Essays on Malpractice

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This case study presents J.W., a patient who went to the emergency room of the Community Hospital due to a persistent and severe headache over the last couple of days. Patient displayed signs and symptoms that her condition required blood testing and a head CT scan. However, Nurse Jackie, the nurse assigned to handle the patient’s case, only charted the symptoms but did not act on it or report it. The triage nurse, together with Nurse Jackie, also interviewed J.W. about previous neurological problems, headaches, or incidences of cerebral hematoma. But due to J.W.’s disorientation caused by ...

There was a time when nurses were not included in malpractice and negligence lawsuits, but that is no longer true. Today, nurses are included with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and agencies when the outcomes of patient treatments are undesirable. When a nurse is accused of failure to competently perform her or her responsibilities to the patient and employer, the result may be as serious as the death of the patient. For this reason, focus has centered on the types, incidences, and ways to prevent actions that cause patients harm and may result in expensive and license-threatening litigation ...

Part 1

Objective: in this critical analysis, you are expected to demonstrate an understanding of public health ethics and legal issues. Also, you are required to actively engage with the subject and come up with a substantial perspective on it.

Introduction

This critical analysis will outline the main purpose of the public health ethics and legal issues for protecting and upholding public health. Public policies and social programs are some of the aspects that constitute a good public health. Also, some patients with distinct issues contribute to the wellbeing of the public health, especially in a situation of unethical event regarding health ...

Introduction

There are several options open to Acme Fireworks. As a sole proprietorship, the owner is able to hire employees. The biggest benefit of a sole proprietorship is the easiness of dealing with taxes and the easiness of running the business. There are some drawbacks to being a sole proprietorship, such as the fact that the owner is personally liable for any legal situation that arises through various contracts or business deals (Dishman, 2010). The owner of Acme Fireworks should strongly consider upgrading his sole proprietorship because the business contracts appear like they may be permanent; regardless, as Acme is ...

Overview of the Product or Service

Providing quality care is one of the primary goals of every clinical setting (Alvarado et al., 2006). Regardless of the clinical setting itself, patient care must remain the main focus for the organization: however, maintaining cost-effective procedures is also a key component of good clinical practice. Good patient care relies on the ability of the staff to communicate, as well as the ability of the organization to meet the specific needs of the patients (Alvarado et al., 2006). For clinical care centers that are open twenty-four hours a day, there can be problems with patient care when staff changes ( ...

Introduction

A career in nursing seems fulfilling, but nurses encounter challenging situations every day. Regardless of their roles, nurses face ethical dilemmas that may affect them and the patient. Importantly, there is no right or wrong solution to a particular ethical dilemma. However, nurses rely on the legal papers related to nursing standard of health care practice according to legal aspects of nursing. This paper involves the standard and legal relation between nurses and their patient. Even with the nursing standard of health care practice literature, ethical dilemmas still occur in healthcare institutions. The aim of this paper is to ...

The nurse on duty was negligent in attending to the patient who was given a continuous insulin drip and this negligence has brought the patient to the verge of a life threatening situation. Some of the damage to the brain could be irreversible and very difficult to revive. However, the nurse’s intension was not malicious. It is important to determine the factors that led to the nurse’s negligence. The act of negligence has resulted in a traumatic accident for which the nurse is in some way responsible. Poor management practices and overloading the nurse with miscellaneous work ...

PHIL 434 Medical Ethics

Short answers 3 point seach What is medical tourism? Medical tourism is “where patients travel overseas for operations and various invasive therapies.” (Connell 2006, p. 1093).

What are 3 reasons people choose surgeries/procedures in other countries?

1. Economics – Even with health insurance, many procedures can be performed for a fraction of the cost overseas. 2. Quality of care – quality of care is increasing around the world to the near equivalent of Western countries. 3. More options- Even with health insurance, many patients find their health insurance companies limit the kinds of procedures they are able to receive.

What is the commoditization of care?

Turning health care into a commodity that is undifferentiated from other competing ...

