A Short Note On Ethical Issues And Dilemmas

People from all walks of life face many ethical dilemmas. These dilemmas have consequences. Our worldview determines how we deal with these dilemmas, and guides us to the right decisions. In this essay, I will examine an ethical issues through my Christian worldview. I will also present other viewpoints, and compare them to mine.

Ethical dilemmas occur when there is a disagreement about a situation and all parties involved question how they should behave based on their individual ethical morals. (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). The dilemma that I will be addressing in this essay involves Michael, recently employed male educator working in the nursery, and parents of a baby enrolled at the centre. The parents have raised concerns about male educators changing their child’s nappy as they have cultural practices that do not allow this practice to take place. This situation is classed as an ethical dilemma as there is a dispute between cultural beliefs and legal requirements within the workplace. There are four parties involved (parents, child, educator and director), all

According to Heller and Factor (as cited in Wood & Jackson, 2003) the number of “older adults age 60 and older who are diagnosed with mental retardation or developmental disabilities is expected to reach 1,065,000 by 2030.” In fact, “in the last 30 years, the life expectancy of people with intellectual disability has increased more dramatically than that of the general population” (Bigby, 2010). Doka and Lavin (2003) report that advances in medical care and a shift to deinstitutionalization have contributed to this increase in life expectancy for developmentally disabled adults. Increasingly, federal policy has linked addressing the housing needs of older adults with those of low-income and non-elderly disabled individuals, according to

There are billions of people living in the whole world and a large portion has many deaths and many new lives are born to add to the population. Since new lives are born each day, it is very possible that some of those lives could have some sort of disability in the future

Americans with disabilities make up the largest minority group in the United States. Approximately fifty million people in the United States live with physical or mental handicaps. This minority group is unique in that it is made up of people from all socioeconomic classes, genders and races. Mental and physical impairments do not discriminate. As with other minorities, Americans with disabilities face unique challenges and discriminatory behaviors. For centuries, disabled people had to battle irrational fears and stereotypes due to the lack of medical understanding. The first demand for equal treatment for disabled people came in the 1960s. The struggle for disability rights has followed a similar pattern to many other civil rights movements – first negative stereotypes must be challenged, followed rallying for political and institutional change and lobbying for the self-determination of a minority community. As a result the examples of the African American civil rights and women’s rights movements encouraged the disability rights movement, and after decades of campaigning and lobbying, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990.

Which allowed for them to get more data that was associated with Black–White differences in the rates for functional limitations and ADL limitations. They were also able to make many subcategories that allowed for data on other levels that might also contribute to the disability rates. The sample size for the survey was able to explain that the disability rates were so varied based more on education and poverty level rather than sex and race, even though both were factors. The weaknesses and the limitations of this article out way the strengths in my opinion. The article states many limitations that they have for their own survey: “Our study had several important limitations. First, the data were cross-sectional, preventing us from assessing causality and from using a life-course perspective which has proven useful for elucidating the onset of disability. Second, our measures of disability did not distinguish between onset and progression of functional and ADL limitations. Third, only self-reports of functional and ADL limitations were available, which could have resulted in some under-or overreporting, underscoring the need to supplement this study with others that include objective assessments. Fourth, we were unable to control for such behavioral risk factors as smoking and drinking behavior which were not available in this data set. However, earlier researchers have demonstrated a strong association between functional limitations and SES even when these behavioral factors were controlled. We also were unable to control for comorbidities such as obesity or health insurance status, which, as stated above, may play a role in explaining the SES/disability relationship. Fifth, our study’s reliance solely on income rather than household wealth constitutes another limitation, particularly in studies of older people, for whom wealth measures (e.g., equity in a house) often hold particular

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you were impaired? Whether that be physically, mentally, or emotionally, all of these can change your life in an instant. Disease is an example of an imparity that can not only affect millions, but millions of families as well. It doesn’t matter your age, gender, or background, the chances you have of getting something deadly is just as likely as those around you. If you are one of the “lucky” ones then maybe you were diagnosed with something that is curable, but what do individuals who don’t have that option do? Why should we cure something that is a multi billion dollar industry? Is it really benefiting not only the economy, but society as a whole? Where does that money go? These are all questions that are more than likely to spark a curiosity, whether or not disease affects you.

Many cultures, especially African American and Latinos, experience health disparities. Infant mortality is much higher in the African American population than in the Caucasian population. Health care coverage rates are lower in African American and Latino populations, causing minorities with more serious health issues less access to health care. Minorities in the United States are known to have poor health and disabilities. Social justice reflects that social and economic conditions shape minorities’ health and communities. This article focuses on two complex diseases that elderly people are faced with today: Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. Patients with these diseases suffer from limited medical care.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes devastating debilitation and raises many ethical questions. Many of these questions revolve around quality of life and end of life issues. ALS, specifically, complicates theses issues because of the natural progression of the disease. Patients gradually loose their ability to move, breath and communicate, while retaining, for the most part, their cognitive function. There is currently no cure for the disease and very little in the forms of treatment options, with the average life span after an ALS diagnosis only about three to five years with a small portion of the population living beyond 10 years. As a result, caring an ASL patient can put a lot of stress on their caregivers. Consequently, there is also the risk to the patients, who wishes can be ignored due to their inability to advocate for themselves.

When it comes to an individual having any type of physical medical condition, there are issues that are associated with it. It may not be intend to be that way, but there are some or certain conditions where medically ill individuals have to deal with because of their medical condition. As for Multiple Sclerosis, it has its own issues that make things worst for the individual involved. It seems as though the biggest issue nationally and internationally is the cost of health care and insurance coverage for a medical condition. From doing as much research on Multiple Sclerosis, it is not as easy for some individuals to get the adequate and needed care due to this medical condition. It was bought to my attention from Forbes that “health plans,

I found the article to be very informative; however, on pages 54 - 56 there were some points that I found good be problematic. The fact only one in three Americans with a disability are satisfied with their lives compared to eight out of ten Americans who do not have a disability could be viewed as problematic. This is a big gap and more research has to be done to understand why.

This view of disability is solely looking to discover and cure what is “wrong” with the patient. A second model of disability that I have seen some people use is the eugenics model. Growing up my grandparents were very verbal about their opinions on others for lack of better words. They often referred to individuals with a substance abuse as lazy and as if it was their own fault that they are that way. The time period in which they grew up in explains a lot for their thinking and why they would speak that way.

4. Health topic indicators in DHDS were analyzed by select disability types to present prevalence estimates among adults with each of the following types of disability: cognitive, hearing, mobility, and vision. – 88

The treatment and outlook on mental health, mental illness and developmental disability has come a long way over the years. Mental health refers to a state of well-being in which the individual realizes their own abilities, can manage everyday stresses of life, can work productively, and are able to make a contribution to the community. Most tend to define mental illness as the absence of mental health, which isn’t exactly helpful or even accurate. There has been many theories and explanations throughout the years, many extreme and now proven incorrect. Developmental disability shows to be easier to define; it is often mistaken for mental retardation. While mental retardation may be covered

All participants in The 90+ Study were mailed a questionnaire regarding demographics, past medical history, and medication use. Participants were asked to identify an informant, a person who would be able to provide researchers with information about their functional abilities via mail and telephone. A questionnaire was mailed to the informant asking about the participant’s functional abilities. In 57.8 % of the cases, the informant was a son/daughter or son/daughter-in-law. Other informants included siblings, neighbors or paid caregivers (18.5%), spouses (10.2%) or some other (13.5%). This questionnaire included the Katz index of ADLs25, which is one of the most widely used scale for measuring disability with well established reliability26 and