代写 An Ethical Dilemma HLSC220

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    Assessment Task 3: Essay – An Ethical Dilemma
    Select a case study from the list below and address the following points.
    1. Determine the stakeholders including two health care professionals in the case scenario;
    2. Differentiate the ethical and legal conflicts and explain them from the following perspectives:
     The dignity and rights of all stakeholders in this case
     The principles and virtues of health care ethics that inform professional practice
     The relevant codes of ethics and/or codes of professional conduct
    3. Propose a legally and ethically defensible resolution to these conflicts
    CASE STUDY ONE
    Kamil Samra is a sports physiotherapist and specialist in treating musculoskeletal injuries who is employed
    by an AFL club on the basis of his notable success. Kamil enjoys friendly relations with the players and the
    club managers and has become a close friend of two of the players. One evening, at a bar, Kamil is made
    aware that the coach and sports scientists are supplying performance-enhancing drugs to the players. He
    later verifies this information for himself when he discovers a package containing the banned peptide
    Thymosin beta-4 at the club headquarters. Kamil discusses this issue with both the coach and the club
    management who, in turn, offer him an even higher salary in exchange for his silence on this matter. In
    accepting the offer Kamil can ensure care for his poor, aging parents in Lebanon. However, he is aware
    that Thymosin beta-4 not only enhances athletic performance (and is in breach of the anti-doping rules in
    sport), but it may also cause long-term health issues, but the players, in being contractually bound to follow
    instructions by the coaching team, are not really free to refuse to use this banned peptide.
    CASE STUDY TWO
    Alex Ng, a senior paramedic in a regional centre, is called out to attend a motor vehicle accident on the
    main highway, involving two cars and a large transport truck. On arrival at the scene, Alex finds passengers
    trapped in both cars; two children in a small car are not moving and show no other signs of consciousness
    while the female driver is slumped over the steering wheel, bleeding from a head wound. The male driver of
    the other car is conscious but trapped in the wreckage; he tells Alex’s partner that he cannot feel or move
    his lower limbs. The male truck driver is walking around the wreckage and appears confused and
    disorientated; at a glance, he does not appear to be physically injured. A woman who was driving past
    stops her car and comes forward; she tells Alex that she is an emergency physician and can help. Alex is
    grateful for the offer of help and asks her to attend to the children, however, he notices the smell of alcohol
    on her breath when she walks past him. After opening the door of the other car, Alex notices that the
    trapped driver is wearing earphones attached to his mobile phone and the phone screen indicates that he
    was on a call when the accident occurred. The driver is alone and Alex recognizes him as the local
    magistrate, and a good family friend. Just then, he hears the screech of brakes and turns to see that the
    truck driver has walked up the highway and into oncoming traffic. He is lying on the road and does not
    appear to be breathing.
    CASE STUDY THREE
    Baby Thomas was born at 24 weeks’ gestation and was at his parents’ request, immediately transferred to
    the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where he is administered an array of invasive measures for
    ensuring adequate cardio-respiratory function and cerebral perfusion, as well as preventing
    hypoglycaemia, hypothermia, malnutrition, thromboses and sepsis. Over the subsequent days and weeks,
    baby Thomas experiences recurrent episodes of apnoea requiring resuscitation. He has also required other
    medical measures for treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia, repeated episodes of diminished cardiac
    output, sepsis and pneumonia. Efforts to extubate the baby continue to be unsuccessful. Thomas has been
    in NICU for 52 days; notwithstanding his poor response to treatment, his parents wish to continue with
    NICU management. At the same time, the Head of the ICU and Anaesthesia Department is ordering the
    medical staff to remove Thomas’ advanced life support measures, given the evident medical futility of
    continuing treatment. The nurses and physiotherapists are very concerned that, in the most unlikely event
    that baby Thomas survives, he would be living with profound neurological damage, and other serious
    disabilities. The social worker is concerned that the parents were not properly prepared for the high
    probability that their baby may not survive at all. The Head of the Finance Department is also requesting
    that, in light of strict budgetary limits, NICU treatment be withdrawn for this baby, given its cost of $3,000
    per day (approximately $156,000 to date). The parents are distressed by the suggestion to withdraw
    treatment and contact the media in order to draw attention to their baby’s plight.
    CASE STUDY FOUR
    Elsie Lee, 88 years old had recently moved to a Residential Aged Care Facility (RAC). She had difficulty
    mobilising due to severe rheumatoid arthritis as well as short-term memory and vision impairment. Elsie
    also had a history of AMI, removal of bilateral cataracts, and a (L) hip replacement four years ago. On
    admission to the RAC facility, on Tuesday afternoon, the Nurse Manager suggested that Elsie consider
    making out an advanced care directive (ACD), indicating what she would want done in the event that her
    health should deteriorate. Elsie agreed and awaited the help of her family when they visited on Sunday.
    She was pleased to have this opportunity as, although she had discussed her wishes with her family, she
    wanted to make it clear to staff caring for her that she did not want aggressive treatment of any kind and
    did not want to be resuscitated. On Friday night, Elsie developed severe chest pain which radiated down
    her (L) shoulder, an irregular pulse and a BP of 73/48 and the RN on duty called the ambulance. Elsie
    pleaded with the paramedics to leave her ‘as she was’; the R.N. insisted that they transport Elsie to
    hospital as she had not filled out an ACD indicating otherwise. In transit to the hospital, Elsie suffered a
    cardiac arrest. The paramedics attempted resuscitation but were unsuccessful. On arrival to the ED, Elsie
    was pronounced dead. Her family determined that Elsie’s death was brought on by the stress of being
    moved to hospital. They decided to sue the R.N., the paramedics and the RAC facility for assault and
    battery.
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