Tort reforms have been repeatedly argued in many medical malpractice cases. Tort reforms are regulations that make it difficult for average people to sue medical malpractitioners that assault, harm, or injure them (Doroshow, 2010). These laws were formulated by insurance companies, manufacturers of dangerous products, tobacco manufacturers, medical professionals, and other industries to help avert responsibility for their malice. The tort reform movement has enormous backings in the form of massive cash deposits into conservative “think-tanks”, polling and lobbying firms, and public relations organizations. They hurt consumers, patients, and other average individuals and are dangerous for the general population. ...

Medical professionals are often confronted with issues surrounding malpractice and negligence. Sanbar (2007) defines malpractice as negligence committed by a professional and which results in imposing physical, emotional, mental harm and/or financial losses as a result of his/her actions. This paper will assess three cases affecting nurses in relation to malpractice and negligence. In a Rhode Island hospital, a baby boy born healthy had a few difficulties during breastfeeding. For this reason, the hospital’s pediatrician ordered for the supplementation of the baby’s feed with formula milk. Unfortunately, this order was not followed and as such the baby ...

Malpractice is defined as a wrongdoing by an expert of a particular profession, for example, a doctor, lawyer, an accountant or a dentist. Malpractice and negligence lawsuits in the United States are quite common. Medical malpractice is described as any act or omission by a medical professional such as a doctor, nurse, physician or technician that causes harm, injury or death to the patient at the course of treatment. Simply put, a medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional for example a nurse or a doctor performs or fails to perform an action that in itself causes injury to ...

Negligence can be referred to as the action of failing to exercise reasonable care as compared to a prudent person’s use in a similar circumstance. According to tort law, negligence is associated with harm which can endanger other people due to carelessness. On the other hand, malpractice is a kind of neglect often referred to as “professional negligence’’. Professional negligence happens when a licensed expert like a lawyer, doctor or accountant fails to offer service according to the set standards by a governing body in that particular practice. Often, malpractice causes harm since the experts do no not ...

Introduction

The advancement in computing technologies has been accompanied by increased exposure of the users to ethical violations including software threats, immorality, legal issues, confidentiality, and trust. The use of computers affects people’s decisions as well as how they make them. Computers persuade, facilitate, and enable various human cognitive processes, attitudes or processes while inhibiting and discouraging others. For example, while performing an internet search, internet search engines usually prioritize and provide information in a given order. As such, they influence what internet users see. These technological artifacts become “active mediators” because they shape people’s actions and perceptions, ...

Facts:

The respondent is Marline Monroe a patient who brought suit in court alleging that she was caused bodily harm through medical negligence. She was injured in a serious accident on June 2, 2015. The patient suffered a fracture of the left leg that was improperly set. This resulted in permanent disability and Volkmann’s contracture. Dr Ben Bruce (defendant) recommended the amputation of the leg and the surgery was booked for June 7, 2015. However, during the surgical procedure, the right leg was amputated. This caused irreversible damage and bodily harm. She suffered physical and emotional disability.

Procedure:

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One of the most significant tasks managed by Health Service Administrators is managing the legal and regulatory issues that face healthcare, and health care providers. Leadership is called upon to ensure that these legal premises are followed, in order to protect patients, health care providers, and health agencies alike. Ann Smith, CEO UK Healthcare was tasked to explain some of the leading legal and regulatory issues which impact the delivery and management of healthcare. She indicated that the most prominent issues listed in no particular order, from a legal standpoint, facing health service administrators include the application of HIPPA, ...

Article summary- Against unions

The article titled “Labor Union 'Studies' Lead To Minimum Wage Legislative Malpractice” written by Richard Berman appeared in the Forbes magazine on the 18th of October 2013. The author states that the main role of unions, which is to lobby for pay increases, harms the employees and the economy at large.

He asserts that the demands by unions for an increase in the minimum wage make no economic sense. This is because an increase in wages will make labor more expensive leading to a decrease in the demand for jobs. This means that the number of jobs available, especially ...

Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care in America: An Introduction

The American government significantly knows more about health care reforms, and what requires to be put into practice to resolve the poor health care system. The major trouble the government is trying to deal with the considerable rise in health care expenditures that are creating a large number of patients that are registered all over the USA. There exist various factors that are linked to ...

Summary of the Two Journal Articles

The article discusses strategies for cost control in health care services paying attention to the issue of continues innovation in medical science. Three groups are classified based on qualitative assessment of the potential influence on cost reduction.

