Dignity and Respect in Mrs. Wang's Situation

This study explores the ethical concepts of freedom, rights, and responsibilities, and the use of power in the context of Mrs. Wang's situation. It discusses strategies to support and respect her dignity, as well as the importance of effective communication and interpersonal skills in healthcare.

Dignity and respect

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2
Question 1 Ethical concepts such as freedom, rights and responsibilities and use of power to
consider in Mrs. Wang's situation....................................................................................................3
Question 2 Professional responsible to maintain effective communication and use their
interpersonal skills...........................................................................................................................6
Question 3 Reflection using a learning model to understand dignity and respect. .........................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Dignity and respect are words that help an individual to improve overall performance and
need to taken care properly while treating a situation of employees effectively. Each and every
individual need to be recognized on basis of humanity and treated ethically. Dignity is an inbuilt
qualification of an individual and no one can take it away. Respect is earned and respected by
others for what you have achieved, experience help how you will handle yourself and situation.
In context of Mrs Wang she is suffering from Lung cancer and need to be treated effectively by
doctors. In this report we discuss ethical concepts related to freedom, rights and responsibilities
and use of power, and use different strategies to respect her dignity and support her by providing
quality changes and requirement according to need of a patient. Discuss effective communication
that medical professional have and that help to achieve goals and objectives easily.
Question 1 Ethical concepts such as freedom, rights and responsibilities and
use of power to consider in Mrs. Wang's situation
Ethical concepts related to medical treatments need to be taken care properly and for
proper medication and to maintain better health of an individual. Proper information is provided
to patient about medication and medical professionals need to inform patient before decision
making(Baines and Armstrong, 2018.) . Mrs Wang's is unable to speak English and prefer to
discuss her health in mandarin doctor's need to understand issues of Wang and provide proper
solutions related to her health. Health care provide need to have proper skills and knowledge and
overall updated training to solve problems of patient.
Freedom
Mrs Wang's is suffering from lung cancer and had symptoms of breathlessness, loss of
weight and a persistent cough. Medical professional need to provide freedom to her that she is
able to select doctor of her choice. Patient is able to make a choice of location for treatment of
her disease. Mrs Wang's free to get presence of her two sons and close relatives as families
provide proper care and support to a patient that help them to recover easily and develop positive
environment. Cooperation that patient have from family is necessary for improvement of the

quality life of an individual. Patient is free to choose medical treatment and medicines that they
are getting from doctors and free to remain in their domestic environment as long as possible.
Free to choose necessary equipment according to their needs.
Rights and responsibilities
Patient care means prevention or treatment of illness provided to an individual to
maintain well being by health professionals. In case of Mrs Wang's its her sons right to get
proper information about medical treatment and medical records to know about condition of their
mother. It is necessary to get proper information about diagnosis and treatment results. Mrs
Wang's family requested not to told about nature of her diagnosis and its their right to maintain
privacy and confidentiality of health status. Right to get informed, medical professionals need to
inform Mrs Wang and her family before taking a step towards medical treatment and get their
approval before starting a treatment to maintain respect for their personal autonomy(Cahoon,
Haigh and Sumner, 2018.). Mrs Wang's right to get treated according to all other patients in
hospital and get room according to get choice. Medical professional need to respect her choices
to make her familiar and feel good. Access to essential medicines. Mrs Wang provided all proper
medication and medicines those are required for her well being and treatment. Right to get active
life to develop positive environment and improve overall health easily.
Use of Power
Patients have power to offer free choices to make up their own mind about treatment
options. Mrs Wang has power to take important decision regarding her health and treatment.
Power to get knowledge about medical treatment and medicines that hospital staff and
professionals are providing to her for treatment. When patient is uncomfortable with doctor then
have power to changes treatment or doctor. Mrs Wang's has power to notify doctors when they
give wrong dosage or a prescription. Power to be engaged with safety process while treatment by
asking doctors that they have washed their hands before treatment. Power to address clinical
mistakes and person who made the mistake. Mrs Wang's family has Power to know about each
and every process that doctors are using for treatment of patient, power to get waiting rooms
according to their need(Daniel, 2019.) . Family has power to ensure about the safety of Mrs
Wang's health and to maintain privacy of her medical records.
Strategies those involved in her support employ to support and respect her dignity

