Legal and Ethical issues in Healthcare

Running head: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE
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Legal and Ethical issues in Healthcare
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Institution

LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE
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Law Matrix Assignment
Element Definition Description of the relationship
to healthcare
Example Any additional information
of interest
Common law These are laws that are based
on the customs and principles
of a given society and can be
used in courts in decisions of
particular cases not covered by
statutes of law.
According to medical ethics, a
doctor should by no means
abuse the trust that is placed in
him by doing anything
unethically.
Provision of
adequate
information to a
patient before
he/she admits to
undergoing
treatment.
With all this, there might
arise some conflicts
between the doctor’s
profession and customs and
this excuses from providing
treatment they could
presume unethically.
Statutory law It is a body of law which is
comprised of laws adopted
from a legislative body.
Where patients body and
integrity are untouched upon,
statutory laws can prevail over
healthcare/medical ethics.
A patient not
attended because
he/she is a
foreigner.
Where a patient is
victimized because home
statutory laws are not in
order with medical ethics,
doctors should persuade
lawmakers to adopt theirs