The provider’s businesses being based on fee-for-service payments, the question is how payment reform should be introduced keeping the services as usual. Budget-based capitation is the most potent form of payment reform in which providers receive fixed amount for all health services of a population of patients. New technology and new drugs should have strengthened ...

Malpractice actions can only proceed once basic requirements contained T.C.A. § 29-26-115 has been met. Firstly, the burden of prove is upon the claimant to provide the standard of professional practice within the community which defendant practices. As a claimant, therefore, prove that I am well vast with the standards of professional practices that should have upheld at the time when the injury was committed. I will also prove that defendant failed to act with reasonable in light of the aforementioned professional standard. It will also be important for me to prove that defendant acted with less care than what ...

1. What features distinguish the physician-firm from physicians themselves? (Phelps, problem 3, pg. 174).

- Nature of employment distinguishes the two. - The ultimate responsibility of the patient within the firm’s confinement also distinguishes the two..

2. “Physicians earn above-competitive wages, and the best evidence of this is the very high annual incomes that some doctors earn.” Comment. (Phelps, problem 4, pg. 174) This could be due to the fact that minor procedure (which can be done several in a day) presents the best return. They also get more than their earning power due to the fact ...

Lack of knowledge and negligence on the part of surgeons are the predominant factors for patients’ post-surgical trauma. However, a lawsuit against medical malpractice is one of the most difficult to win, let alone file, because of a multitude of agreements between the medical boards and practitioners. Signed agreements between the surgeon and the patient also determine the grounds for liability. The identification and description of liability theories for medical malpractice that apply may not necessarily be set in stone. To provide a strong and alleged case, the patient requires the following:

Violation of the standard of care

Compensable injury suffered by patient, and Identification of a proximate cause. When ...

Placing a cap on “Pain and Suffering” in tort actions is essential; this is because there are many cases that arise from tort actions. Tort action is in itself a civil action or injury that does not arise from a contract. The law for such action provides for some outline of money damages. The actions arise from accidental laws like personal injury and negligence. This calls for a cap on the tort actions regarding pain and suffering. Reforms are needed, for proposals and enactment, to have a clear outset of the nature of tort actions.

The laws that are adopted and exist for ...

One of the main reasons a doctor is often blamed for is medical malpractice. Medical malpractice can be defined as any act or omission on behalf of a physician while treating a patient that has led to the injury of the patient. Medical malpractice is usually deviant from the norms of practice that are widely accepted by the medical community. Once a patient can establish that medical negligence had led to injury, the court calculates the compensation that the doctor should pay, based on the economic and noneconomic losses of the patient. Economic losses include the income the patient has lost due to a ...

Professional negligence

Generally, professional negligence can be described as the adjudged failure of a professional individual to possess the average skill or knowledge of other professionals in like circumstances, or, the failure of the individual to use their skill and knowledge if they possess it. It is evidenced by the results of their activities (Slovenko, 2009). An obligation to compensate for the damaged caused should be done if negligence is proved. The terms ‘medical malpractice’ or simply ‘malpractice’ are embedded in both legal and medical literature and are also a habit of thought. Professional malpractice in psychology occurs when, in the context ...

Whistleblowing refers to the confidential disclosure by someone of any concern that has been encountered at the workplace. The concern normally relates to a perceived wrongdoing. Therefore, whistleblowing policy is extremely fundamental to an organization’s professional integrity. It reinforces the value that the organization places on its staff to be respected and honest members of their professions. This policy offers a method of appropriately addressing genuine concerns, which individuals within the organization might have. It also offers the whistleblower protection from harassment, disciplining proceedings or victimization. Without a doubt, whistleblowing is an imperative aspect of transparency and accountability since it enables ...

Within the United States of America, the appeal of managed care has increased sufficiently as a method of healthcare administration. The development of managed health care is an attributed backlash to the traditional U.S. health care system (Sekhri 2000). The managed care organization is employer-based offering indemnity insurance and fee-for-service conditioned for both the providers’ and patients’ expectation of the unlimited resources and unrestricted choice (Sekhri 2000). The system is enforced by both user and provider satisfaction through adequate compensation and consumers through unrationed medical care. Methods used in the managed health care organization are consumer oriented for equal benefit. ...

