Category / Patient/Physician Relationship
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Medical Ethics – Medical Mistakes
What is the ethical response to medical error, an inevitable occurrence?
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Cultural Competency – The Caregiver Connection
Cultural Competency – The Caregiver Connection Healthcare that is respectful and ethical must also be culturally competent. This article reviews tools provided to caregivers by the University of Michigan Health Care System’s Program for Multicultural Health throughout its many services.
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The Case of Mary Jo Hoffman: The Wanted, Unwanted Doctor
Mary Jo is a 49-year-old who disagrees with her doctor’s diagnosis.
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The Case of Sheila and Nick: Medical and Ethical Experiences at the VA
A play written with the purpose of dramatizing healthcare in society.
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The Case of Megan and Ken: Confidentiality of a Diagnosis
The last five years have been difficult for Megan and Ken, their relationship held together through their commitment to get the children launched before going their separate ways. To others who know them, they are a model all-American family. Ken is a successful insurance executive; Megan is completing her master’s degree in social work.
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The Case of Jimmy: Out of Hospital DNRs for School-Aged Children
Jimmy is twelve years old, bright, interacts well with teachers and other students, and really likes to go to school. However, his osteosarcoma has advanced to a terminal stage, and Jimmy and his parents have agreed together with the hospice team that any resuscitation attempt would be unwanted and unwarranted.
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The Case of Immigrant Populations: Cultural Competence in Health Care
Delivering health care to non-English speaking immigrant populations requires knowledge and appreciation of the patient’s culture. Acquiring the skills to bridge the two worlds calls for self-awareness by the practitioner and a commitment to cultural competence by the organization.
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The Case of Herman: Rejecting Doctors Orders
Herman, a fifty-five-year-old farmer, has come into the office of Dr. X complaining of an increase in the symptoms of a chronic problem.
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The Case of a 20-Month-Old Boy
A 20-month-old Puerto Rican boy was admitted to the inpatient unit for failure to thrive associated with a decrease in appetite. The mother suspects it is empacho. Assumptions are important in ethical analysis. If you do not believe there is such an illness as empacho, how do you relate to the parents of this child?
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Case Study – Tatiana Tarasoff: A Duty to Warn
When a therapist predicts that his patient is a danger to another person, does he have a duty to warn that person of the danger
