Medical Negligence

This book incorporates a myriad of ethical violations, the majority occur when the character assumes that they know best how to avoid them. This is what I found most amusing about this story, those that wrote the book about ethics were the ones that violated them most. Sometimes intentionally, other times after intense justification of their actions. Of the main characters in the book, I figured that Ernest Lash would be the one to cross the line with Carolyn through his new course of treatment; transparency, and disclosure. A clinician revealing too much of oneself in a counseling session, as evidenced by the book, can be very dangerous territory.

In healthcare, consent is a legal and ethical value and must be obtained from the competent patient before any form of procedure by forms of written, verbal or implied. The patient must have full capacity and be fully aware of the procedure and understand if there are any risks involved. If a procedure is given without consent, this can lead to prosecution. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) rules decisions for patients who cannot consent, and therefore the patient would nominate somebody as their “power of attorney”. There are many forms of communication of which is a transfer of information between people; a

This is because, with the preparation of death by physician assisted suicide, a doctor can save the healthy vital organs before they are left unviable. Doctors are able to save the lives of many other patients instead of spending time on terminal patients who no longer want to live in their

Ethics is a well-founded standards of right and wrong and involves feelings, laws, and socials norms. Although Charlie was exited about getting surgery to become smart and the doctors were nice enough to perform on him, they did not follow the correct steps to ethical thinking. Before performing surgery on someone you are suppose to ask important/mandatory

Continuity of care is an essential determinant of both quality of care and health outcome. Good indicators of continuity of care include likelihood of having regular doctor, and the organization of referral and feedback among providers and the same level of care and between levels of care. Continuity is essential and crucial for guaranteeing coordination of care. Lack of coordination mostly affects people with higher needs for care, such as those with chronic conditions and older people. Given the increasing burden of chronic diseases and the presence of comorbidities a single patient might move from one provide to the next without any coordination, and therefore a high risk of duplicating tests and harmful prescriptions of drugs.

Immunization will prevent you and others from contracting a disease as well as dealing with all the expenses that come along with treating that disease. Everyone should make getting vaccinated a priority for their health and for others.

Don 't be blinded by the fact that health care fraud is a victimless crime. health care fraud can have devastating effects. health care fraud can be committted by a small minority of dishonest health care providers. needless to say, these deceitful actions ultimately gives a reputation of perhaps the most trusted and respected members of our society-our physicians. health care has many faces when it comes to fraud.

Medical errors are difficult for both patients and physicians. For patients it can be a traumatic experience, no matter what the error caused. It can also affect the patient’s view of the entire healthcare system, where they become afraid to go to the hospital or doctor’s office, and feel much safer by just ignoring whatever their medical situation may be. Even though, patients are the ones greatly affected, the emotions of healthcare professionals should not be overlooked. For many physicians, medical errors could have a wide effect on them.

An example of contributory negligence is when a patient does not fully disclose their medical history (“Contributory Negligence…”). If a patient does not fully disclose his/her medical history, then the doctor could prescribe something that could cause an allergic reaction, or treat him/her for something and end up harming them. There is a certain amount of responsibility that falls on the patient that he/she sometimes fails to do (“Contributory Negligence…”). Patients are responsible for informing the doctor of all their medical history, this is an important responsibility of the patient that he/she could fail to do. Patients could sue the doctor and take him/her to trial for an issue caused by the doctor.

Low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT) is one advancement. Computed Tomography Scan (LDCT) and Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI) technology have contributed to improving the quality of patient of patient outcomes. Before CT or MRI technology, the use of X-ray was the only way of diagnosing lung cancer in patients. Early diagnosis and treatment are important factors in preventing mortality, and with the use of (LDCT), there are more accurate diagnosis and therefore less mortality. “When low-dose spiral computed tomography is used to screen lung cancer patients, there is a 20% decrease in mortality.”

The cost of being sued, and the cost of malpractice insurance, greatly influences medical professionals (Braunstein, 2012). Healthcare costs in the United States are, in general, expensive. However, the cost of medical malpractice insurance coverage is becoming so expensive that they are starting to affect the practices of medicine. Due to this, many states have passed tort reform measures to limit the amounts rewarded to plaintiffs in medical malpractice suits (Hellinger & Encinosa, 2006). It is believed, by many in the medical profession, that limiting payments helps reduce the amount of malpractice claims.

Financially they can receive astronomical civil monetary penalties as well as criminal penalties of up to 10 years in prison. The quality of the organization will be tarnished. Who will want to be affiliated with an organization that fails to protect their patient’s valuable information from getting into the wrong hands. In Conclusion, protecting members’ privacy and complying with the laws is very serious and could lead to severe punishment. It’s a common legal issue in todays healthcare system.

In recent years, there has been a shortage of primary care physicians and clinics, and the rise of healthcare cost. The supply and demand in the healthcare industry in the United States has not met the equilibrium point. Most of these issues have led to the expansion of urgent care clinics. UCCs initially started in the 1980s but were not famous due to lack of consumer interest. But that has changed due to the convenient access that it provides users.

For many, death is not an easy topic. There are those who find the ambiguity of what occurs in the afterlife frightening and some others who fear that death will cut their lives short before they fulfill their destinies. In an almost subconscious fashion, mankind has leaned on medical technologies to help deal with the ambiguity of the afterlife. Biotechnology has emerged as the premiere form of medical technology that enables mankind to further try to resist mortality. With the development of biotechnology, people are able to fight illnesses and other harms which also help decrease their chances of dying.

In conclusion tanning may be very popular and fashionable, but it poses numerous internal threats and external health threats. With the information about the threats, we need to put a stop to tanning and preserve our natural beauty. External threats such as malignant melanoma and other types of skin cancers, wrinkles, sunburn, and skin aging. These effects are very dangerous on the skin and can be avoided if the effects are known before the damage is already done. The internal health problems ruin the immune system, making it harder to fight skin cancer and other diseases.