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Treatment without consent - Charlotte, the nurse on duty, had forced James into getting the injections therefore causing him emotional distress. Treating a competent patient who has validly refused treatment could constitute an assault or battery. The legal provisions supporting a competent patients’ right to refuse treatment in Australia can be found in both legislation throughout all the States and common law. The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights is also a helpful source of guidance as it reinforces the common law position that is based upon the principle of patient autonomy. The High Court of Australia first articulated the principle or refusal of treatment in Marion’s case, stating that a legally competent person has a right “to choose what occurs with respect to his or her own person.” Under the NSW Health Patient Charter, consent in regard to an operation, procedure or treatment is both a specific legal requirement and an accepted part of good medical practice. Medical practitioners are also expected to clearly explain proposed treatment, and adequately inform their patients on significant risks and alternatives associated with the treatment.Failure to do this could result in legal action for assault and battery against a practitioner who performs the procedure. Charlotte made no effort to explain or gain a consent from James.

The first ethical issue that counselors have to worry about in counseling children is to be a competent counselor. It includes that the counselor must be familiar with child and adolescent development. Also, in order to be competent in counseling children, a counselor must frequently participate in trainings, specialized education, and supervised practice (Henderson & Thompson, 2011). Another ethical issue in counseling minors is privacy and confidentiality. According to the American Counseling Association (ACA) (2014) Code of Ethics, when counseling minors a counselors protect the confidentiality of information received (ACA, 2014, B.5.a). Counselors also have responsibilities with the child’s parents such as inform parents about the role of counselors and the confidential nature of the counseling relationship (ACA, 2014, B.5.b). When a counselors needs to release confidential information, he needs to seek permission from the child’s parents, legal guardians, or the appropriate third party in order to disclose the information (ACA, 2014, B.5.c). According to Henderson and Thompson (2011), children have to have their parents’ consent to see a

whether the child is of sufficient age to independently consent to treatment. 2. How the release of information may impact the therapeutic treatment relationship. 3. Whether there are active concerns about abuse or neglect by the parent requesting the information. 4. Whether the child’s treatment was provided in individual sessions or conjointly with the custodial parent; and the purpose of the request. In the state of Florida, in most cases the non-custodial parent has the same right to visitation and shred custody as the custodial parent. The non-custodial parent has access to all the same information and documents pertaining to the child’s welfare. This happens unless the courts say otherwise. The ethical issues addressed in this case are the fathers trust that the medical records would not be released. The worker would be going against the fathers wish, but if they didn’t give the mother access to the records, they would be denying a worried mother the right to know about her child. Either way the worker could feel somewhat guilty (NASW,2006).

In effort to help you prepare for the upcoming Multi Disciplinary Team meeting for the case The State V. Sam Ruth, you have asked me to look further into the following concerns (1) Wendy’s “normal” medical exam findings. (2) Wendy’s diagnosis of a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and if it is relevant to her disclosure of sexual abuse; (3) Wendy’s resistance with testifying in court; and (4) Wendy’s recent recanting of her allegations of sexual abuse.

As you know, we represent Dr. Scott St. John, former psychotherapist to Lee Medina. In the interest of bringing the matter between Dr. St. John and your client, Molly Sumner, to an expeditious closure, I have been sanctioned by our client’s employer to give the following settlement offer and to offer additional compensation for her minor foster child, Portia. Understand that this letter, and any offer made herein, is considered to be a confidential settlement communication pursuant to Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Fed. R. Evid. 408. Please deliberate with your client, give our offer every consideration, and contact our office with your decision within

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We agree with Laurel Creek that Gilbert created an actual agency relationship between him and his wife. According to his sister, Rachel, Gilbert specifically asked that his wife be brought to the nursing home so that she could sign the admissions documents for him, and Anna acted upon that delegation of authority and signed the admissions papers. This is consistent with the creation of actual authority as described in the Restatement (Third) of Agency § 2.01, comment c (2006). The Restatement explains the rationale for the creation of actual agency in three steps. First, “the principal manifests assent to be affected by the agent’s action.” In the instant case, Gilbert asked that Anna come to the hospital to sign the papers for him. Second, “the agent’s actions establish the agent’s consent to act on the principal’s behalf.” Here, Anna signed all the admissions papers per her husband’s request and therefore consented to act on Gilbert’s behalf. Third, by acting within such authority, the agent affects the principal’s legal relations with third parties. Clearly here, Anna’s actions affected Gilbert’s relations with Laurel Creek, a third party.

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PER REPORTER: There is possibly an open prevention case. There is a case worker that is working with the family. Kelly reports that she has a fear of going home. She is in youth services and on an informal probation. Apparently, there was an incident that happened last night at the home. The judge requested the child come in and speak with her counselor (Jeannine) after the incident occurred. There was no scheduled appointment. Reporter spoke with Kelly and gave her a drug test. Reporter had the mother to come back after meeting with the minor. Mom said there was nothing she needed to talk about. Reporter did speak with mom about counseling because mom hadn't started her counseling. Kelly mentioned the appointments were being cancelled. Reporter

Miriam is a new hire at the community mental health center. Since she is a new hire, she will be working closely with her clinical supervisor Kim. This includes sharing case information with Kim while Miriam is receiving in-house supervision. The state law does allows for information sharing between professionals. Miriam’s client is a 17-year-old boy named Sam. She thoroughly discussed with Sam his confidentiality rights. Sam’s main concern was that information he shares will not get released to his probation officer or his parents. Initially, there did not appear to be any concern with information sharing to Kim. However, it was discovered that Kim is directly counseling Sam’s parents.

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In a court-mandated therapy, “the professional is responsible for informing them of the services to be provided, the court order for services, and the attendant limits on confidentiality in this situation.” “Because it is the legal right and ethical responsibility of the counselor to protect the client and make sure they make a correct and good decision on their behalf, the next steps in the name of the court and therapist at that point is to help the client see the positive attributions of therapy.

Problem Definition In February 1998 Biopure Corporation faced a difficult decision regarding the launch of its newly developed “blood substitute” products. Biopure had developed “Hemopure”, a blood substitute for humans, and an ancillary product “Oxyglobin” for the veterinary market1. Hemopure was still in the process of gaining Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approval , while Oxyglobin had already been approved and was ready to be launched1. FDA approval was estimated to be two years away2, but this could change as the approval process is inherently complex and uncertain. The main problem Biopure faced was whether to launch Oxyglobin now, or wait until Hemopure was approved and launch both products

There are many ethical issues that can arise during counseling. One issue that is fairly common is sexual attraction from patient to counselor, counselor to patient, or even in both directions. Even though an attraction may exist, this does not necessarily mean that these instincts will be followed in any inappropriate way. In fact attraction is a natural part of life and is impossible to avoid. However, any fulfillment of these desires is an unethical act that could not only be in violation of the code of ethics that a counselor is bound by, but it could also subject the counselor and their organization to litigation and legal action.

Biopure  Case  Analysis                     Group  1,  Section  B     The  analysis  deals  with  the  Target  Markets  and  their  different  segments  for  the  two  products  of   Biopure  Corporation,  namely  Oxyglobin  and  Hemopure.     Oxyglobin   -­‐ Used  as  a  substitute  for  blood  transfusion  in  dogs.   -­‐ Target   market   is  30%   of   all   the   dog   cases   coming   to   veterinary   practices   suffering   from   blood   loss  who  would  have  benefitted  from  Blood  transfusion.   Market  Segments:   1. Procedures  coming  under  the