Hello Mayra,
Thank you for reading my post and for your insightful comments, it is human nature to protect things and conditions that make us comfortable, however, doing so at the expense of others in the society is unethical or immoral. In my opinion, some people as well as businesses, tend to try and derail public policies that are unfavorable to them through various avenues; avenues such as, the use of Lobbyists to influence policies makers. Furthermore, the self-interest groups’ agendas couple with other bureaucratic issues that are inherent in the public health sectors of the government usually results in longer than necessary time for enacting changes to some public health policies.
Osa
Running a business in multicultural Ireland requires a company to address the issues that diversity and multiculturalism can bring. A company like Highfield Healthcare would have to look closely at best practices in the area of cultural diversity and multiculturalism. Highfield would have to look at how employee’s best work with persons of different cultural and ethnic background. A person’s culture affects decisions concerning end of life care, diet, treatment and recreational activities. These issues will change how Highfield Healthcare runs their business. Below are some examples.
Ethics are statements written that mirrors the principles of society it reflects society’s views of what is right or humanitarian. However, morals are not written and are codes setting out what is thought to be good enough or offensive behaviour.
In health and social care, four key Ethical Principles that are taken into account during these settings. Which are:
The United States of America has a system of checks and balances put in place in our government to insure no one part of the government has too much power. There is the legislative, executive, and judicial branch that all play apart in making and upholding the statues of this great nation (Shi & Singh, 2013). One type of statute that they pass is considered a health policy. Health policy can be anywhere from ensuring the quality of air to funding for research and development (Shi & Singh, 2013). The issue that occurs with these various health policy statutes is that there are special interest groups, which try to influence the making, passing, or killing of the proposed health policy (Shi & Singh, 2013). Special interest groups are associations
According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, the Affordable care Act from President Obama gives consumers more options and benefits when seeking coverage from insurance company. It offers lowering cost as well as gets more access to high quality of care. This law creates Patient’s Bill of Rights that is very effective to protect consumers from any abuses or fraud from insurance company. Some preventive services are available to many Americans especially Medicare recipients at no cost. Not just that, they also receive a special offer of 50 percent discount for any well-known drugs in the market place under Medicare named “donut hole.” The Affordable Care Act helps other organizations and programs to convince healthcare providers
Nurses are constantly challenged by changes which occur in their practice environment and are under the influence of internal or external factors. Due to the increased complexity of the health system, nowadays nurses are faced with ethical and legal decisions and often come across dilemmas regarding patient care. From this perspective a good question to be raised would be whether or not nurses have the necessary background, knowledge and skills to make appropriate legal and ethical decisions. Even though most nursing programs cover the ethical and moral issues in health care, it is questionable if new nurses have the depth of knowledge and understanding of these issues and apply them in their practice
I blew the whistle in this situation when the lack of ethical care for residents and work ethics fell short of the normal standards. As a care provider one must always be aware of that the dignity of the client when it comes to their care. I return to my regular position after three months of working graveyards to find that the residents were being brought to the dining room in the hospital gowns. There was no regard for the resident’s dignity. Their backs were exposed and often the gown was exposing their chest. No one took in count how the resident must feel going into the dining room so exposed. The staff could of a least put on clothing over top of the gown or a sweater to hide what they were wearing. And use a lap blanket so they
Ethics pertains to actions that are morally right and acceptable. In a broader sense, ethics is the foundation for legalistic matters that pertain to human rights, safety and well- being. The United States Constitution strongly endorses the rights of citizens. The aim of the Government and is to create the kind of society in which citizens are free to exercise their rights, especially with regard to matters of personal safety and health. Ethical principles govern different aspects of the society and the health sector is no exception.
Often, we encounter conflicting values when we discus ethical, legal and regulatory conflicts within a healthcare facility. Because of a possible problem or danger to a patient, the healthcare facility often look to governmental/legal solutions to create a fix for this problem. However, in order to fully implement these solutions, there are certain regulations that needs to be followed. These solutions can also be unethical which leads to the patient autonomy and freedom being negatively impacted.
In the fall of 2005, a homeless man from another state arrived in Maine who has been incompletely treated for tuberculosis (TB). He had several incarcerations within the next year and exposed the disease to other inmates. In addition, he exposed the disease to people at the homeless shelter; more than 100 persons were exposed between the shelter and county jail and transmission to 6 homeless men was manifested. Maine public health officials work with him to educate him on TB and how they will administer the necessary treatment in a comfortable/secure environment. The patient did not want to receive the treatment; however public
With a growing epidemic of obesity in America, some states and lawmakers have resorted to taking unconventional measures in order to counter the growing issue. Many legislators are debating the effectiveness of a “fat tax” would be on limiting the consumption of soda, high fat foods, and high sugar foods, and ultimately reducing the rate of morbidity and mortality due to obesity. The idea is that long term consumption of high fat, high sugar foods and drinks lead to many health problems, so making them more expensive and less accessible should decrease the health issues related to their consumption.
Key issues that public health researchers must consider when trying to promote community engagement in health
Out of the 12 principles of ethical practice of public health, I can see the 12th principle influencing my practice as a public health scientist the most. It speaks of employees and institutions having several collaborations with other organizations which would build the credibility of the work one is doing and also gain the trust of the public for whom the research is being done. As a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, I get the chance to collaborate with different departments such as Rehabilitation Sciences, Molecular Oncology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology and Developmental Biology for finding solutions to the problems associated with chronic Arsenic exposure in drinking water that causes deleterious
Healthcare professionals will be faced with ethical dilemmas throughout their career, particularly in the hospital environment. Having an education regarding professional healthcare ethics will provide some direction in how to best address these dilemmas at a time when either the patient or their family is in need of making decisions for themselves or their family member. It can be difficult for healthcare professionals to weigh professional protocol against their own personal beliefs and ethical understandings when determining critical care for their patient.
To develop a public health campaign, first one must look at influential entities that comprised of the CBPR roles of the various multidisciplinary fields. The multidisciplinary role of epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental scientist, a management scientist, health care providers, and behavioral scientist as all are important, influential figures. They provide strength to the campaign message with their concrete evidence content incorporated into the health movement (Campbell, 2011). Moreover, CBPR multidisciplinary specialists are often respected by the public and politicians due evidence base information to extracted to pass legislative laws on health policies (Campbell, 2011). Likewise, multidisciplinary works incorporation attracts other scientists, community’s participants, health professionals, academia, peers, and religion groups, as it offers direction, discretion based on shared knowledge to response to the identifiable issues (USDHHS, 2012). Therefore, one way to use CBPR to develop a public health campaign is to incorporate the