The Ethics Of The Medicinal Field

Studies have shown that many factors have been contributing to influence patient’s care in an ethical manner. What factors could affects one decision for their medical care? Does it also included the nurse’s individual views or should consider their moral obligations? But what is ethics really is? Based on the book Nursing Ethics by Butts & Rich, “Ethics is a systematic approach to understand, analyze, and distinguish matters of right and wrong, good and bad, and admirable and deplorable as they relate to the well-being”. Ethics should follow the current AMA guidelines.

Sarah’s doctor also have a professional duty to adhere to the ethical principles of beneficence and non-maleficence (Wilmot (2003) Beneficence is the act to ‘To do good’ whereas;

College sports have got a lot more popularity across the country then when it first started, over the last few decades. Intercollegiate sports such as football, basketball, or hockey have brought in extra money to their Universities, and also made their colleges more popular. Even though those sports are bringing millions in, no college athletes are legally rewarded for their work and performance. According to NCAA rules, “You are not eligible for participation in a sport if you have ever taken money from anyone, or someone promised to pay you, for competing in that sport” (NCAA Regulations 1). Because of this rule, college athletes have a difficult time paying for college, but also many athletes are starting to be paid under the table through

In 2011, 23 year old Katie Sharify was involved in an automobile accident that damaged her spine, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. Katie’s medical team proposed an experimental approach to her therapy using stem cell research, in which stem cells taken from a 5 day old embryo could be converted into cells used for communication between the brain and body. Seeing the glimmer of hope, Katie accepted. However, the funding was cut shortly after her treatment, and all of the hope she had been clinging to was seemingly lost. Three years and a 14.3 million dollar grant later, however, the research she had participated in was deemed safe and enabled to

Medical ethics and legal issues have been a key topic in medical field for many years now. It is important for medical professionals to understand the importance of the way we care for patients, it is therefore important to be knowledgeable and aware of the medical ethics and legal issues that govern good patient care. Health care professionals must make decisions based on ethical and legal issues to performance their regular duties. However, Medical ethics is not only about avoiding harm to patients. It is rather a norms, values and principles (Ethical theories 2015). Therefore norms, values and principles are intended to govern medical ethical conduct. Ethics is defined as “a standard of behaviour and a concept of right and wrong beyond what the legal consideration is in any given situation”. In another words medical ethics is a discipline that used to handle moral problems coming out the care of patients. Law is another important discipline that often comes together with medical ethics. Law defined as a “rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority”. Government imply law to keep the society running smoothly and to control behaviour that could threaten public safety. Medical professionals have to often prioritise these terms before making any clinical decision. The following findings will constructively emphasise on medical ethics, its

Over the past couple of decades, a sudden change has started to take over the way business is done. The time when no rules applied, and anyone could do what they pleased at the cost of others or the environment is rapidly ending. Instead, companies today have become aware that it is essential for them to employ ethics and morality in their actions, if not they will be heavily scrutinized and rejected by the public. This way of thinking also applies to the pharmaceutical industry, which over the past century has been rapidly expanding. Do to the fact that this industry can determine the health and lives of millions of people, it is imperative that this industry follow an ethical and moral path.

Beneficence is the ethical principle of doing good unto others. Healthcare professionals display this principle by:

A few studies in bioethics have suggested to make a case by case analysis of medicalisation, but little consideration has been given to the concept of medicalisation itself. In this study, I will pinpoint the problems that the concept of medicalisation poses to its ethical appraisal as a social phenomenon. These problems might be divided in three groups: those that arise from different interpretations; from the duality of medical and non-medical conditions; form simplified understanding of such a complex socio-cultural process. I will finally show the relevance of such problems for the ethical analysis taking Growth Hormone Treatment as case study. In particular, the focus is on its use for short children without recognized disability.

Moreover, an emphasis is imposed on the rights of a single patient to commit an act or decision even though it is in contrast with the views of the others. In regards to the ethical dilemma, a nurse could not justify the morality of the two possible choices based on their results and consequences. The Deontological approach would encourage the health care staff as well as the patient to ask themselves the most righteous choice for their situation. With this in mind, a combination of ethical theories can also be employed to give light to the dilemma. In view of this, another ethical approach could be applied to solve the issue, and this is the Right-based approach. This theory also aim to promote the rights of every person, and that, they are indispensable just to make ends meet. However, not all ethical theories can be incorporated in every dilemma in a health care setting because their foundations would contradict one another. In order to provide an effective and efficient solution, nurses should be knowledgeable of the principles enveloping each of the ethical theories and should be wise to apply them in appropriate issues and

Thousands of people voluntarily enroll in clinical drug trials every year. They are putting their health and safety at risk by participating in a drug trial. One would think they would be doing this to promote medical advancement, but in all actuality, it is for the high dollar amounts they receive for compensation. People that frequently enroll in drug trials are often called “guinea pigs.” The monetary amount people are paid can go as high seventy-five hundred dollars. The more invasive the procedure is the higher the compensation. These “Guinea pigs” are required to pay taxes on the money they do make. (Elliott, 2008)

Picture being inside of a lovely building. The walls glisten as the light reflects off bouncing and giving indebtedness to the still air that holds stiff. People can be heard talking down the hall in a distance. Soon, the mind wonders to pessimistic scenarios where safety is the number one priority. A fire, a flood, the walls collapsing in on a single soul. Medical teams have to respond and silence falls down all around.

According to Maryann Hogan, Beneficence is to act in the best interest of others; to contribute to the well-being of others; includes client advocacy; has three major components: to promote good, prevent harm or evil, and remove harm or evil. One scenario I can think of which I safeguarded beneficence for a patient when I had a patient who was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. We can call her Mercy (fictional name). Mercy was depressed, she was young and she didn’t want to get out of bed, clean herself, or eat. I would sit in her room and try to talk to her, but she would not respond. She only would reply with a yes or no answer. Finally one day she spoke back. We sat and talked for a while. She told me about her anxiety, fears, and plan for the future. She expressed to me about how she felt

According to Kennedy (2004) “beneficence is acting to prevent evil or harm, to protect and defend the rights of others to do or promote good” (p. 501).

“Ethics are a set of beliefs about right and wrong”. The idea about medical ethics was first brought up by Hippocrates in the Hippocratic Oath in about the 4th century BC. The Oath states that doctors should always keep their patients prior to anything else and should avoid causing harm. (Brightknowledge.org, 2016)

In the pharmaceutical field, there is a lot of controversy when it comes to doctors prescribing certain medications to patients; such as oxycodone. Some citizens hold the government accountable for addicting patients to oxycodone, but in reality the ones to blame are the doctors and pharmaceutical scientist. The government may have allowed doctors to prescribe these medications but there are also laws created to prevent doctors from abusing the right to prescribe oxycodone. The most common controlled substance that is prescribed is oxycodone which is also known as a narcotic.