Medical professionals need to support patient and help to heal fast. By developing
positive environment in hospital help Mrs Wang to feel good, require to heal her fast and easily.
Proper education to patient about their health help doctors to develop positive relation and help
them to heal fast. Doctors need to delegate more responsibilities to support staff that help them
ton increase Mrs Wang's education related to her health. Doctors need to know about what their
patient already know about their health to prevent misinformation related to health. Prepare
strategies to make sure that patient understand medication that doctors are providing. Some of
the strategies that help medical professional to maintain dignity of Mrs Wang are as follows.
Determine the patients learning style
Information provided in different techniques to a patient each and every patient have their
own learning style. Doctors need to find a best way that help them to explain patient about their
situation. In case of Mrs Wang's her first language is Mandarin and she is unable to understand
English easily her sons accompanied her in health appointments to make her understand about
her situation in mandarin(Hall and Mitchell, 2016.) . Doctors need to find a best method to guide
her and respect her opinion, speak directly to patient introduce themselves when meet patient.
Stimulate patients interest
Medical practitioner consider that its is important to make patients understand
requirement of treatment. Ask question about patients concern towards their health. In case of
Mrs Wang doctors need to speak respectfully, do not make a joke about their situation. Ask Mrs
Wang about how she would like to be cared explain her before taking a step towards treatment
make her aware before treatment or while touching the patient. Knowledge about Mrs Wang
interest help doctors to develop positive relation and help them to treat her according to
requirement.
Include family members
Participation of family members help doctors to teach patients more easily. It also
increase chances that their instructions will be followed properly. In case of Mrs Wang doctors
explain her problem with two sons and rest of the family it help them to develop a respectful
environment and to keep her comfortable(Hall and Mitchell, 2017.) . Family members help to
make her understand about problem better then doctor and also maintain her dignity.
Consider patients limitations and strength

Doctors need to know about patient physical, mental and other impairments that reduces
their ability to learn and understand. In case of Mrs Wang she is unable to understand English
and speak mandarin. Doctors need to use visual instruction and hands on method to make it
simple for patient to understand their situation.
Involve patients
Medical professionals increase involvement of patients that help them to gain trust and
make it simple for them while treating patients more effectively. In case of Mrs Wang doctors
provide proper information about each and every action they will take to treat her and it is
essential to maintain patients dignity.
Question 2 Professional responsible to maintain effective communication and
use their interpersonal skills.
Medical professional play an important role to familiarize patients with their working and
help them to treat their disease. Positive communication with patients help to make them
understand and improve their knowledge about medicines and treatment. In case of Mrs Wang
doctors need to develop a positive communication that help them to make her understand
importance of treatment.
Use simple language
Patients are able to understand professionals who use simple words and language it also
make it easy to trust them difficult medical language demotivates patients and reduce their
confidence. In case of Mrs Wang she is unable to understand English and it will make it difficult
for her to communicate(Kostera and Pirson, 2017.) . Doctor use simple words and language that
help them to understand medication that they are providing to her and use visual materials to
communicate effectively and get positive response from patients.
Communicate precisely and clearly
Doctors need to be clear and precise about their patients problem and issues while
communicating. Doctors need to ask Mrs Wang about her condition and how she was feeling
with her disease. Information is gathered from beginning and each and every point need to
covered to reduce chances of getting wrong information or missing anything. Doctors need to
make sure that they will not make mistake while communicating with patient. Being clear and

concise help them to get reason for problem and make efforts to solve problems with effective
communication. S
Ask open ended questions
Medical professional always take care about what they ask to their patients. Doctors use
open ended questions because Mrs Wang has a problem to understand language and open ended
questions make it simple for them with just yes or no help them to reflect on their condition like
pain, problem or symptoms(McSherry, Grimwood and Stubbings, 2016.)
. And help doctors to maintain positive communication with their patients and understand their
problems.
Listen and Empathize
Communication is a two way process doctors need to understand what their patients
wants to say about problem. In case of Mrs Wang listening to her problem is important treat
easily. Doctors give her attention and try to understand any emotional cues in her life without
judging and support or advice her on situation to maintain fear and depression and increase her
participation towards treatment.
Gather clues
Medical professionals talk to their health care team to observe patient. Doctors want to
know about Mrs Wang her personal life, reasons for disease. Incorrect assumptions may not be
effective and waste more time. It help doctors to know about their patient and communicate with
them more effectively and provide timely support to solve their issues.
Learn patient perspective
Doctors learn issues of Mrs Wang that she was facing while getting treatment like talk to
her to know fear, worries and misconceptions and received information help to guide patient
towards treatment to solve her problem.
Give patients time to respond
Medical professionals give time to patients to respond on their situation. Mrs Wang is
unable to understand language of doctors and to communicate with her effectively they provide
time to respond to get proper reasons for her problem(Sensen, 2019.) . Time to respond help
patient to understand what doctors want to know and provide accurate answer for problem.
Use Teach Back method

