For many years, human beings have been striving to find ways of prolonging and enhancing their lives through extensive researches. It is of paramount importance to note that the endless search for ways to protect lives from being lost is because once a person dies there is no way of...
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment has been an extremely controversial issue for a long time. Half of the international community sees it as an act of mercy, while another believes that this act is murder in its nature. To decide which is which, one should consider a range of circumstances: the...
The generic definition of euthanasia states that it is an omission or an action that, by intension or itself, causes death alleviating suffer. Its bioethical meaning says that it is a deliberate action taken to assist in ending or end the individual’s life on a compassionate basis. Catholic health care...
The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or ACA) also known as Obamacare is the federal statute of the United States allowed to function in the law by Barack Obama that focuses on providing better health care. Since the 1965 passage of Medicare...
In the contemporary world, substance use has become one of the leading health concerns for the population. Teenagers and young adults are especially vulnerable to substance misuse. Substance use among adolescents can cause long-term health problems or even lead to death. Thus, it is vital to prepare nursing professionals for...
Article 1 In her article “Health care research in context: Global influences and individual Aspirations”, Veronica Bishop argues that the conditions existing in modern-day global society cause the importance of developing new strategies in addressing health care issues. As people from different countries come to have more and more political,...
Introduction People have a responsibility of ensuring they live healthy lives, interact positively and do what society expects from them. Responsible people make life easy for others and themselves because they are less likely to have conflicts and when they occur they can solve them easily. Nurses have various responsibilities...
In the selected hypothetical case, a patient named Roderick Clark, a 66-year-old man diagnosed with cancer, receives chemotherapy and does not seem to cope with the treatment successfully. The adverse effects of chemotherapy, including nausea and vomiting, fatigue, and peripheral neuropathy, are evidently intense in Mr. Clark’s case. Nurses provide...
Abstract Euthanasia is an issue that has stirred a lot of controversy in many countries and at international forums as to whether it should be legalized or illegalized. This has led to many justifications to support either sides by the proponents and the opponents of its legalization. This essay is...
Informed consent is a basic requirement for many medical procedures. Jessica De Bord, in her article about informed consent, gives it this definition: Informed consent is the process by which the treating healthcare provider discloses appropriate information to a competent patient so that the patient may make a voluntary choice...
Assisted suicide is one of the most controversial topics in the field of health care. There are valid arguments presented on both sides of the discussion, and depending on the personal beliefs of the medical professional, it may either sound like an act of great mercy or incredibly dangerous practice...
The eugenics movement is an extremely tragic time in the history of health care. Its ideas led to not only some of the worst atrocities of World War Two but also several harmful events in pre-war and post-war periods. I always believed that this was a completely unethical practice that...
Research on experiences of intensive care nurses has revealed good death as one which is extremely trouble-free and where self-esteem and ease of patients were given due attention. Family involvement and complacency with care also greatly factor in. for, patients at the last terminal of life, sustained care and communication...
Abortion and the moral status of a human embryo are two of the most significant matters in bioethics. Nowadays, a plethora of ethical theories that either support or oppose the decision to terminate pregnancy exist, and they frequently contradict each other. The differences in views between purely scientific and theological...
Nowadays abortion has turned into one of the most intensively and diversely discussed problems of the theory of ethics. However, the philosophical and scientific sophistication of this discussion does not mean that the problem of the artificial termination of pregnancy becomes clearer. The defenders of the right to abortion and...
Introduction Life is a gift and it is the right of every individual to lead a good, healthy, and peaceful life. Life is meant to be respected, conserved, and improved in every way possible. However, when an individual’s potential for meaningful, blissful, advantageous life has come to an end and...
Introduction Incidents of Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Practitioners are extremely common in the United States. Moreover, it is observed that US hospital employees are at a higher risk of injury due to violence than employees in other industries (Arnetz et al., 2017). Considering that workplace violence threatens the health and...
The case at hand covers an issue of social trust to politicians. Members of Vice President Cheney’s staff ordered editing out six pages of the testimony on the health concerns of global warming. Headlines as such inevitably undermine both my personal and public opinion of politicians. Those people who are...
