Healthcare Law Case Study on Key Legislation, Ethical Issues, and Codes and Standards for Nurses

Healthcare Law
Case Study
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Contents
Question1:..................................................................................................................................2
Key Legislation......................................................................................................................2
Question 2:.................................................................................................................................3
Ethical Issues as per the Theory.............................................................................................3
Codes and Standards for Nurses.............................................................................................4
Question 3:.................................................................................................................................5
Framework..............................................................................................................................5
Question 4:.................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................6

Question1:
Key Legislation
As per the WHSA(Work Health and Safety Act, 2011), it is the duty of the hospital and its
staff to take care of themselves under the situations as one mentioned in the Case Study as
mentioned in the section 28 (Queensland Government, 2019) and 19 of the act
(Queensland Government, 2019). If staff fails to protect themselves against such
scenarios, the patient here is not liable for any damages as Peter has dementia and is not in
right mental state to calculate what is right and what is wrong.
A medical power of attorney is a document that provides another, the powers to act as an
agent on behalf of the person signing for situations where the signee is unable to act or take
decisions on their own (Duffy, 2019). While, the AHD (Advanced Health Directive) is a
‘Living Will’ where the person pre decides the treatments he/she wishes to go under or not in
future hypothetical scenarios. AHD holds command over the power of attorney as after an
AHD is legally taken care of, the POA only can help fill in the gaps of the scenarios or
circumstances not mentioned in the AHD (WebMD, 2019). The principle of AHD is in
accordance with the principle of autonomy in medical practice.
AHD is also permissible to the limit that it is not harmful for the patient. Granting of
Euthanasia or authorizing a health practitioner to actively take similar decision just because
AHD says so when the person is unable to decide is invalid. The Health practitioner can help
the patient be off the treatments or act upon the conditions mentioned in AHD pre decided by