by lung cancer. There are no DNR/DNI orders to be considered. The Physician Assistant believes that the patient should be notified but is not sure how the news will affect his wife and children. A utilitarian viewpoint may be used to sanction unfairness and the violation of the patient’s rights in order to sustain his happiness. The patient’s autonomy was in violation because he was not informed and has risked making a healthcare choice not reflective of his values or wishes.
P5- Describe the ethical issues surrounding the use of assistive technology Ethics are the moral codes we live by that allow us to know what is right and what is wrong and enable us to know the best course of action to take in different circumstances. It is the motivation that pushes us to do the right thing by those around us. It is believed that if a person has good ethics then they do not single out any individual based on genders, race, religion e.c.t; this same principle applies to health and social care so that no single client gets seen more than the others. This isn’t illegal to do but it is morally wrong. One question that is based on an individual’s ethical principals is the debate on euthanasia and whether or not it is right to terminate the life of a terminally ill patient that is suffering.
No matter what your role in the healthcare system, the self-assessment provides a standard for various healthcare relationships including, “Community, Board, Colleagues, Staff, Clinicians, Buyers, Payors and Suppliers.” (www.ACHE.org). I learned from taking this self-assessment that when it comes to my ethical decision making I am strong in some areas but in other areas I still need to be more proficient. In the area of Leadership, I learned that I strive to make sure that the organization’s mission is first and foremost within the given situations also that I place community ad patient benefit over my personal gain. I work as a Medicare biller which is a government payer, so when I review the question of if I strive to be a role model for ethical behavior, with this payer there is no room for error we have to make sure everything is above board and