In the case study “Healing and Autonomy,” a Christian family had to decide on the treatment of 8-year-old James suffering from acute glomerulonephritis and kidney failure. The physician recommended temporary dialysis to alleviate the symptoms, yet James’ parents, Mike and Joanne, preferred to refer to faith healing services first. A...
Ethical principles are vital and their role in all sectors of humanity cannot be underscored. Scholars such as Goetghebeur, Wagner, Bond, and Hofmann (2015) have defined ethics as guidelines and policies that govern the behavior of individuals in workplaces, learning institutions, and societies. In healthcare facilities, ethical principles direct the...
Scientists all over the world do their best to invent new ways of preventing and treating the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to save millions of human lives in both developed and developing countries. However, it is often the case that introducing innovative prevention methods,...
Introduction Diverse reforms and those that involve socially significant areas of life in particular frequently result in conflicts during their implementation. Health care reform in the United States, also known as the Affordable Care Act, brought in conflicts with an ethical background in addition to positive changes. This paper analyzes...
Nurses are often presented with complicated cases and decisions they must make immediately. Their responsibilities include the duty to keep other people out of rooms where their relatives stay in the PACU. The following discussion will reflect my opinion and possible actions in the situation with the dying woman. Discussion...
Death has always been one of the greatest mysteries for people. Being not able to cognize this phenomenon and having no idea what happens to a person after death, communities created multiple myths to explain this issue and eliminate individuals fear of dying. These stories served as the basis for...
Do you think Ms. Robaczynski killed Mr. Gessner? Why or why not? The sudden death of Mr. Gessner raises numerous questions regarding the issue of mercy killing. The case study raises an ethical dilemma that should be examined from different perspectives. To begin with, Ms. Robaczynksi decided to disconnect the...
Introduction Speaking about the complex moral, ethical, and legal dilemma that took place, it is important to understand the details of the situation fully. First of all, the patient, Mr. Gessner, without a doubt was in a very difficult situation. His condition was characterized by bladder cancer, cirrhosis of the...
The issue of ethics has a special place in cancer practice. This is due to the fact that there are practically no situations of self-recovery in cancer, and the patient’s recovery depends entirely on the competence of the doctor and the desire of the patient himself. Public fear of malignant...
In their work, nurses face a broad variety of ethical issues that can impact the way they approach clinical decision-making. For example, providing care to a patient from a different culture can be challenging for nurses, mainly because they do not always have knowledge or understanding of the patient’s culture...
Introduction The determination of the moral status of a fetus is integral in protecting it during pregnancy and providing appropriate prenatal care. Numerous ethical theories assign different levels of moral standing on a fetus, according to the health condition and the duration of growth. A congenital abnormality is one of...
Introduction Nurses’ competent performance of assigned tasks is a key to quality healthcare services and, as a result, patient-positive outcomes. However, there are situations when the process of care delivery is complicated by conflicts caused by various reasons. The ethical misunderstanding that occurs during interaction among nurses and patients is...
The Four Topics Approach is considered to be useful when making ethical decisions in nursing practice. In my career, there was a case when the approach helped me to find a resolution of a rather complicated issue. The first topic to be considered was concerned with medical indications. The patient...
Introduction The majority of nurses and other healthcare professionals recognize the significance of moral and ethical principles for effective medical practice performance. The role of the healthcare professional includes being the person with moral standards which affect the quality of his actions and relationships with patients. The importance of the...
Introduction The modern world is full of various issues that influence many people in different ways. Among these topics, abortion regularly raises a few questions because it has both supporters and objectors. Now, there is no precise point of view on whether a person has the right to take the...
Introduction Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS), the death of a patient as a result of being aided to undertake a life-ending act by a physician, is a contentious issue of importance in society. The act presents diverging views which are a result of the moral grounds of the values held by individuals...
Pressing Issues: The Christian Perspective Because of significant advances that have been made over centuries, people that follow set Christian principles rigidly may face a dilemma when dealing with health-related issues, as the case under analysis shows. The concept of organ donation and transplanting is a question of, especially convoluted...
