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Legal and Ethical Issues in Community and Health Services

   

Added on  2021-02-21

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1QUESTION 1...................................................................................................................................1QUESTION 2...................................................................................................................................1QUESTION 3...................................................................................................................................3QUESTION 4...................................................................................................................................3QUESTION 5...................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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`INTRODUCTIONThe ethical and legal framework defines the rules, code and provisions for the conduct ofemployees in every organisation. The present report includes the difference between these twoframework and issues faces under these frameworks in community and health services work. Thelegal issue of duty of care is defined and the ethical issues faced by staff are given a solution andthe policies, procedures and protocols.QUESTION 1The ten issues in legal and ethical consideration in community and health services are as follows:1.For the incapacitated adult the parents or family are obliged to take care of that personcan health care practitioner force the same. 2.The issues related with care takers of patients as having a right to diagnoses the mentalhealth of those patients.3. The issue related with a right for transportation of an incapacitated patient.4.The issues related with letting drug addicts and intoxicated person to make their owndecisions.5.The ethical dilemma of letting the society a right to override the decisions taken byparents for their child.6.The legal rights of a society to make a decision over the choice of person to die.7.The legal issue related with the rights is inferred to the society over the healthinformation which is required to save large population from early death.8. The ethical issues of handling a dispute between the senior management and a patient.9. The ethical dilemma of taking an informed decision by a mentally ill person.10. The legal issue related with abiding code of conduct while treating patients under mentalhealth care service.
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