There is a growing area of concern between the rights of patients and the often necessary practical needs of the students in the medical field. The debate has majorly focused on whether patient’s rights are infringed when a case of negligence or misdiagnosis has happened in a medical facility that has been set up to cater for the needs of the patients and to horn the skills of medical students. Cases of medical malpractice have been on the rise which has led to fatalities and other unplanned costs (Lim, pg. 6). There have been a number of cases whereby patients have lost ...

The case of Eleanor Ostrowski v Lynn M. Azzara was a case principally regarding the legal significance of a medical malpractice claimant’s pre-treatment health habits. Ostrowski, the plaintiff, consulted Dr. Azzara, the defendant, who was a podiatrist, for an inflamed left big toe. Azzara examined it and diagnosed Ostrowski with a fungal disease on the toenail requiring its removal. She further did a test that revealed high blood sugar level and some peripheral vascular disease. Ostrowski had always been highly diabetic and insulin-dependent, a heavy smoker and obese. Azzara explained the risk of losing the limb if the blood sugar levels and weight were ...

Introduction

This essay aims to discuss certain aspects about the increasing trend of rapidly growing Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) among the US’s major foreigner community Latino. The matter becomes serious when specifically we look at the population of this community in the Los Angeles (LA) county, of the California (CA) State. It has around 4.9 million Latino-based population. The Latino population includes 48.3 percent of total in LA and 38.4 of total in California. They also comprise of 21.6 percent of total firms in LA and 16.5 percent of total firms in the California. They are owned either by ...

Executive Summary

Sample General Hospital has been experiencing financial difficulties and in response recently hired a new chief financial officer who is determined to increase the profitability of the hospital. In order to do this he has proposed that the hospital add a retail pharmacy onto the main hospital, allowing patients to purchase their prescriptions directly from the hospital. In order to create a comprehensive proposal the CFO created an analysis of expenses and a forecast to predict the profitability of such an endeavor. He predicts that vendor’s would finance the working capital needed to purchase the initial prescription drugs to stock the ...

Critical Issues

Tesco is among the leading grocery retailers in the global market, but the company is facing numerous challenges including an accounting scandal and growing business disadvantages. On September 22nd, Tesco revealed that it had overstated its profits for the first quarter of its latest financial year. The company recorded £850m ($1.4 billion) as profit but recorded £1.1 billion in its financial disclosures. The accounting scandal affected the company’s share price and business reputation. The company’s share price dropped by 15 percent and investors lost confidence in the company. The other critical issue that Tesco faces is ...

Introduction

A sentinel event involves the occurrence of an unexpected event that may involve death, a serious physical/psychological harm or a big risk thereof. A serious injury in this case may involve a loss of an organ such as limb, hand or a particular function. A sentinel event may also involve severe temporary injury that may require intervention to sustain life. Such events are referred to as sentinel because their occurrence calls for a quick response as well as investigation. A wrong sight surgery (WSS) is one of the sentinel events in healthcare. A wrong site surgery refers to a surgery procedure that is carried ...

According to the podcast on planet money, I agree with the economist on what the government should spend money on, that is, autopsies, defense, police force and building of lighthouses on coastlines. Autopsies are beneficial to the families of the deceased to know what the cause of death for their loved one was.The economist further adds that there is a current provision by the US Congress on the provision of public goods to include autopsies. The defense and police forces as well bear characteristics of public goods. They benefit the whole population and should not be provided by the market ...

Role or Lawyers

Arguably, lawyers have and continue to play various roles in the modern word that is marred with conflicts. The primary role of a lawyer it to litigate conflicts involving various parties. On another note, it is of the essence to note that law is closely intertwined with various aspects of the society. This calls for professional help at times when interpretation of such laws has become challenging. In fact, there are various complexities regarding the law, which call for professional assistance. It is also at such times, when lawyers become overly important in that they offer such professional help. While ...

