Medical imaging

The Mental Health Act’s (1992) being and purpose is in place as a consequence of New Zealands long history. The Act’s role of compulsory care and restoration of the patient’s rights are significant changes from the previous stigma around mental health. These changes can be summarised as humanitarian concerns and emphasizing human rights. Dating back to the 19th century New Zealand’s ideas and systems surrounding mental health have always been primarily influenced by Europe. In these early years,…

know thy self. This helps them to come to terms with their own spirituality and prevent its infringement on client care. According to the Minnesota Board of Nursing a client has the right to choose “care and treatment by spiritual means in lieu of medical care” (Minessota Nursing Boards, n.d). in such scenario a nurse responsibility is not to persuade the patient to conform to the nurse’s belief but to be supportive and respectful of the client’s wishes as long as it does not lead to…

The article in the New York Times titled, On Assisted Suicide, Going Beyond “Do No Harm”, by Haider Javed Warraich, explains how modern medication, along with medical equipment designed to keep patients alive have made it nearly impossible for patients to die, unless doctors or family members withdraw treatment. He further explains how doctor’s adherence to the Hippocratic oath “do no harm” is used to advocate for keeping patients alive. He suggests that doctors may be doing harm by not allowing…

While most students agree that it is up to the patient to maintain a somewhat healthy lifestyle that negates the needs of surgery in the first place, if by chance they do require medical procedures, most students believe that the individual doctors themselves do not preserve the right to deny them that option. Students F, I and J even mention the Hippocratic Oath to emphasize the fact that doctors have a duty to their patients and…

According to World Health Organization (WHO, 2015), Medical ethics refers to interdisciplinary field of study and practice that seeks to specifically comprehend the values of undergirding decisions and actions in the healthcare. Health research and policy aim to grant guidance for action when these values conflict. Runzhemer J.MD and Larsen L.J 2011, argues that medical ethics are the guidelines and behaviors that medical professionals with moral integrity exhibit. Ethics is therefore…

the number of experiments on animal has risen to 13.1 million per year across the 28 member states of the European Union, an increase of 14% in 2014. Although there are some people believe that the animal testing and experiments are necessary for medical and cosmetic purposes, I strongly believe that the animal testing should be banned because animal testing which also known as animal vivisection against the animal rights and can cause harm to animal populations. In discussing about animal…

I didn’t know what kind of doctor; all I knew is that I wanted to be a doctor. Later on, I decided that I wanted to be a surgeon. I started watching YouTube videos of surgeries, Greys Anatomy, Stories of the ER, and anything that included the medical field. After watching these programs, I decided that I didn’t want to be the one cutting into a body, I didn’t want to be in charge of making life or death incisions and carrying out risky procedures. However, I still longed to be part of a,…

experiencing a growing awareness regarding patient’s rights and obligations. It can be clearly sensed by the establishment of liability by the law concerning medical professional, claiming damages for the utter suffering caused due to medical negligence, breach of consent, and breach of confidentiality arising out of a doctor patient relationship. What Is Medical Negligence? Negligence is simply failure to perform an act with due care and caution. The three ingredients of negligence are as…

Robert Frost’s poem explains my journey to medical school best. Medicine has been my plan since 3rd grade. Looking back, I can see myself standing at a crossroad debating which path to take. I chose to take the path most medical students do not – a less “traditional” path that led me to this point. I’ve encountered many challenges, experienced many setbacks, but ultimately persevered until I’ve achieved success. Through my experiences, I’ve developed many skills like service, leadership, and…

In healthcare, the decisions around patients should be utmost to the benefit of the patient. Beneficence is the ethical principle that underlines that. As Edge & Groves stated, it is the practitioners’ obligation to promote decisions to better the health of a patient while not inhibiting a patient’s right to autonomy (2006). Any decisions made available to patients should be for the good. John Cutler, the study doctor of the Tuskegee group, stated in Deadly Deception that the withholding of…