Tag: Nonmaleficence

How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?

Answer the following questions about a patient’s spiritual needs in light of the Christian worldview.

1. In 200-250 words, respond to the following: Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James, or would that mean a disrespect of a patient’s autonomy? Explain your rationale.

2. In 400-500 words, respond to the following: How ought the Christian think about sickness and health? How should a Christian think about medical intervention? What should Mike as a Christian do? How should he reason about trusting God and treating James in relation to what is truly honoring the principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence in James’s care?

3. In 200-250 words, respond to the following: How would a spiritual needs assessment help the physician assist Mike determine appropriate interventions for James and for his family or others involved in his care?

Remember to support your responses with the topic Resources.

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/end-life-and-sanctity-life-commentary-1/2005-05

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/doing-culturally-sensitive-spiritual-assessment-recognizing-spiritual-themes-and-using-hope/2005-05

Advance Directives
“Advance Directives,” by Hanson and Doukas, from
The Penn Center
Guide to Bioethics
(2009).
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Palliative Care
“Palliative Care,” by Weigand, from
The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics

(2009).
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Describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.

Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic Resources, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following:
Part 1: Chart
This chart will formalize the four principles and four boxes approach and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according to the relevant principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

Part 2: Evaluation

Describe how principalism would be applied according to the Christian worldview.

Remember to support your responses with the topic Resources.

Resources

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/incorporating-spirituality-patient-care/2015-05

Define at least five protections instituted that would ensure this would not be repeated today?Describe the key positive and the key negative legacies of Tuskegee.

Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male

Identify the initial rationale that prompted the study and then the major change that occurred;
Describe the two profound ethical dilemmas within the study.

Define the significance of this study: Compare the perceived benefit at the time versus the risks;
Describe the key positive and the key negative legacies of Tuskegee.

Define each of the following ethical principles as it relates to research and medicine
Provide example(s) of the ethical breach(es) for each principle in the study
Compare/explain current advances in research; and where applicable, in patient care

• Informed consent
• Autonomy
• Beneficence / Nonmaleficence
• Veracity
• Confidentiality
• Justice
• Utility
• Paternalism

Define at least five protections instituted that would ensure this would not be repeated today?

 

Describe the role of communication and communication strategies in both creating and resolving the problems or issues presented.

Ethical case study

Identify who is involved or affected by the problem or issue.

Describe how factors contributed to the problem or issue.

Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches presented in the case study.

Describe how the health care professional communicated with others.

Describe the role of communication and communication strategies in both creating and resolving the problems or issues presented.

Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by the professional in the case study as it relates to the ethical decision-making model.

Describe the ethical practices presented in the case study.

Describe the proposed solution.

Discuss how you would address the ethical principles (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice) within that solution.

Summarize the facts of a case study using peer-reviewed journal articles as evidence to support analysis of the case.

Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by the professional in a case study as it relates to the ethical decision-making model.

Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.

What recourse does an employee have when faced with discriminatory practices, both within the corporation (e.g. register a complaint with the organization’s human resource department) and/or compliance officer and outside the corporation (e.g. file a complaint with the Department of Labor)?

What recourse does an employee have when faced with discriminatory practices, both within the corporation (e.g. register a complaint with the organization’s human resource department) and/or compliance officer and outside the corporation (e.g. file a complaint with the Department of Labor)? Such activities raise both legal (e.g. interpretation of the law) and ethical issues (e.g. nonmaleficence and the principle of justice). Discuss the issues.

Define the four basic principles of ethical research: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. Then explain how these four principles interrelate in the conduct of ethical research.

1. Define the four basic principles of ethical research: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. Then explain how these four principles interrelate in the conduct of ethical research.

2. Explain the importance of conducting ethical research.

3. In addition to the most current APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, select one other ethics code from a professional social science association (preferably a different one than used in Written Assignment 3,  used Evaluation of APA Ethical Principles of Psychologist and Code of Conduct and National Association of Social Workers in Assignment 3 so don’t use those) Examine how both ethical codes interweave the four basic principles of ethics into their model for the appropriate conduct of research.

4. Select a research study that is different from the one you selected in Discussion Forum 4( The case is “Is Death a Dying Business?”. Sype (2018) in Discussion Forum 4 so DO NOT USE THAT ONE.) Then conduct an ethical analysis of the research study. Provide all pertinent identifying information along with the steps you made in conducting your analysis.

https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/

Identify the pros and cons of the ethical incident– or what the opponents or proponents have to say about the incident and why.Discuss the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and how those provisions relate to this case.

1. Find an article that discusses an ethical incident involving a nurse. The article must be about an RN. http://www.nursinglaw.com/

2. Identify the pros and cons of the ethical incident– or what the opponents or proponents have to say about the incident and why.

3. Apply the ABCDE model of the decision making process to the ethical issue.

4. Analyze the ethical incident using the four principles of ethical decision making (beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice and autonomy). Figure out which of the four principles comes to bear as primary of the situation. Rank the order of the remaining 3 principles and explain your reasoning for the order. Present the analysis, evaluation, and explanation of each the principles and how they relate to the case.

5. Discuss the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and how those provisions relate to this case.

6. Find 2 Evidenced-based Practice articles that are relevant to the article and incorporate these in your presentation and be sure to cite your references.

7. Conclusion- what happened to the nurse in this incident.

Select a social justice movement and discuss how at least two ethical concepts listed below have been or could be used to create social change.What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?

Ethics in Society power point Project

This assignment requires that you construct a PowerPoint presentation that explores the ethics behind a social justice cause or movement.

People join social justice movements to achieve equity, inclusion, and justice for entities such as humans, nonhuman animals, and the environment.

Select a social justice movement and discuss how at least two ethical concepts listed below have been or could be used to create social change.

Your presentation must address the following:

Briefly explain the history of the social movement.

What ethical problem are activists hoping to solve?

What is their ethical motivation for joining together to elicit social change?
Include at least two of the following ethical concepts:

Empathy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Fairness
Justice
Motive
Consequences
Free Will
Determinism
Punishment
Natural Rights
Contractarian Rights
Equity
Duty
Welfarism
Retributivism
Speciesism