1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues of the healthcare professional

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Bell Work for Wed-HSII When you see the word ethics, what do you think about? Do you believe there are ethical dilemmas in healthcare? If so, write them in your notebook 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Introduction Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsvxAFvSgTI&ebc=ANyPxKqHTwRx86UMdLomkX-UX74_f-4mx4QUl-qCZo6PLZV-wt0OChMh0Xr1N7GSl9t4HGHPQGCOxrP3TcDDHFxBJQc4gT4XGg 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Importance for the healthcare professional to understand legal and ethical issues Knowledge of legal responsibilities Limitations of practice Implications of their actions 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Importance for the healthcare professional to understand legal and ethical issues Protection of Healthcare professionals Patients Co-workers Facility 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Importance for the healthcare professional to understand legal and ethical issues Ethical behavior ensures Quality patient care Positive work relationships Well-managed workplace 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Bell Work for -Thursday What are three things that ethical behavior ensures? What is euthanasia? What is an advanced directive? Give an example from yesterday. 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and ethical dilemmas encountered by healthcare professionals 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Abortion Termination of a pregnancy Spontaneous Induced Abortion is legal. What are the ethical issues? Possible ethical issues/topics for discussion on abortion: Comparative rights – does the fetus have the same rights to life as the mom has to determine her future? Question of personhood – when does a baby’s personhood begin? At conception or the day of birth? Sanctity of human life – do we believe that all human life is sacred, and, thus, that the direct and intentional taking of an innocent human life is a proper act? Abortion from a utilitarian perspective: The question is not can the fetus reason or talk, but can they suffer? 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues 12 week old fetus 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas End of life 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Euthanasia (mercy killing) Assisted The act of ending the life of an individual in a painless manner. Individual is usually suffering from a terminal illness. Types of Euthanasia Voluntary – by consent of the individual (patient) Involuntary – another person makes a decision for the individual Assisted – another person provides information, guidance, means to end life Involuntary Voluntary 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues NC Euthanasia Law North Carolina euthanasia laws prohibit the practice of mercy killing, but let medical professionals withhold artificial life support under certain conditions when requested by a patient. EX.. Following a Living Will 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Euthansia Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beu1xRMBA-k https://youtu.be/Yidhj_Ici-Q?list=PLqqlrsiXHkNpUWJ7WSpOIFd9XOXUG86Gd (House MD clip) https://youtu.be/apbSsILLh28?list=PLqqlrsiXHkNpUWJ7WSpOIFd9XOXUG86Gd (TED) 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Advanced Directives Legal documents that allow the patient to state the end of life treatments they would or would not want, in the event that they become unable to make those decisions. Examples: POA’s, Living Will’s, and DNR’s https://youtu.be/1rmlGJxdpMk (Grey’s clip) 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues DNR Form 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

MOST (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment) Form Functions much like the DNR does for emergency personal 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Living Will Patient’s document that states specific measures to be taken or not taken to prolong life. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Hydration Medication 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Issues Power of Attorney Document that names the person that will make healthcare decisions for the patient that is unable to do so. 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Organ Donation The removal of healthy tissues from one person for the purpose of transplanting them into another person. Donor can be living or recently deceased. donatelifenc.org The following organs/tissues can be donated/transplanted: Heart Tendons Intestines Corneas Lungs Heart Valves Liver Bone Marrow Pancreas Veins Bones Skin 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Organ Donation Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fXHnKyQswo https://youtu.be/oF1CmtKyHNw (Grey’s anatomy example) https://organdonor.gov/statistics-stories/statistics.html#glance (Organ donation stat’s) 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Dilemmas Research and Experimental Treatment Healthcare research seeks to develop treatments for a disease process, or to establish new knowledge for health and wellness maintenance. AIDS Stem Cell (cells are a class of undifferentiated cells that are able to differentiate into specialized cell types) Cancer Research 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues What is a Stem Cell https://youtu.be/K7D6iA7bZG0 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues

1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues Stem Cell Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27skh7prkN0 https://youtu.be/9bLHzf0fl1Y (My Sister Keeper clip) 1.04 Understand legal and ethical issues