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Authorizing presumed consent is obtaining an absolute apathy of the founding ethical principles, or respect for autonomy, which is one of the four major principles of medical ethics.... The idea of this paper emerged from the author's interest and fascination in presumed consent as a significant issue while donating organs.... It is important that, before procuring an organ from a deceased person, it is necessary to get consent.... Importance of Obtaining Presuming consent: As per the ethical view of the universe, there is an agreement that organs may be retrieved if there is a legitimate consent....
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Term Paper
The review "Clinical and Professional practice Portfolio" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues concerning the clinical and professional practice portfolio.... In Kolb's learning theory, there are four important stages.... Firstly, the learner must experience a concrete new situation....
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Book Report/Review
This protection also extends to medically-qualified good Samaritans.... South Australia's consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act (1995) contains the relevant provisions for the incident narrated above.... The case above also falls under the principles behind the 'Good Samaritan' law.... This article 'Legal and Ethical Aspects of Paramedic practice' shall discuss one of these ethical issues.... The author states that the Australian legislation relevant to the case above is the patient's right to refuse treatment and the Good Samaritan law....
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Article
Based on the principles of beneficence, autonomy, non-malfeasance, and justice, ethics guides health care professionals in their practice.... he principles of ethics, as mentioned above, are principles that help resolve ethical dilemmas.... The professional code of ethics which is essential to the medical, nursing, and paramedic practice are very much based on the four basic ethical principles.... In effect, for doubts which practitioners feel in their practice, mastering these four basic principles may secure balance in the ethical healthcare practice....
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Literature review
In addition, psychiatric professionals have the duty to gain the informed consent of their clients before any type of therapy is entered into, even to the point of guaranteeing confidentiality, yet even this has ethical limitations that must be discussed with the patient ahead of time.... In most cases, the confidentiality of the patient is guaranteed, unless the client has expressly granted permission to the clinician to disclose certain information to others....
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Research Paper
The paper "Competencies Scope of practice in Disaster" is an engrossing example of coursework on nursing.... The paper "Competencies Scope of practice in Disaster" is an engrossing example of coursework on nursing.... As mentioned by Hoyt and Proehl (2011), the exclusive facets of a certain area of practice are delineated by competencies, which also offer a paradigm of entering into that practice.... In my opinion, competencies are utilized in academic environments as a curricula foundation; therefore, exhibiting competency in a certain area of practice is crucial for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery....
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Coursework
n this essay, the autonomy and beneficence principles of bioethics and the Victoria's Ambulance Service Act 1986 (ASA 1986) and Medical Treatment Act 1988 (MTA 1988) shall be discussed in regard to the paramedics' practice.... Autonomy also requires that the paramedic gets informed consent concerning any form of treatment to be administered before proceeding to administer it, ensuring privacy and confidentiality as it is deserved by the patient, enabling and supporting the patient's choices and accepting patient choices that are against the paramedic's suggestion (Butt & Rich, 2013)....
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Case Study
The ethical and legal responsibilities are related to matter regarding the duty of care towards a particular patient, negligence of treatment, consent of the patient towards treatment and ensuring confidentiality of the information obtained from the patient.... It also enables understanding of how professionals involved in paramedics practice can implement these laws and ethics so that their activities are performed within the requirements of the law.... As trained professionals in paramedics, those involved in the practice are required to ensure a duty of care towards the health needs of people under their care with more concern than that of the public....
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Coursework