The Question Of Ethics And Ethics

Therefore, adolescents rely on and trust their doctors to treat their issues quickly and privately. “The doctor-patient relationship is the primary focus of ethics in medicine. It is both a personal and a professional relationship founded on trust, confidence, dignity, and mutual respect” (Perez-Carceles 531). Teenagers highly value their confidentiality, and in most cases, physicians will try their hardest to protect that. Adolescents should have the right to consent to confidential medical treatments and services in order for them to receive medical attention quickly and privately, to protect themselves from broken family situations, and ensure their health.

The doctors in this story preyed on the ignorance and emotions of others when consent was necessary. For

She also asserts that testing is a violation of the child’s privacy since she can no longer choose whether to disclose her test results to her parents. Thus, healthcare providers should protect any child’s ability to choose which information she shares with her parents, particularly if that information (as is the case with late onset genetic diseases) only becomes relevant in adulthood and will affect her choices in marriage or reproduction (Davis _____).

Edward’s writes a lengthy piece on how to properly discuss challenging and often daunting conversations with parents and their children. She does so in a detailed, yet collected way, explaining many different steps that doctors can take to do this. She also discusses the child’s rights when talking with parents about how to and if to tell the child all their medical information. Though her essay is thorough and detailed, it lacks depth within her discussion of telling your child their health information. She contradicts itself, confusing the

Many people are unsure of the rights granted to minors because of the laws in place, or the lack of laws in place. In fact there are laws, such as the Privacy Act of 1988 that could be a reason people are confused about the rights minors have to confidentiality. This act is directly described in a professional practice article when Bird (2007), stated that an adolescent’s health information can be released to a guardian, but in circumstances where a minor is capable of making their own medical decisions, they should be allowed to do so (p. 655). Bird further explained that “If an adolescent is able to consent to their own medical treatment, then they are

The parent’s legal right to know what happens regarding their child can cause confidentiality between the school counselor and the minor student to be broken. School counselors must consider parental concerns for their children and the information they desire to know and then make decisions regarding what they will disclose to parents. They should always evaluate what information is most critical and what they are legally obligated to let the parents know (Baker & Gerler, 2008). Counselors that become aware of high risk behaviors are often compelled to break confidentiality when it is in the best interest of the child. Research recommends that counselors contemplating breaking confidentiality of their student inform them of this and offer them the chance to tell their parents themselves. Mitchell, Disque, and Robertson (2002) suggest that when parents ask questions about their child that may be confidential, the school counselor should first remind the parent of the importance of confidentiality in the counseling process and suggest that the parents ask the child themselves so that the school counselor avoids damaging the counseling relationship. The school counselor should also tell the student what the parents want or need to know, and help the student prepare to tell them. Another way to deal with ethical dilemmas regarding

If a parent suspects that his or her child is suffering from depression or is involved in hazardous activity like drugs, alcohol, or a bad relationship, I believe should be allowed to violate the child’s privacy. By simply looking through the kid’s phone or computer, a parent can find an underlying problem that the child would have otherwise not have told them. A parent must protect their child from anything that could harm them, even if it’s protecting the children from themselves, and the only way to do this (if the child refuses to confide) is to deliberately invade their privacy. As it happens, this violation of a child’s privacy also occurs in a medical environment. If a psychologist's patient is exhibiting either suicidal tendencies or is under danger of any form of abuse, the doctor is required by law to make it known to either authorities or the parental guardians that their child is in danger. These actions are a direct infringement of a person’s freedom that Kundera will readily disagree with, but if the curtain that keeps privacy undisclosed remains tightly shut, these cases may never be uncovered and these lives might not be

Since my journey here at Bryant began in September, I have changed so much. Coming here, I expected certain things such as my study habits, daily routine and friend group to be altered. One change I was not anticipating making was my approach to ethics. Over the course of the past fifteen weeks, my knowledge of ethics as well as my approach to ethics has changed. I have become more knowledgeable about the different approaches to ethics and have gained insight as to where I stand in my approach to ethics.

In modern medical ethics, patient autonomy is largely believed to be a major principle when making decisions about an individual’s health. It allows patients to have the right to practice their autonomy willfully and freely. Children and mainly adolescents have the right to take part in medical decision making to some degree. In most cases, the parent, child, and doctor are all in agreement, but this may not always be the case in some situations, instigating physicians to face problems and practice their ethics. No patient should be treated as incapable to make decisions based on mental immaturity unless his or her irrationality or mental immaturity is proven.

The ethical and, legal responsibility now would be to disclose or keep confidentiality that his 13- year-old girlfriend pregnant to her parents since she is also a minor younger than Hector. The reason in keeping or disclosing confidentiality is that the confidentiality belongs to the client as noted by the American Mental Health Counselors Association (2000) Code of ethics, in Principle (3) confidentiality in (c) that confidentiality belongs to Hector and with the professional and not his girlfriend. As a professional I would need to obtain written and verbal consent to disclose to Hector’s girlfriend’s parents that she is pregnant. In addition to, obtaining consent from Hector and his girlfriend to discuss their life changing decision to be discussed with the school counselor. Where now, the school counselor has discussed with Hector’s girlfriend of her pregnancy and, if so, as noted by the American School Counselors Association (2016)

All information about a child’s health should be considered confidential in order to protect a child’s identity. According to the textbook, this information must never be released to another individual or organization without first obtaining written parental permission. I agree that they should consent the parents first because we may never know that parents would not allow to release their children’s health. Families have different views or opinions whether they would want to expose it or not, so we should respect it.

“Great individuals have great ethics and great values.” Ethics and morality can be used interchangeably as they sound as if they mean the same although there is a wide distinction between them. “Strictly speaking, morality is used to refer to what we would call moral standards and moral conduct while ethics is used to refer to the formal study of those standards and conduct. For this reason, the study of ethics is also often called moral philosophy." (Gordana D 2007)

“Brad is a production engineer at a bicycle company and part of his job includes inspecting broken bikes and drafting the design repairs for their repair” (Bartlett). Brad is considering replacing a broken brake cable with a more durable material, even though the customer did not request it in their order and specifically requested that “No aesthetic changes be made to the bike” (Bartlett). Brad’s manager suggests that his considered actions would go against the company’s policy of “The customer is always right.” Should Brad disobey the manager and the customer to possibly lose his job or go along with

The popular belief among our society has always been “Parents know what's best”. While their kids are young, parents know how to make their medical decisions for them. Parents know what's best for their children, they know how to keep them safe and healthy. However, their children soon turn into teenagers who should be trusted to make their own choices regarding their health care. They’re no longer the children they once were; they can comprehend the extension of every decision they make. Services and treatments should not be restricted to them because of their age or need for parental consent. Teenagers should be given confidential health care and should be trusted to make the choices that regard themselves. They should be allowed the privacy from everyone, including their parents make those choices.

Michael H., a 68-year-old man, was admitted for exploratory surgery of his abdomen. He is frail, and his attending physician describes him as “emotionally labile.” Marcy R. is a social worker at BFL General Hospital, who is assigned to the unit that Michael H has been admitted. After Michael’s surgery, Marcy R. was approached by Michael H.’s daughter, Ellen B. in which Ellen has told Marcy that her father’s physician had just informed her that the lab report from the exploratory surgery shows that her father has terminal cancer. Ellen said that she and the family are in shock and they have decided that they not want the hospital staff to tell her father about the terminal nature of his cancer once he recovers from anesthesia. In this essay, I will discuss the ethical dilemma of “to tell Michael or not to tell him he has terminal cancer. He has the right to confidentiality by not withholding information from him when he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, informed consent, and self-determination.