Two Surgeon´s and an Ethical Case

Keating as to why they they all signed the confession. He stands on his desk and says,

“My 2nd to last day, the reason I do not work there anymore. This girl who was suspended somehow got into the school (with two other girls) and their intent was to beat a girl up to death. It was a three vs. three fight, with me and one other male security guard in that hallway.”

“I don’t care what the boy says or if he disproves the cheating scandal. Everyone involved will have to make a mends, but none of this will point back to me. Besides, it’s not going to change a thing if he disproves the allegations or not.”

It is very common to go to the doctor for various reasons such as prevention care, major procedures and treatment. In most doctor offices and hospitals, it is very essential to fill out paperwork prior to the doctor providing any treatment. This action protects the providers and patients from any liability, law and confidential issues . In this case study, Leonard is a patient who was diagnosed with a blockage in his carotid artery and the doctor suggested surgery. Leonard and Dr. Farrah-Fowler were both aware of the risk and complications that can be associated with this surgical procedure. However, Leonard signed documents refusing to have any blood or blood products. After surgery, a situation aroused with an event that Leonard needed a blood transfusion. According

In today’s health care industry, mechanical restraints are often used to maintain patients’ behavior and ensure their safety when treating the elderly and the severely ill (Gatsmans & Milisen, 2006). There are many variations of mechanical restraints, but all are defined as “any device, material or equipment attached to or near a person 's body and which cannot be controlled or easily removed by the person and which deliberately prevents or is deliberately intended to prevent a person 's free body movement to a position of choice and/or a person 's normal access to their body” (Gatsmans & Milisen, 2006, p.

Although, I care and take in great esteem the help and attention that my Charge Nurse Rosa expressed daily, these last interactions make me uncomfortable to work with her. Throughout the shift, I made her aware of my interactions with the doctors and significant events with the patients. I hope this matter can be improved and won’t affect my relationship with City of Hope and Flexcare

The desires of a patient are essential in an ethical medical situation. The physician and court system generally respects the autonomy of patients to make their own decisions. In cases of incompetence or minors, these choices are usually granted to surrogate decision makers or the legal system itself. In the case of Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (Menikoff, 2001), one can see where Nancy Cruzan, a patient in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), was not granted the right to have medical treatment removed. This landmark case presented the discussion of a right to die on a national forum. The reason for such debate is because of the ruling given Supreme Court of the United States in 1990. I contend that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was wrong in reaffirming the state of Missouri that there was not sufficient

“She deserved what she got for flaunting that boy around on her arm, when he should have been with my daughter!” A vein in the woman’s neck started to bulge, and Beckett knew that she had finally cracked. “For weeks Hayleigh hardly spoke! All she did was go to class and come back home just as silently as she left! I did what I had to to make my little girl

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.

As I write this post, I haven’t watched the TV show MASH and the only details I know about the given situation are the ones given in the above question.

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

An ethical dilemma is based upon personal values that relay an action being good or bad with an end motive to perform an action rightfully or wrongly. In the medical profession each individual holds a responsibility to apply ethical standards to conduct an ethical practice. Frequently, nurses and physicians see withholding or not telling the whole truth of information is within their professional responsibility. It can be apprised that a patient can become perturbed if they are told more information than they may desire. Deception is mainly stated when a healthcare professional gives inaccurate information or withholds accurate information to mislead an individual (Teasdale & Kent 1995).

Everyday, healthcare professionals are faced with ethical dilemmas in their workplace. These ethical dilemmas need to be addressed in order to provide the best care for the patient. Healthcare professionals have to weigh their own personal beliefs, professional beliefs, ethical understandings, and several other factors to decide what the best care for their patient might be. This is illustrated in Mrs. Smith’s case. Mrs. Smith is an 85 year old who has suffered from a large stroke that extends to both of her brains hemispheres which has left her unconscious. She only has some brain stem reflexes and requires a ventilator for support. She is unable to communicate how she wishes to proceed with her healthcare. Mrs. Smith’s children, Sara and Frank have different views regarding their mother’s plan of care. The decision that needs to be made is whether to prolong Mrs. Smith’s life, as Sara would like to do, or stop all treatments and care, as Frank feels his mother would want. In the healthcare field, there are situations similar to this case that happen daily where moral and ethical judgment is necessary to guide the decision that would be best for the patient. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss, compare and contrast the personal and professional values, ethical principles, and legal issues regarding Mrs. Smith’s quality of life and further plan of care.

Professionals in every field are always confronted with some kind of ethical issues. It has however been noted that these ethical issues become high in magnitude and extent when public officials are involved. Due to the involvement of human life, an industry like healthcare holds ethics in highest regard. Even though these healthcare practitioners are highly trained to deal with issues of these kinds, their decisions can sometimes have a lasting impact on their professional and personal lives (Edwards 2009).

Imagine you are injured or sick and have sought a doctor’s help. Although you trusted your doctor, something, something seemingly very in control of the doctor, went wrong. You are angry and confused, but also think of the commonality of medical malpractice. So, why do doctors, who are supposed to help, harm? Though many flaws influence it, malpractice can be, and often is unintentional. Most doctors aren’t trained to harm their patients. Inexperience and lack of medical discovery led to unintentional suffering of the patient. Personal flaws, like lack of willingness to abandon previous medical methods and shortcomings in communication also harm patients. Further reasons why doctors harm are socio-medical understandings that breed hate, prejudices stemming from a society’s belief about certain people, such as the medical practice under the Nazi regime. Additionally, displayed in the case of Ignác Semmelweis, judgement of one to oneself can be detrimental to any progress one’s ideas could make. We will examine these concepts through Jerome Groopman’s “Flesh-and-Blood Decision Making”, Sherwin Nuland’s The Doctors’ Plague and Barbara Bachrach’s “In the Name of Public Health”. Those who practice medicine are, unfortunately, unfree from the imperfections that plague all of humanity. Through these intimate and varied faults, doctors do harm.