Ethics and Law Healthcare Service in Australia- Case Study
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Ethics and Law Healthcare Service in Australia- Case Study
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Professional Practice on Health Service- Ethics and Law1 | P a g e
Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3Ethical Practices..........................................................................................................................................3Background.............................................................................................................................................3Standard of care.......................................................................................................................................4Duty of care owed...................................................................................................................................4Legal Practices............................................................................................................................................4Implication..............................................................................................................................................4Tort Laws................................................................................................................................................5Case study...................................................................................................................................................6Background.............................................................................................................................................6Analysis through application of Driscoll Reflective Model.....................................................................6What....................................................................................................................................................6So What:..............................................................................................................................................6Now What...........................................................................................................................................7Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8References:..................................................................................................................................................92 | P a g e
IntroductionBeing a professional practitioner of healthcare service in Australia, I have to understand theimplication of ethical and legal context relevant to the profession. With the reference of differentcase studies in the field of healthcare, I will discuss different situations related to healthcare andmy subsequent ethico-legal reactions to face those situations[ CITATION Ahp17 \l 1033 ]. Whileethics is more to feel but to be specified through black and white guidelines, legal issues are tobe clearly read and understood for performing professional duties of the said segment ofhealthcare in Australia[ CITATION Car171 \l 1033 ]. For following the ethico-legal compliancerelated to healthcare, I have to consider case study referred as Assessment Task 3- scenario- 2and discuss the same with the guideline of Driscoll’s Reflective Model. (Berglund, 2008, P:88-91)Ethical PracticesBackgroundBefore 1970’s, no concrete foundation of ethical practices in health service was foundempowered by ethical theory in bio-medical application. That time merely any interference ofmoral principles followed by practices and virtues were found by the health service providers.The concept of ethical practices in health care was mainly found in US and Europe to ensuremaximization of medical benefits with mitigation of risks related to harm and disease for thepatients[ CITATION Nur16 \l 1033 ]. Earlier the prevailing practice was shadowed with thedrawbacks of Hippocratic traditions through negligence of privacy, communal responsibility,justice, truthfulness. Beauchamp and Childress had started research on biomedical ethics with thefoundation of the same through their book Principles of Biomedical Ethics in 1979 with the3 | P a g e
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