Prepping for an Interview

June Housie Media Relations Executive The Spokesperson On November 11th 2014, June Housie, as the new spokesperson of our organization, will be sitting down to a one-to-one interview with ANC News’ David Muir. You, as out company spokesperson will be facing a television interview, and so, please wear formals and be clear with your answers. Remain confident and always share a smile. You will have to communicate to the public the current healthcare issues facing the industry. You will have to inform the audience about certain controversial issues that has plagued the healthcare sector; in particular the ambulatory surgery ...

Summary of Parts 1, 11 & 111

Section 1 outlined the PICO problem. It stated that human errors and poor communication among members of the preoperative, the operative team and the surgeon were the main reasons for these irregularities. Surgical time-out, accurate site marking and effective channels of communication among medical attendants are among the major guidelines to correct or lower incidences of wrong site surgery. While these guidelines are apparently effective theoretical; it is important to understand that the wrong site surgery cases are mainly caused by small errors during surgery and preoperative procedures. Thus, it is critical that an organization focuses on identifying the ...

Introduction

Nurse practitioners are following the higher professional standards. It indicates that all nurse practitioners are responsible for their actions and are accountable for malpractice. Legislation that regulates the practice of nurse practitioners varies from different states. It differs in opinions among nurses, physicians, or legislators account for the inconsistencies. The core objectives of the health care professions especially the nurse practitioners are to deliver safety of the patients, effective health care, and cost-efficient health care. Nurse practitioners play a vital role in achieving the objectives. Failures of delivering the proper health care to the clients result to accountability or liability.

Failure to follow standards of care

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As the top health administrator for Well Care Hospital in Happy Town, USA, I place a great deal of importance on professional conduct within my particular health care setting. Because of the often life-and-death ramifications of the actions of health care professionals in all aspects of the profession, it is doubly important that these officials operate at the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. Allowing hospital misconduct to flourish under my administration would reflect poorly on myself as well as the rest of the staff, and diminish patient confidence and faith in our ability to do our jobs. Consequently, maintaining ...

Module 5 Discussion 2

Module 5 Discussion 2

A point in the video with which I agree: I agree with the point that the cost associated with malpractice insurance is considerably on the higher side. It certainly eats up a sizeable part of a medical professional’s income. It also substantially raises the overall medical cost for the patient. However, medical professionals are left with little choice but to bear the costs associated with malpractice insurance so as to limit and/or eliminate the exposure to mal practice law suits. At the same time, malpractice law suits cannot be done away with in its entirety ...

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Introduction

The best way to describe critical reflection is through a passage delivered by Aldous Huxley in which he said, “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happened to him” (University of Texas, 2012). In the healthcare profession, a health professional is confronted by situations that that requires critical understanding. Some encounters are challenging and perplexing. And because there is a level of urgency in the practice of medicine and healthcare, majority of the time healthcare practitioners does not have the luxury of time to contemplate on their actions. This is unless the incident ...

Business Sample Analysis

Business Sample Analysis 1.) Monty can file a tort case for medical malpractice against Dr. Bones. Medical malpractice falls under the concept of tort law due to the professional negligence wherein a physician, through his act or omission performed a treatment on a patient that is below the accepted standard of practice in medical community that resulted to injury or death of the patient. In simple terms, medical malpractice means medical error on the part of health care providers. Cross & Miller (2010, p. 132) argued that the basis of tort law was originated from the British concept wherein torts are considered ...

The U.S. Medical Liability System: A Reflection Paper

The medical liability system of the United States is said to be in a state of crisis. Doctors are getting deterrence from proceeding with important medical procedures as well as practicing in some states due to threats of lawsuits against them. In relation to the determent of the doctors, the American medical liability system is said to have two principal objectives which are as follows: to compensate patients who are victims of medical malpractice and to deter the medical practitioners from doing their job negligently. The compensatory function of this medical liability ...

The MISSION of Physicians for Healthcare Tort Reform is to promote an improved legal climate for providers who seek to practice evidence-based medicine. Physicians for Healthcare Tort Reform *SUPPORT* H.R. 4106: Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act

Background

- More than 75% of physicians will eventually face a malpractice lawsuit. - 99% of physicians in “high-risk” specialties will ultimatelyface a malpractice lawsuit - The current legal environment for providers leads to defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits, decreased efficiency, and higher healthcare costs to the tune of billions of dollars per year - No history of meaningful medical tort reform exists ...