Introduction Contradictions arising among participants in the treatment process may cause dangerous consequences. As an example, the case of James, a boy suffering from chronic kidney disease, will be considered. His parents deliberately slow the course of treatment and count on God’s help in healing; however, despite their belief, the...
The nature of healthcare presents an important topic to be discussed because the way of how society understands it can have a significant impact on health legislation with the lapse of time. Many people regard to access to healthcare services as an important moral right, and their position is based...
Introduction Ethics remains a powerful field for examining and studying moral issues, topics, or events in different parts of the world. One of the topics many philosophers, health professionals, and policymakers take seriously is that of euthanasia. Although many countries have specific laws regarding the issue of physician-assisted suicide, it...
Introduction The development of modern-day technology has brought many changes in how conditions are diagnosed and treated. Nowadays, it is possible to see the fetus inside the womb and check it for abnormalities. While this brings opportunities for treatment of different conditions, in some cases it means that the doctors...
Communication between patients, their parents, and care providers often results in ethical issues or dilemmas. In the case discussed by Krawiec and Levi (2018), the patient’s mother has false beliefs about her daughter’s health condition and capacity. This leads to her making choices that could be potentially harmful to the...
Problem Summary Shortage of human organs for transplantation Less organ donors than patients Paid organ donation to attract donors Financial aspects of transplantation Limitations of the National Organ Transplant Act (Delmonico, 2015) Rise of ethical dilemmas Note: The major problem with organ donation is that there are more patients on...
In the given case, a 15-year-old boy was left psychotic and severely brain-damaged after a wrong-site surgery on the brain. The error was not revealed to the patient’s parents for more than a year. The hospital had to pay a $20 million negligence fine. Before analyzing what integrity issues were...
Even though the nursing practice is guided by various ethical principles and standards, the issue of bullying is still observed in nurses’ workplace, affecting their psychological state and provoking decreases in facilities’ profit. Focusing on the ethical perspective of inquiry, it is important to discuss the issue from the point...
Introduction The issue of euthanasia is heatedly debated in many circles of our society. The stakeholders involved include patients, physicians, legislators, representatives of various religions, the press, and the general public. As it stands, there is no consensus on the matter, as some claim that the right to pass away...
Facts about the Case The case study revolves around a predicament regarding Sarah Hershberger, a ten-year-old girl born in an Amish family. She is diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma, which is a dangerous type of cancer capable of killing her if not treated with chemotherapy. Her parents, Andy and Anna Hershberger...
Childhood obesity usually originates because of insufficient care and attention expressed by parents. Family traditions, values, and habits directly influence child development, eating, and physical activity practices. Obesity tends to create many obstacles for children and can be characterized by ethical issues. Therefore, the current study should address the ethical...
Violence against children remains one of the major social challenges affecting many communities across the world today. Most of the victims find it hard to pursue their objectives in life. A proper knowledge or understanding of the risk factors for this kind of problem will empower many professionals in the...
Introduction The moral status of a fetus has remained a contentious ethical over time, depending on prevailing theories. While some theories confer a varied level of moral status to a fetus, other theories assign intrinsic moral status (Brown, 2018). The independence between a mother and fetus complicates the determination of...
The practice of allowing family members in the resuscitation rooms is one of the controversial issues in the field of medicine. According to McLean, Gill, and Shields (2016), the current standard procedure is to ensure that friends and family members are kept away from the resuscitation rooms to ensure that...
It is evident that throughout the years, nurses had a crucial role in assisting doctors and caring for patients. The ethical principles that guide the profession imply that one must provide care for all as equal individuals. According to Tunzi (2013), around 56 million people in the U.S. did not...
Sometimes, nurses and doctors have to deal with relatives of people who might not survive. This is one of the most complicated tasks that medical workers have to accomplish regularly. The following paper will present a discussion of the case and the appropriate decision that a nurse must make –...
Introduction The selected ethical case revolves around the issue of infant formula and the rights or choices of women. The authors of the article, “Do Infant Formula Giveaways Undermine or Support Women’s Choices?” indicate that policies banning the use of baby formula should be informed by the costs and economic...
