2-DISCUSSION QUESTION - Coursework Example

First Enquiry Physical handicap is the failure to coordinate specific body functions such as sensation, movement, coordination, speech or movement but excluding mental impairment or disability (Tomlinson et al., 2012). Over time, matters to deal with ethical or unethical considerations have sparked debate over time from lawyers, religious leaders, and even politicians. In my case, I think Maude is behaving unethical in one way and ethical from another perspective. When parks her car in a place reserved for the handicapped, she violates the “right-based ethical reasoning.

” Although Maude has a constitutional right to park her car in place properly designated for her, she has no right parking her car in a place reserved for handicapped whether in hurry or not. Therefore, she is not respecting the rights of others i.e. the handicapped. However, from another perspective, I think Maude is acting ethically. Going by the definition of physical handicap, I think Maude is physically handicapped, given that she parks her car at this place whenever she is in a hurry implying loss of memory coordination and sensation.

However, given that she has not been diagnosed with this condition, I can authoritatively conclude by saying that she is acting unethically.Second EnquiryEthical issues involving minors has become a contentious issue in the world today. An act can be described legal but unethical. Legally, the 16-year old girl should not be put on the pill, but what remains a puzzle is whether the doctor’s action is ethical or not. Under the policy statement about ethical issues involving children, the policy statement states that, drugs may affect children in a different way from adults (Watterberg et al., 2013). Parents have the responsibility of bringing up their children in an ethical manner; thus, from a religious perspective, the doctor should have denied the girl the accessibility to medical pill with or without the parents’ approval because this violates Christian beliefs.

However, the law provides for confidentiality of the doctor-patient privacy and, therefore, a doctor should under no circumstance share any information of his or her patient with anyone be it a minor or an adult. However, the girl being a minor she is deemed not able to make an independent decision concerning her health status and, therefore, the doctor acted within ethical lines in contacting her parents.Works citedWatterberg, Kristi L. "Policy Statements on Planned Home Birth: Upholding the Best Interest of Children & Families.

" Pediatrics 132.5 (2013): 924-926.Tomlinson, Sally. Sociology of Special Education (RLE Edu M). Routledge, 2012.