A Medical Malpractice Opinion

Citation McCall v. United States, No. SC11-1148 (Fla. March 13, 2014). Facts On February 21, 2006, Michelle McCall, who was six months pregnant, was diagnosed with preeclampsia. Her doctor’s, who were all U.S. Air Force employees, determined that it would be best to immediately induce labor in order to save the child. On February 23, Ms. McCall delivered a healthy baby boy, however during the delivery she had lost a lot of blood. In a follow-up operation on Ms. McCall to repair some damage that had been done during delivery, her medical staff failed to properly monitor her ...

- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT - Aims and objectives The health risk assessment of MRI is incomplete yet and a number of gaps in our knowledge about the ill-effects of MRI have been identified. The effects of exposure to static fields above 8 T are not known. Only a little is known about the increased sensitivity of some people to CNS stimulation by the electric fields in switched gradient fields. There are concerns about the increased heat loads on infants and pregnant women. Hence, well-targeted research is required to complete the health risk assessment (Health Protection Agency, 2008). ...

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BURDITT v US DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 2 Burditt v US Dept. of Health and Human Services This case was decided on July 9, 1991 by the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. According to 42 U.S.C. § 1395cc, all hospitals must treat all human beings who enter their emergency departments in accordance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd. In this case, Mrs. Rose Rivera arrived in the DeTar Hospital in Victoria, Texas at 4:00 pm on December 5, 1986, with her contractions roughly one minute apart for ...

Tort Law

Tort Law Article Review The article was written by Becca Aaronson and was published at the New York Times in January 2013. It was about the case of Connie Spears who later suffered from legs amputation after an initial alleged misdiagnosis of her medical condition at Christus Santa Rosa hospital. The concept of this article is about the Tort Law's provision when it comes to being a state law that would help the people within the state of Texas. It aims to show how the Tort Law’s provision could affect an individual’s case proceedings right after it ...

Introduction

In the United States of America, the medical malpractice crisis has taken a new scale in affecting the citizens. Similar to several other states, Illinois has faced constantly rising and high premiums that make the health care sector expensive for the citizens. It is, however, worth noting that the recent past has witnessed a number of liability firms that are physician-backed leave the market. These firms represent the largest carriers of the medical malpractice. The ever-increasing rates have been associated with an increase of the severity of the claims. In the state of Illinois, the move to cap malpractice payments is ...

High speed trading is an illegal practice by some firms that involves the acquisition of useful information in investing, prior to knowledge of the same by other equally important market players. It usually involves the masking of information such that some participants are unaware of such information hence discriminating them from any financial benefits. It may involve the creation of an illusion of rampant activity in the stock market through placement and cancelling of transactions. This may give the impression that such a market is lucrative to a potential investor. This significantly affects the exchange. Potential investors who are unaware ...

Pledges are common in many professions. They are solemn declarations to adhere to specific guidelines, terms of services and to some extent allegiance to specific people in authority or God. The nursing profession has had its share of the same. The Nightingale Pledge is the pledge use by nurse upon graduation. It is named after Florence Nightingale in honor of her contribution in the nursing profession. She is credited as the founder of modern nursing and also the actual initial idea of pledging. The pledge was created in 1893 by modifying the Hippocratic Oath by Lystra Gretter and a the ...

The U.S has the most expensive healthcare system in the world. However, it is puzzled with issues ranging from inefficiencies, inflated prices, excessive administrative expenses, inappropriate care, fraud, and waste. These issues are caused by a considerable lack of quality. However, of these issues I presume that major ones require immediate attention, while the minor ones require long-term solutions. Arguably, the country’s largest economic sector is healthcare which accounts for approximately $2.1 trillion in annual expenses. Yet, thousands of Americans cannot afford good healthcare services, and needs. Despite spending that entire amount in healthcare, serious issues regarding quality of ...

Introduction

Background and Importance of Study Surgery is a form of practice in the medical field, to put it crudely, it is the act of manually taking out the problem within a patient’s body. As with any other delicate practice within any profession, surgery is not immune to mistakes made by its practitioners. In the best case scenario, the malpractice is easily fixed, in the worst; it can lead to problems in the future of the patient’s life or even death. Malpractice in the field of surgery is also as old as the practice itself with surgery dating ...

