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Legal and Ethical Issues Case Study

   

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CASE STUDY ON LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES2Table of contentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Legal issues......................................................................................................................................31. Understanding legal authority to provide treatment for diabetic coma:......................................32. Discussing factors related to validity of consents and legal consequences if paramedicsprovide treatment without patient’s consent:...................................................................................43. Evaluating rationale supporting legal obligation for obtaining content:.....................................44. Analysing available options for health professionals for getting consent:..................................55. Understanding legal options for health professionals if decision-makers disagree to giveconsent:............................................................................................................................................66. Discussing factors regarding withdrawal of life-sustaining measures of Edward:......................6Ethical issues...................................................................................................................................71. Discussing identification and application of two principles related to the case study:...............72. Understanding conflicts between the principles regarding various values of every stakeholder:.........................................................................................................................................................73. Application of Kerridge et al. (2013) model to resolve ethical issues:.......................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9Reference list:................................................................................................................................10
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CASE STUDY ON LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES3Introduction In the assignment, a case study of 37-year old, Edward is thoroughly analysed. Edward issuffering from Type 1 Diabetes from the age of 14. Recently he started suffering from viralfever. However, he did not take his viral fever seriously. Later, he became unconscious in abathroom of a hotel. When he was taken to hospital, paramedics assessed Edward as a patient ofdiabetic coma. In the assignment, several legal and ethical issues related to Edward's treatmentare discussed. In the assignment, the role of legal authority related to diabetic coma, elementrelated to validity of consents, legal consequences, and other options is thoroughly analysed.Some essential principles, conflicts related to ethical issues and application of Kerridge modelare also evaluated. Legal issues1. Understanding legal authority to provide treatment for diabetic coma: In this case study, it is shown Edward is suffering from type 1 diabetics. When he begansuffering from viral fever, he ignored it. Later, the health issue became serious and people foundhim unconscious in a hotel. At first, it is shown he was unwilling to receive treatment for hisviral fever. Therefore it is important to understand the role of legal authority which can providetreatment for diabetic coma without service. A responsible health professional should act in aservice user’s best interest when it comes to medical treatment. In Australia, the G&A Act statesthe person or health professional needs to be responsible for considering a few matterdetermining the best interests (Lon’Tejuana et al. 2017). Health professional needs to know thedesire of wish of service user who is suffering from a severe disease. If that person does not giveconsent for medical treatment, health care professional needs to talk to family members orrelatives of that service user. Health professional needs to know if any other alternative treatment is available for that serviceuser. Health service provider should also understand whether any kind of risk or danger isassociated with this health treatment. Health professional must know if the treatment is doneonly because of maintaining and promoting well-being and good condition of service users.However, some support users do not want to receive health service and it becomes very difficultfor health professionals to provide them health care support. Therefore, The G&A Act gives
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