child refusing blood transfusions that are necessary to save the child’s life. This paper will examine the ethical dilemma in pediatric nursing of a parent’s refusal of blood products for their child; apply relevant principles from the ANA Code of Ethics, and analyze possible resources used for resolution and dilemma outcomes. Ethical Dilemma One ethical dilemma that may be encountered in the field of pediatrics is the parents of a child refusing necessary blood transfusions for their
Main body In this case study, the ethical principles that were possibly breached in this article presented by BBC (2013) are beneficence, fidelity and veracity. As mentioned ealier, beneficence is to promote the well being of others. However, the nurses that was assigned to the patient did not administer medication, insulin and also failed to carry out tests for blood sugar level. Therefore, these nurses has breached this principle by failure to care the well being of this patient. The team of
services not provided to the patient, unbundling and upcoding, and documentation is not consistent with units of time performed. (Fearson and Levine, 2009). Other issues may consist of waiving copays and deductibles. For example, in the U.S. v. Mackby case, the physical therapist misused provider
We can apply virtue ethics to analyze the situation. This approach focuses on what is morally correct from the patient's viewpoint and centers on the patient's autonomy. Actions and character are intertwined, and the ability to act morally is contingent on one's moral character and integrity (Pasci, 2015). Virtue ethics focuses on the context of the situation (Volbrecht, 2002). Ethical analysis of virtue ethics entails: identifying the problem, analyzing context,
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is one of the most controversial experiments in the history of medicine and research due to its catastrophic consequences. It was a study conducted by the Public Health Service which consisted on recording the natural history of syphilis in 399 African-American men who contracted in a period of six months. This experiment, which lasted for 40 years, had several irregularities and made it controversial because of the irregularities it had. For example, participants
Clinical study protocol and its development process (Attrai R_rashmi1) The objective of this article is to describe the Clinical study protocol and its development process. Every clinical investigation begins with the development of a clinical study protocol. The protocol is a document that describes how a clinical trial will be conducted (the objective(s), design, methodology, statistical considerations and organization of a clinical trial,) and ensures the safety of the trial subjects and integrity
1. Identify: • The key ethical issues / questions raised in this case study The key ethical issue in this case study is ethical dilemma. An ethical dilemma is a complex situation which involves conflict mentally between moral values, in which to obey one would affect another. In this case, the parents are facing ethical dilemma in deciding whether to disconnect the ventilator. Since the ventilator would no longer works on their daughter, they first agree with the doctors’ decision to disconnect
Ethics : An area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior : a branch of philosophy dealing with what is morally right or wrong. (1) When we hear the word ‘designer’, instinctively we tend to think of expensive brand labels; but what happens when the term ‘designer’ is used to describe a human being? What is a designer baby?: A designer baby is an embryo that has been customised. This is achieved by genetic selection and preimplantation genetic diagnosis,‘PGD’, whereby
CLASSIFICATION OF ETHICS Ethics is separated into explanatory ethics (which provides the scientific description of what ethics is), normative ethics (which involves both the standard normative ethical theory and also its application to particular disciplines, actions, classes of actions), and meta-ethics (which is about the methods, the meaning and the language of ethics) Nelson, K. A. (2006). • Explanatory Ethics are scientific description of ethics. Sound logic for ethics is presented. These moral
Learner Outcome Objectives: Upon completion of the case study, the Upper-Level BSN students will be able to: 1. Identify ethical dilemma occurring in the hospital setting based on accurate assessment of the situation. 2. Use the multiple foundations of knowledge for management of an ethical dilemma. 3. Analyze information in a case study to identify relevant interventions based on available case data. Case Narrative Mr. Peter is an 85-year-old, African American, widower who has been admitted to