Introduction The profession of nurses is multifaceted so the scope of their work encompasses both practical and ethical questions. The field of wound medicine is not an exception since there, nurses often have to deal with vulnerable population groups and consider the ethical implications of each decision. The way pressure...
There was a situation in my nursing career when I had to make a serious decision regarding ethics, and I do not think I would have been able to do it without the help of the Four Topics Approach. The patient was a seventy-year-old female, and she had chronic kidney...
Circumcision refers to the removal of some or all the penile foreskin and can be performed for medical or cultural and religious reasons. Circumcision is a common practice among certain populations and has proven effective in reducing the risks of occurrence of some conditions. While traditional circumcision usually takes place...
Introduction Contemporary society faces many moral issues in diverse spheres. They can be personal or global, practical or theoretical, but they all demand making a decision by a person who came across a moral dilemma. Healthcare is a sphere with some burning moral issues that cause active discussions. For example,...
Introduction The issue of voluntary euthanasia continues to elicit heated debates from society. While some people have embraced the concept of painless death to avoid becoming a burden as dependents, others disagree with the issue of taking one’s life. The contention is usually based on religious views concerning whether individuals...
Introduction The role of school-based physical activity in affecting childhood obesity is an important issue that is widely discussed in the scholarly literature. However, this problem is multidimensional, and more research is required in the field in order to discuss the issue from different perspectives, including ethical and cultural ones....
The case brought up by Dr. Fredericks’ disregard for written consent reveals several important discrepancies in the hospital practice. I will start from direct recommendations for the case raised by Mr. Davis and then move to its indirect implications. Dr. Fredericks’ situation, in this case, is unfortunate. According to his...
The targeted case presents a critical issue that should be addressed using both legal and ethical standards (Allender, Rector, & Warner, 2014). To begin with, Lena has been working with patients infected with HIV/Aids. In the course of her reviews, Lena learns that her sister is dating someone who has...
Situation Description In the selected hypothetical situation, the patient, Mrs. Rodent, is going through a difficult treatment, and she is often in pain. Mrs. Rodent has a daughter who visits regularly, but the patient is reluctant to share her treatment experience with her daughter. In a conversation with one of...
Major Ethical Issues in Conducting Research Links between nursing research and the inquiry of moral behavior (ethics) have been established because there are three value systems involved in such research: society, science, and nursing, which all interconnect with each other. Thus, significant ethical issues in conducting research are linked to...
Do you think Ms. Robaczynski killed Mr. Gessner? Why or why not? When asked about the reasons behind her actions, Ms. Robaczynski said she did not know why she acted that way. Such an answer suggests that the nurse understood that she did something wrong as she could not provide...
Learning objectives To understand the significance of ethical dilemmas in health practice. To apply ethical theories in nursing. To understand the importance of ethical principles in healthcare. To develop evidence-based nursing concepts. To appreciate the importance of multidisciplinary teams in medical practice. Introduction Nurse practitioners (NPs) encounter numerous ethical challenges....
Introduction Young professionals and people new to some fields may find it difficult to accommodate their new jobs. The lack of confidence and skills in nurses may lead to burnout, dissatisfaction, and increased turnover. It is necessary to prepare for various situations starting with the preparation for job interviews and...
Ethics and compliance are the foundation of the successful operation of health care facilities because they help to avoid scandals and increase customer satisfaction. Compliance stands for adherence to laws, regulations, standards, specifications, security controls, policies, and audit considerations (Rhodes-Ousley, 2013). Therefore, its central role in health care comes down...
The nurse (Ms. Robaczynski) killed the patient (Mr. Gessner) Based on the presented information in the case study, I think that the nurse (Ms. Robaczynski) killed the patient (Mr. Gessner). While the patient was in a critical condition, the healthcare professional withdrew the respirator, which was instrumental in supporting his...
Introduction While it sometimes might be viewed as minor, the problem of incivility in the workplace can have serious negative consequences for most if not all parties involved. This paper considers the issue of incivility in more detail. The definition of incivility is provided; the importance of this problem is...
