week 9 ass ethics

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EMTALA & PATIENT- CENTEREDNESS

Week 9 Assignment

Faridah Mohammad

HA330-44

06/22/2019

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1. What was the reasoning for enacting the Emergency Medical Treatment and

Active Labour Act?

EMTALA is a form of activism that has been implemented to perform different functions in

the healthcare section. Major reasoning for engaging the EMTALA includes the stabilization

of critical patients in emergent situations before being taken to any medical center as needed.

This is done through proper evaluation of the condition and determining the best way of

responding to a critical state of affairs of the patient. Key other reasons will include the

aspect of preventing more damage and impairment of one's health and also gives room to

determine the best receiving hospital with the necessary facilities, skills, and medical

capabilities. Also in addition to that, there is a chance to record every step of the patient's

state of health (Jeremy &Julia, 2016).

2. Should medical advice be dispensed on the Telephone? Explain your opinion.

In this case, medical advice can be dispensed over the phone depending on what the situation

entails. If it's on general medical situations, then it's ok as this has few of its benefits.

Through the telephone, one can have excellent advice as in most cases, skilled medical

expertise is the ones allowed to give the advice hence dependable information is provided.

Also, its time saving as there are cases where the patient has doubts and instead of meeting up

with doctors can consult through the phone. In the case of the emergent situations, life could

be saved through first aid performance before urgent help is availed. Such medical advice

involves privacy between the client and doctor and it's cost-effective. However, it's key to

have a disclaimer of the medical situation to maintain strictly a doctor-patient relationship

(Ellen, 2014).

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3. Why prescribing, control, administration, and monitoring of medication is a

major area of legal concern for healthcare professionals?

Legal concerns analyze the legitimacy of conducting certain duties as needed by the

authority. Thus most healthcare professionals are greatly concerned with the law since it

helps in dealing with medical crises like the misused prescription rate of medicines and drugs

thus avoidance of overdosing. It helps to make sure the medication given is utilized and used

for the right purposes. Legal concerns are there to guide them to avoid imprisonment as a

consequence of medication misuse. Lastly, it's part of professionalism and has ethical

standards. Patients too are empowered in understanding the legal way of accessing medical

attention (Mary, 2018).

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References

Ellen, H. - Medical-Legal Attorney (2014). What are the legal ramifications of giving

medical advice online? https://www.quora.com/topic/Medical-Malpractice-and-

Medical-Law-Suits

Jeremy, S. L. & Julia, F. (2016). Why it’s important to follow EMTALA, the "anti-dumping"

law. Providence, Oregon. https://oregon.providence.org/forms-and-

information/w/why-its-important-to-follow-the-emtala-anti-dumping-law/

Mary D. (2018). Legal & Ethical Issues that Health Care Professionals Face.

https://work.chron.com/personal-care-service-job/ 10

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Comment Summary Page 1

1. This needs to be including at the top left of every page of this paper Page 2

2. Which case are you referring to here? 3. Not sure what you are trying to say here 4. Do you mean "experts"? Proofread 5. I really have no idea what point you are trying to make here. 6. It is not a form of activism, it is a Federal Law! 7. This is the wrong word to use in this sentence. 8. This response does not really address the question. It does not really explain why it was passed,which is the

question. Page 3

9. This sentence is poorly written. I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Page 4

10. This link no longer works. 11. You use an author's LAST name, not their First name, when you list them in the Reference List.