The Ethicality Of The Patient-Physician Relationship

In William Carlos William’s short story, “The Use of Force”, the plot is unassuming. A physician is telling the story about his efforts to save a child, named Mathilda, from herself in addition to his efforts to protect an entire community from the tragic and fatal effects of diphtheria. In the story, Mathilda seeks to avoid seeing a physician or risking any type of exam or diagnosis. Upon deeper examination, the story is much more multifaceted than a simple appraisal of two characters’ motivations. “The Use of Force” portrays a character contest between a stubborn child, Mathilda, and the devoted physician who is narrating the story; the prize, won by the physician, is control, health, and perhaps even

The purpose of this paper is to explore a specific patient scenario relating to the nurses’ dilemma of caring for a patient who is prescribed a placebo without having first given informed consent. The intent of placebo use in the scenario is to prevent the patient with a history of drug abuse from being given more narcotics. The dilemma will be approached systematically by first exploring potential solutions. The potential solutions will be weighed against the following three sets of data:

A physician has the responsibility to determine the legitimacy of all work injuries and to report its finding accurately. If a physician prepares a report with the intent to use it in support of a fraudulent claim and knowingly submitted for payment under an insurance contract, the physician may be subject to fines or imprisonment and risks the possibility of having his or her medical license revoked. Presenting a claim for an item or services based on a code known to result in greater payment or submit a claim for services not medically needed is a violation of the false claim act.

Relational ethics is one of the approaches in making ethical decisions based on the dynamic and interactive relationship with patients (Pollard, 2015, p. ). This means that patients play an active role in the process of decision making. Their perceptions, beliefs, priorities, and preferences matter to facilitate the most conducive environment that promote healing, health and growth. As this approach carefully considers the context of the situation, it guides nurses to determine the most appropriate ethical decision to particular circumstances.

The ethical dilemma I encountered at my placement involves a male in his late-sixties, who has recently suffered a stroke. Mr. A’s situation is unique as he has been unable to speak and his cognitive abilities have declined since. The Fraser Health agency protocol is to contact the patient’s family to determine who would be the temporary substitute decision makers (“Information for temporary substitute,” 2015). The health care consent and care facility admission act describes how decisions are to be made if a patient is determined incapable (Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre, 2012). The next steps required liaising with the home health team in the community to determine if Mr. A had ever listed any family members as his emergency contacts.

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.

There are various ethical dilemmas throughout the medical field. Some cases are more challenging than others. In, “My Sister’s Keeper,” a thirteen-year-old girl named Anna, hired a lawyer to sue her parents for medical emancipation. Anna was conceived to become a medical donor to her older sister Kate who was diagnosed with acute promyleocytic leukemia. After several years of donating to her sister, she eventually decides to express her feelings about no longer wanting to being a donor. She states that she is worried about her own health and wellness in the future if she continues to donate.

29. In your opinion what responsibilities, if any, does a physician or other health care practitioner have toward difficult family members or other third parties who interfere with a patient’s medical care?

In the first scenario, the patient and his family members have different views on how to approach the patient’s health condition. This is one of those complicated ethical dilemma (situational dilemma) because the family wants the “best” for the patient and wants to proceed with the invasive procedure. On the other hand, the patient wants to approach his cancer in a more conservative way. But who ultimately determines what is “best” for the patient? As a nurse caring for this patient, my role is to be the patient’s advocate. Although the family may have fears of losing the patient from cancer, I as a nurse caring for this patient would respect his autonomy to choose how he wants his quality of life to be. However, there are factors that should

Medical professionals face ethical dilemmas every day, and as they are ethical, decisions regarding patients can be challenging to make. In this case, the physician was faced with a dilemma of whether or not to inform a patient that he had an inoperable carcinoma in the prostate. If the physician had a patient that had no history of mental instability, then the decision to tell the patient about this carcinoma would be relatively easy considering the situation, but since this patient wasn’t all there, the decision was difficult.

Relationships between individuals are complex, and the patient-physician relationship is no exception. The relationship between patient and physician is the keystone for the practice of medicine. However, circumstances may sometimes arise which lead to unequal partnership between the physician and patient. One circumstance is the competing values between the patient and physician when engaged in a conversation about medical assistance in dying (MAiD). MAiD occurs when an authorized physician or nurse practitioner provides a drug that will intentionally end that patient's life at the patient's request.

I completed the requirements of the Continuing Education Program in Spanish/English Medical Interpret (40 hours / 4.0 Continuing Education Units) at the University of Georgia. I employ the skills that I learned in the program to streamline the flow of communication between providers and patients at Clarkston Community Health Center (CCHC), a volunteer-run Sunday health clinic. Thanks to my experiences, I have a more realistic understanding of the physician-patient relationship: a multifaceted bond in which language as well as socioeconomic status, cultural differences, and educational background significantly influence the quality of communication. I plan to implement the lessons that I learned as a medical interpreter in my following years

When patients are provide a favor to their healthcare member, they might to feel compelled to do it for them. This an ethical issue related to Professionals, which, are grasped to different behavior norm. The Relationships and interaction with patient that may be unethically problematic between professionals and patient .As well as, individual person have a personal interest that is acceptable in himself, but that struggle with a commitment the same individual has as a health care professional.

According to Goold and Lipkin (1999), the doctor-patient relationship is essential in care. It forms the medium of data gathering, making diagnoses and plans, compliance achievement, healing and core in patient support and activation. In the health care system, the doctor-patient relationship is the market’s practicality of satisfaction, in which the patient makes some decisions on whether to stay with the particular service or not (Goold & Lipkin, 1999). The connection is an important facet of the healthcare industry in the delivery of quality health care.

A doctor chose to tell her patient, Sarah who was suffering from multiple myeloma part of the information that he thought was welcoming to the patient. The doctor told the patient that 50% of the patients treated of this illness can survive while the other 50% die within 2 or 3years of ailment. However, he did not disclose to Sarah that 10% percent of the survivors are likely to be exposed to leukemia in the next 20 years, a condition that is resistant to treatment. The doctor has fears that he might alarm her chances for taking treatment and hence limit her chances for future survival. Even though the research is not conclusive on the possibilities of attracting leukemia after 20 years, he thinks it is not morally right to disclose the risks to the patients. Therefore, the doctor is faced with ethical issues of autonomy, honesty, disclosure, good virtue, integrity, moral responsibility and practical wisdom. This is the ethical case that I will discuss and analyze in this essay.