Background of the Case:
In this case, I saw as a bioethicist that there was a child brought into to hospital saying that the child had an asthma attack. But the doctor, Dr. Kildaire, checked the child and found out that the child had burns on the child’s chest. She assumes that the burns are due to child abuse. She asked the child, but the child does not communicate well in English, the doctor assumes he is Vietnamese. The doctor wants to let the police and Child Protective Services know about this case, but she came to the Ethics Committee and now it is up to us to make our decision.
Ethical or Moral Issues Relevant in the Case:
Social contract theory does apply to this case in a small variation which is explained by Kymlicka by, “One approach stresses a natural equality of physical power, which makes it mutually advantageous for people to accept convections that recognize and protect each other’s interests and possessions” (17). This would relate to the case because the doctor is trying to protect the child. The most basic principle is Principles of Bioethics which involves four main principles, “(1) respect the capacity of individuals to choose their own vision of the good life and act accordingly; (2) foster the interests and happiness of other persons and of society at large; (3) refrain from harming other persons; and (4) act fairly, distribute benefits and burdens in an equitable fashion and resolve disputes by means of fair procedures” (36-37). This applies to the
Step 1: About 7% of the rich world's jobs are held by people from developing countries and an aging population who cannot fill the vacant positions currently available. Lant Pritchett proposal is to have 16 million of the poor became part of a guest worker program. In the United States for example; 3 million guest workers would stay 3 to 5 years, without citizenship. They could not bring their families, but they would have some protection through the certification process for these guest workers.
Ad hominem ethical fallacies; which attacks a person’s character rather than a person’s reasoning would be none existent making a change that would empower and persuade for the better.
An abortion is the termination of a human pregnancy, which is mostly done before 24 weeks of the pregnancy. There are two different ways to get an abortion, depending at the stage of the pregnancy. One of the ways of having an abortion, is to have it done surgically. The main method of this procedure, which is the vacuum aspiration or also known as the suction curettage, which is really common here in New Zealand. The other method is medical abortion, where at the early stages of the pregnancy, you would take pills rather than having surgery. After performing these the procedures, the foetus dies which people in the Catholic community see as murder, because they’re new life that has been brought into the world, which is one of the reasons why this is an ethical issue still to this day.
Some problems that identify within the food business are that the owner scarcely interacts with the customers. Interaction with the customers is an important feature that gives the owner to know the clients. If Kathy Kudler is not getting involve with the clients how it she going to know what ingredients,
Use this worksheet when discussing the case discussed in class. By filling out all parts you will have an easier time writing your response paper.
A practice commonly used in the medical field, “benevolent deception” is the act of physicians suppressing information about diagnoses in hopes of not causing patients emotional turmoil (Skloot 63). Benevolent deception is a contentious subject because when used, the bioethical principles of respect for autonomy and beneficence can conflict with each other. Respect for autonomy is the act of physicians acknowledging their patients’ abilities to make voluntary decisions on their own regarding their health care, while beneficence is the duty of doctors to help patients and remove harm from them (McCormick 4-5) When giving patients diagnoses, physicians are morally obliged to try to follow these doctrines, which is why some may mistakenly use
When defining what Ethical Theory is my first thought is morals. Morals principles affects the way people make decisions and the why people live their own lives. Ethics come from a Greek work ethos, and this means character, habits, customs and dispositions. The morals that Ethical theory will display in a person life, is living a good life for them and their families, knowing what is right in life and taking care of their responsibilities. Researchers, divides ethical theories into three basic groups, first group is meta- ethics, the second group is applied ethics and the last groups is normative ethics. Meta-ethics deals with origins and ethical principles. Applied ethics is related to controversial topic like politics or war. Normative ethics concerned with moral judgements of what is right or wrong. Reflecting back to meta-ethics is having morals judgments, morals allow people need morals and value to as a person. When a person realize what is important in determine moral judgment, and the ethical
Life is not guarantee but death is. There is no simple way to discuss death especially with the ones we love the most. However, it is one that people need to have more of. How and when is not necessarily determine in all situations. Who would you want to be your decision maker? Who would make these decisions for you and in regards to your actual life? If you want to be resuscitated or put on life support all require medical directives. For example, you get in a car crash and then are brain dead. Would you rather be put on life support or naturally die? Ultimately, if you are dying or die you want to have directives and people in pace to assist you. In this essay will describe some of the legal and ethical aspects associated with consent, role
The author of First, Do No Harm (1993), also known as Lisa Belkin, is an American journalist and a New York
There are 6 ethical issues, the first one is honesty. While Kelsey finds a problem in the audit, she tries to tell everyone in the firm like William, Danny, and Chelsea about the problem she is honest with what she saw because she knows this kind of mistake should always be recorded, in every type of business no matter the size. She also knows the impact is especially great when publically held corporations violate this principle.
As health care provider we are bounded to medical ethic, the four principles of medical ethics are beneficence, no maleficence, justice and respect for autonomy. “However, in the actual situation, we must balance the demands of these principles by determining which carries more weight in the particular case” (McCormick, 2013). In “the Use of Force” story, the doctor came to a patient home with an intention of treating the patient, with knowledge that he saw some cases of diphtheria that is not known in many people in their town. As I analyze the doctor situation the four principle of medical ethic has been weigh based on the benefit it will provide the patient health.
This situation, while extreme, presents us with a myriad of different ethical dilemmas involving the respect for life. Although we may not face this kind of grave situation on a daily basis the lessons we can learn from this case study can be applied to the ethics based questions we do encounter in everyday life. By examining the choices and intentions of each of the involved individuals we are able to see the application of different arguments and points of view. While the parties involved differ greatly in their beliefs and convictions, every individual concerned is attempting to protect the sanctity of human life in the way that they believe is best.
The article in reference to the ethics as related to disability case management talks about the dilemmas that healthcare providers run into with an adult with learning disabilities regarding what are right and what wrong for the client. This article of Ethical challenges to everyday work with adults with learning disabilities raises / raised awareness and to understand what ethical values are at stake for the adult with learning disabilities. The discussion focused on everyday ethical challenges, the meaning of being in-between and shared responsibility and the meaning of ethical
The Doctor-Patient relationship is built on trust. Trust that patients’ will provide truthful information to enable Doctors’ to reach an accurate diagnosis and that in turn, Doctors’ will be truthful when relaying information about diagnosis and treatment. Any breech in this trust undermines this relationship and can cause harm to patients for example by making them unwilling to seek help in the future. The GP in case above acted dishonestly because he believed it was in Eliza’s best interest. The question I will aim to answer is as follows: was the GP morally justified in his action given his concerns about Eliza’s and her capacity to make decisions in her best interest?
Luke is part of a project that involves developing land recently bought by ABC company to build an adult entertainment retail store. Luke’s brother, Owen lives in the same neighborhood that this land is located. When the plans for the store become public the value of homes in Owen’s neighborhood is expected to decline. Luke knows his brother is thinking about selling his house. Owen has mentioned that, he has thought about even putting his home on the market for sale.