Ethical Engagement Case Study

Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected if a lawsuit is filled. Jerry’s decision is a tough one, legal and ethical issues and advice will be provided for Jerry’s use.

1. What were the costs and benefits to stakeholders of the actions taken by Massey Energy and its managers?

The issue of ethical principles, truth and fairness is one which can be integrated into all subjects in education as it is vital for individuals to have an understanding in. Year 10 students in health and physical education, in a unit of work will need to investigate how empathy and ethical decision making contributes to

The speaker Ella Watson-Stryker presents the speech “Promoting Global Public Health and Social Justice: Reflections From the Front Line”. She mainly talks about her experience in against the deadly disease-Ebola. There were no medicine and no cure for Ebola at that time, and the surrounding environment was full of fear and hostile. Before that, she introduces the importance of social justice by the example of religion rituals. Different religions have their own rituals; however, there are horrible things happen, but we can do nothing because we need to respect religion rituals. There are other diseases like Ammonia, which is a disease can be prevented. However, there are people still died because of the lack of awareness; in order

A Heart for the Work: Journeys Through an African Medical School by Claire L. Wendland is both an first hand account of time spent in an African medical school and hospital as well as a critique on Western medical practices. Dr. Wendland, an accomplished anthropologist and physician, provides a first hand account of her time in a Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. Through this account she provides insight into the complete journey a student must take to become a doctor in conditions much different than our own. These insights and research are used to argue that medicine, or biomedicine as it is called, is part of a cultural system and is predicated on the cultural ideals and resources of developed nations. Wendland uses the differences in moral order, technology, and resources between the Malawian culture and our own culture to provide evidence for her main argument.

Is pleasing the customers, and telling them what they might want to hear, more important than being honest with them? When clients ask the company for reports, their main interest should be to get a thorough and comprehensive analysis. If they were only looking for a confirmation of what they wanted to hear, they should not need the research.

The Importance of Ethics Across Spectrums Ethical standards are put in place for several reasons in the field of psychology. One reason is to ensure no physical or emotional harm comes to either party involved in the counseling process. In this case study, there are many red flags when it comes to James’ approach to his future career as a counselor. First thing, I want to point out his complete lack of ethical understanding for someone going through his internship and about to graduate. He believes that his road is paved and that his success is a given, all he needs to do is graduate and then he can open his own practice.

Build a mirror CRM production system over the next two weeks so that a rebuilding of the main CRM system could occur to plug security holes and assure that another DoS attack would not be successful.

The applied ethical project I worked on was, should I speak up and encourage the other units in my housing complex that do not recycle to start recycling, or is it not my place to tell them what they should or should not do? I chose this project, because I currently live in a house that is split up in to five different units and I encountered this ethical issue on a daily basis, as I continued to see the other people from the other units throwing away items that were clearly recyclable. The common area has two large recycling cans outside, right beside the regular waste trash cans, so they have the means to recycle easily, yet the waste trash cans are overflowing and the recycling cans are nearly empty, other than what my husband and I recycle.

Nurses are faced with ethical issues and dilemmas on a regular basis. Nurses must understand his or her values and morals to be able to deal adequately with the ethical issues he or she is faced with. Some ethical issues nurses are exposed to may be more difficult than others and the ethical decision making process is learned over time.

This is completely stepping over professional boundaries in my opinion. Therapists aren't your friends and family, they are professionals that happen to work with you on an emotional level. Most people don't realize they are becoming dependent until they are completely dependent. The Doctor may be too late to intervene with the client causing a co-dependency if she continues to hug the client. The Doctor should addressed her concerns about the behavior of the client. Rather than just referring out of the therapy session, maybe the client will understand the position of the therapist. If the client continues the therapist would have no other choice but to refer out, this will keep from acting unethically. In the ethic codes (A.6.b.) from the

I concentrated my Master’s studies in international health, and, to understand and experience health from an international perspective, felt it was important to live and be educated overseas. Studying in Australia, I was exposed to, not only cultural differences, but systematic, political, and infrastructure differences, and I began to understand how what one has access to influences their life.

The problem solving methods that might be helpful to assist Jerry in making an ethical decision would be to establish trust with the patient and become aware of the problem. Then analyze the problems and decide on a plan with the patient. He will then want to make sure he reinforces the commitment to the patient and activate the plan. Last, he will follow through with the task and monitor everything until the situation is taken care of.

The ethical dilemma is a situation by which it’s difficult to determine whether a situation is can be handled without disappointing both sides. Therefore, an ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is clear or when members of the healthcare team cannot agree on the right thing to do. Ethical dilemmas require negotiation of different points of view (potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall 2011pg 78).

The course Health Care Ethics was a rather revealing study that highlighted many actions in the provision of health care which would have otherwise gone unattended to. The course has helped prepare me and deepened my understanding of ethical issues and their relevance in my job as a future healthcare administrator. It has been a great experience going through the course as it has greatly impacted my understanding and outlook in the healthcare industry.