It is one of the best approach in field of healthcare to explain accurate and clear
information to patients. Method help doctors to educate Mrs Wang about her problem and
improves her understanding more effectively.
Interpersonal skills
Skills are those which are used every day to communicate and interact with other people.
Listening and effective speaking is one of the most important skill of an individual. Mrs Wang is
suffering from lung cancer and require proper treatment to solve problems related to their issues
Create a friendly environment for patients
Doctors and all other members in healthcare team need to be effective and able to
maintain health of a patient. In case of Mrs Wang staff need to develop an positive environment
to make her familiarize and improve overall health easily. Friendly environment help to make
her feel good and help to develop her overall health and make her understand easily.
Active listening
It is one of the most effective skill that an medical practitioner have look towards a
patient manage body language according to patient and positive conversation between them help
to get reasons for problem easily(Umbreen and Jabeen, 2019.) . Proper attention towards
patients problem help them to engage easily. In case of Mrs Wang doctors need to understand
her current situation doctors need to understand her problem effectively as she is unable to speak
in English properly make her familiar with problem is not easy for doctors. Professionals need to
listen problems of patient that she is facing about her personal life and understand without
judging her provide support and guide to respect her opinion.
Problem solving
Medical professional need to think about problem and analyze the issues of patients to
solve those issues. In case of Mrs Wang problem solving skill is important to seek a profession
advice, doctors understand her situation and disease & try to solve those issues with their
effective skills and manage a quality life and improve their efforts towards growth of business
easily and improve effectiveness of product and services.
Development of good reputation
Medical professional have skills to communicate and make patients understand easily
which help them to develop overall image and presence for their hospital or institute and get

positive response or outcome from people(Khan and Baloch, 2018.) . In context of Mrs Wang
doctors provide quality services respect her opinion and maintain good quality of health for her
to maintain and develop good image for hospital and staff.
Effective time management
Doctors need to manage time according to requirement of each and every patient. Time
management help to provide proper and effective services to their patients more easily and
effectively on time. Proper time management of doctors help to provide quality services and
proper medication to Mrs Wang.
Question 3 Reflection using a learning model to understand dignity and
respect.
Overall study help to understand situation of an patient while treatment. Gibbs reflective
cycle encourage to think systematically about experience during a specific situation. Reflection
study help to understand both positive and negative impact of event and able to learn new things
and improve overall knowledge of an individual easily.
Description
During this study it will analyzed that a patient name Mrs Wang is suffering from lung
cancer and had symptoms of breathlessness, loss of weight and a persistent cough as a nurse at St
Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and other professional team is involved in case think she is at
end stage of her live. Her Two sons and rest of family is involved to take care about her health.
Other professional and doctors help to maintain effective communication with patient to improve
her health and provide support according to requirement. Effective communication with patient
help in her overall development.
Feelings
In this event it is emotional to see her sons and all other family members to understand
their situation and make them manage situation. Mrs Wang is unable to understand English
language it make tough for her to make doctors understand situation and problem.
Communication and problem of patient handle by doctors is quite good and they are able to
develop a positive environment for patient to make her familiarize.
Evaluation

Her sons and family members all are contributed towards her well being and to improve
her overall health and it make her tough and able to stand strong in front of worse situation and
require according to management(Rebughini, 2017.) . Communication that medical professional
use to understand situations of patient help them to get positive outcome. Overall ability of an
individual help to maintain positivity in mind of patient as well as her family. As a nurse for Mrs
Wang create a positive environment for her and make her feel good and treat easily. Her sons
have a huge contribution towards overall well being and improvement in health they take her
regular to hospital for check up and even she is unable to understand English they help her to
understand what doctors are asking and make her treat well. Her family requested that Mrs Wang
is not told about her situation and tell her that little wrong will happen to her.
Analysis
Patient is unable to understand English as her first language is Mandarin and its tough
task to communicate with her and make her familiarize with changes and effectiveness according
to requirement. Overall situation of patient need to be improved with use of proper technology
that make her feel good and able to be fit again according to requirement of patient. Other people
like doctors and medical practitioner help her to understand situation and make proper and
effective changes to manage situation and improve her overall performance easily.
CONCLUSION
Report help to know overall situation of an patient and she is suffering from lung cancer
and need proper treatment to solve her issues related to her health. Mrs Wang is free to know
about treatment that is provided by doctors, free to know importance of each and every changes
that will help them to get positive outcome for their health. Strategies help them to make patient
understand situation and use proper resources to solve her problem and improve her overall
health effectively. Effective communication help doctors to make understand situation and
achieve goals and objectives more easily and effectively. Communication help to maintain
positive environment for employees and make them familiar to achieve goals and objectives of
business easily. Interpersonal skills make doctors to solve issues of patient have positive
outcome to maintain their overall health.

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