Medical Code of Conduct

Running head: MEDICAL CODE OF CONDUCT
Medical Code of Conduct
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1MEDICAL CODE OF CONDUCT
1. In this case, the healthcare team did not know that whether the daughter of the patient had
the surrogate power to give consent to the Emergency Service to amputate his gangrened
right leg. They had to proceed with the amputation under the threat of the patient’s
daughter who wanted her to take her father back home as soon as possible. The
healthcare administrator did not care for the patient’s wish who had the competence to
take his own decision ("Consumer Guides | FloridaHealthFinder.gov", 2018).
2. The patient had a gangrene on his right leg and had certain respiratory issues. The ER
nurses found that he had slight dementia. However, he showed no sign of mental illness
or instability that would affect his sense of judgment. Therefore, it can be held that the
patient had the competence to make autonomous decision regarding the amputation of his
gangrened right leg.
3. The patient was not ready for the amputation as he said that he had lived enough and
wanted to die with his full body. The healthcare administrator was under the ethical
obligation to consider the patient’s point of view, which they failed to do and operated
the patient as per his daughter’s direction. The administrator should have made sure
whether the patient’s daughter was the surrogate decision maker as directed by Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996 (HIPAA) guideline (Fuller, 2018).
4. The patient would have been provided with the treatment for his respiratory issues and
dementia, along with the treatment for the gangrene on his right feet. Mr. Jimenez, the
patient would have been diagnosed as to whether he was mentally able to give consent