Introduction

Medication errors are likely to exist until clinicians and nurses remain humans. The question is what medical staff and nurses should do in case medication error occurs. In this regard ethical and legal implications of disclosure and non-disclosure of the information concerning medication error are most often being discussed. Although vast majority of medical specialists consider it necessary to disclose medication errors to patients, in reality many doctors and nurses may prefer not to disclose this information, thus placing their own interests over the ones of the patient (Mazor, Reed, Yood, Fischer, Baril and Gurwitz, 2006, p.74). For the ...

Abstract

Maternity coverage or insurance can be endowed by the employer or an individual can secure an insurance policy or plan by himself/herself. Taking an insurance cover by women for their maternity costs or midwives for their practice is an optional resolution. However, taking an insurance plan is beneficial compared with the reproductive complications that can result in the absence of a cover. Midwives also get covered for the services they offer and any other work related uncertainties. Insurance in midwifery simply refers to the costs covered during the practice of midwifery, that is, pregnancy, birth, and post delivery period. ...

Torts Exercise—Fall 2013

1.) Issue: Is Dr. Intenzio liable for selecting Madison Outpatient Pharmacy? Rule: Under the principle of negligence, the law requires evidence that must show that there was a specific duty on the part of Dr. Intenzio to provide care for Adam and that he breached the duty of care, which resulted to actual and the proximate cause of Adam’s death. As a result, it entitled the estate of the deceased to recover for damages for failure of the parties to present an adequate defense. Application: In the case of Dr. Intenzio, he has the duty to provide care ...

During the Co-operative Education, I focused on demonstrating competency inn BBUS learning goals. These goals include being self directed and a reflective learner and being knowledgeable in the field of study. In addition, there was need to develop critical enquiries capability and effective problem solving. Further, the aim of the practicum was to make me think ethically on issues that affect my field of study. Furthermore, the practicum attachment had the objective of developing collaboration and my ability to work together with all those in the field. These include bosses, clients, colleagues and other stakeholders in the industry. Lastly, the ...

(Define the 4th, 5th, 6th ans 14th amendment of the united states constitution and cite at least one case as it relates to interview and interrogation. when you cite any case you need to give the details of the case or as much information that you feel is necessary for one to understand what occurred)

Introduction

In Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California [S.F. No. 23042, Supreme Court of California, July 1, 1976], a ‘wrongful death’ action was filed against the Regents of the University of California hospital psychotherapists and campus policemen. The victim’s parents testified that ...

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Introduction

The recent expansion of healthcare ethics to evidence based research practice aims to address patient safety issues surrounding medical treatment an intervention. The “nature, behaviour and consequences of patient safety incidents and their surrounding circumstances” are a longstanding concern, and one which has the potential to cost healthcare institutions exceptional levels of expenditure in medical malpractice damages. The World Health Organization (WHO) policy outlined in Ethical Issues in Patient Safety: Interpreting Existing Guidance covers the framework to ethical practice in medicine (WHO, 2013). Research inquires directed at resolving ethical challenges in contemporary policy and procedure (i.e. informed consent), inform ...

Introduction

According to a study conducted by CDC (2009), between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year due to medical errors. Errors in medication alone accounts for approximately 7000 deaths each year, compared to 6000 annual deaths from workplace injuries. The total cost of medical is one of the quality issues in improving quality of care. Consequently, one quality of care initiative is to reduce costs and improve quality of healthcare. Healthcare costs have increased unsustainably over the past two years. The higher cost of healthcare directly translates to high health insurance premiums. In 2003, Medicare paid hospitals only ...

In the report from the conference “Error in Medicine: The Role of Morbidity & Mortality Conference,” Vincent Liu report that increasing cases of errors involving doctors and patients had led to a national concern on the very issue. Lui report that while it could be assumed that medical errors only affect patients, it was found that physicians were equally affected. The conference was dubbed M& M which was acronym for Morbidity and Mortality. In the conference, doctors discussed modalities that would be applicable in an attempt to reduce such occurrences (Lui, p.1). Lui writes that a report released on patient safety ...