Age of consent

Australia’s aging population amplifies the fact that protective legislation for the elderly must be introduced. Question 7: Refer to both the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995 (SA) and the AHPRA Code of Conduct to explain why medical practitioners and others are obliged to explain to patients/clients the consequences of proposed treatments. Medical practitioners and other health care professionals are obligated to explain to patients/clients the consequences of…

Today, healthcare givers are faced with ethical choices as they provide services for a complex and multicultural society. When experiencing such a diversity, it is unclear as to what code of ethics they should employ to ensure the patient rights are not humiliated. To solve this, Beauchamps & Childress (1979), came up with a guide commonly known as principles of biomedical ethics. This is a set of ethics based on four moral principles that will give guidance to caregivers’ conduct whenever a…

a woman I wouldn’t a appreciate a husband who couldn’t be honest with his wife or have the strength of character to deal with the backlash of grieving and crying that would happen when this mother realizes the implications of cancer at such a young age. Another aspect is would the husband like to be treated like that by his wife and not be told the truth in his last few months on the earth with his family. These are aspect of my personal code of ethics they are honesty, integrity, the “golden…

My proposal research study, may involve several ethical considerations. First, and most importantly approval from an institutional review board (IRB) must be attained prior the study takes place. Second, informed consent from all participants will also be obtained. The participants must be informed of their right to withdraw from the study at any time. This particular subject must be respected regardless of the stage of the study; even if the participant wishes that his/her information will not…

Informed consent covers a wide array of information that should be properly discussed with clients. According to Fisher & Oransky (2008 p.580) the Ethics Code requires therapist to inform patients of the nature and aspect of therapy that would reasonably be expected…

studies that research how mental illness in adults transfers to their children. Researchers have studied the effects of how mental illness can affect the development of children, such as socially and behavior. Also most studies followed children until age 7 and there were no further data collected. Data collected came from the parents in these studies and not the children. Are children who grew up with parents of mental illness more likely to develop mental illness such as depression, and if…

Would you allow a three year old to do open heart surgery? No, not unless you wanted to have a deceased patient on the operating table. We must have a source of guidance in daily life, careers, school, etc. Guidance is something that every person thrives for throughout their life. With the medical field being such a crucial job, students require a lot of guidance while learning their new career. Therefore, adolescents do not contain the right to make any autonomous medical choices until…

In “Towards a Theory of Privacy in the information Age,” James H. Moor explains greased information, the foundation and nature of privacy, and the adjustment of policies to ensure privacy under certain situations before proposing a control/restricted access theory of privacy. Moor argues that one of the problems of privacy is that once information is exposed, others can have access to it and use it, sometimes without consent. He then claims that privacy is not a core value, or an essential value…

The participants who were a minor were given a written parental/guardian consent for approval to participate in this study. The ethical guidelines met criteria in treating the participants with respect, minimizing any of them harm and avoided exploiting them. However, there could have been other primary care services used, instead…

nature of this research topic a number of ethical considerations had to be recognised and discussed. First and foremost, it is important to note that I chose not to distribute my questionnaire to children or any young person under the age of 18, therefore parental consent did not have to be sought out. Upon the distribution of the questionnaire to potential participants; I ensured that I provided them with a short briefing statement explaining the purpose of the questionnaire, explicitly stating…