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Unit 5 Health And Social Care Case Study Essay

Satisfactory Essays

1. List at least 3 ethical concerns present in this case.
a. The resident was uncivil by calling the patient a “She-Male.” It is possible for the patient to delay seeking testing and treatment due to insensitivity among health care professionals.
b. The altercation with her new boyfriend Tony, because she withheld information about being a transgender.
c. The patient requested that only female personnel enter her room
2. Is Jenice part of a vulnerable population? Why or why not?
a. The patient is a transgender and has HIV. Our society has not fully accepted transgender as a societal norm, because of their gender identity and expressions are different to societal expectations of gender. The patient hardly has family support, which can possibly cause poor adherence due to isolation. HIV …show more content…

The resident physician can be more culturally sensitive, by educating himself about LGBT community and practice justice. The resident should also become aware of his biases, learn how to respect the patient’s autonomy, and learn how control his incivility. Discrimination is not tolerated in the workplace. I believe that the resident exhibited person impediments, because he was being uncivil by name calling. Even though, the resident physician disagrees with the patient’s sex changes, it’s important to be culturally competent and try to develop a rapport rather than name calling.
4. Apply the concepts of beneficence, justice, confidentiality, and nonmaleficence to this case.
a. The resident physician violated beneficence, because he did not do good by respecting the patient’s autonomy and he was being uncivil.
b. The resident violated justice, because he mistreated the patient, because he was a transgender.
c. The resident physician violated confidentiality, because when he left the patient’s room and made a comment about “She-male,” everyone in that vicinity may have overheard him. Only the health care professional taking care of him should know about the patient being

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