Abstract This paper dwells upon the major ethical issues associated with the recent changes in the healthcare system, namely its passage from Obamacare to Trumpcare. The primary focus of the present healthcare reform is the reduction of taxes associated with the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the services provided...
Ethical Dilemma and Stakeholders Emily, a mentally challenged young adult, is eight weeks pregnant. Her doctor’s prognosis for the unborn child is grim. The doctor said that the unborn fetus is at exceptionally high risk for congenital defects. She is pressured to abort the baby in order to spare the...
Identifying the Issue and Stating the Ethical Position The issue of confidentiality is one of the critical principles that guide the practice in the healthcare sector. The practitioners are legally and ethically required to protect patients’ information from third parties unless authorized to do so by the patient or a...
Ethical Dilemma and Stakeholders One can assume that the couple visited Dr. Friendly to seek a friend and family physician’s advice that served them for 30 years. However, Dr. Friendly wanted Mr. Lovebird to have informed consent with regards to his future decisions. This is the first ethical dilemma. The...
Ethical Dilemma and Stakeholders Is it morally or ethically wrong to institute PAS? This is the first ethical dilemma. If the State will pass a law legalizing PAS, what will be the safeguards? Who is the ultimate judgment regarding the patient’s right to live or die? This is the second...
Introduction Animal research has always been a topic of ethical consideration in the scientific community. With experiments on humans being largely barred by numerous ethical and legal rulings put into place, using animals for potentially dangerous and invasive experiments remained the only way of testing various medical and chemical components...
Ethical Considerations in Regards to Patient Autonomy Patients’ autonomy is one of the crucial foundations of medical ethics. While it is necessary for the nurses to respect the inmates’ decisions during treatment, their views on the patients’ autonomy often differ from the inmates’ opinions. International Medical Association regards that the...
Introduction Euthanasia is the ending of a severely sick person’s life to free such a person from suffering. Frequently, it is done when the patient who dies requests for it, although there are instances labeled as euthanasia where an individual is not in a position to ask for it. The...
On the whole, it can be argued that Ms. Robaczynski did kill Mr. Gessner. This is because she decided to forgo the patient’s treatment when that treatment was necessary for him to continue living. In fact, the nurse took active actions to disconnect the patient from his life supports. However,...
Introduction Many people desire longevity. However, long life increases the likelihood of an individual succumbing to the terminal and chronic diseases. It is within this context that the debate on the right of a terminally ill and competent patient to die on their terms with assistance from physicians has emerged....
Introduction This paper enumerates the fundamental aspects regarding the Death with Dignity Act (DDA) as well as the Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS). It also states the public policy and debate concerning this decree, the pros and cons, the Oregon establishment, and the Euthanasia procedure among other elements. What is the Death...
Issues Surrounding Stem Cell Research One of the main arguments centered against the use of stem cells in medical research programs is due to their supposed origins, namely human embryos that are in the early stages of their development. Subsequent extraction of embryonic stem cells is considered by several groups...
Introduction Despite the increasing rates of abortion, debates on this matter have only focused on the political and legal aspects of the practice without giving much attention to the fundamental ethics surrounding it. This is partly because many people have believed that the legislation of laws should not involve ethical...
Introduction Abortion is an act that entails termination of a pregnancy through the removal of a fetus from the uterus. The question about whether abortion is right or wrong action is a very controversial aspect and requires a personal decision. Abortion could be induced if a person carrying the pregnancy...
A huge number of people are afraid of death. A leading reason for fear of death remains the pain associated with it. However, there is a form of termination of life known as euthanasia. It entails intentional ending of life aimed at relieving persistent pain and suffering due to a...
Introduction Animal testing is the testing of products on animals to evaluate their potential toxicity to humans or the environment. Animal testing is common in medical research to experiment the efficacy and safety of new drugs. Laboratory model animals are used to experiment new drugs to determine their potential to...
In the USA, a heated debate on whether the Government should continue funding researchers of human embryonic stem cells has been on progress for a long time. The use of human being’s embryonic stem cells has led to a difficult argument that entails public legal and moral disputes (Baynes, 2013)....
