Tag / difficult discharge decisions
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Ethics Dispatch March 2025
This month’s Ethics Dispatch offers five guidelines to help healthcare providers understand ICE’s legal boundaries, a case study involving an immigrant mother of a young cancer patient, and ethical musings about fear of the “other” and its impact on society.
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Ethics Dispatch February 2025
As dementia cases continue to rise, healthcare systems will be faced with an increasing number of difficult discharge decisions. In this issue of the Ethics Dispatch, CPB raises questions about the ethical implications of dementia care and discusses upholding the principle of obligatory beneficence when addressing hospital discharges and long-term care planning.
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Case Study – Ethical Dilemma in Difficult Discharge Planning
Bioethics case study on an ethical dilemma in difficult discharge planning . The hospital cannot discharge him back to the care facility where he was previously living because they are unable to provide dialysis services, meaning he would need to be transferred to another location that can accommodate his medical needs. However, his legal guardian refuses the transfer.
