scholarly journals Ethical Challenges: Oncologists' Role in Immigrant Health Care

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 247-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Jepson ◽  
John V. Cox ◽  
Jeffrey Peppercorn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethics Guidelines

As health care and immigration policies evolve, oncologists may be faced with challenges regarding care for undocumented immigrants, and must stay abreast of changes in federal and state legal statutes as well as medical ethics guidelines.

What Is Medical Ethics Consultation?

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles R. Scofield
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Ethics Consultation ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Medical Ethicist ◽  
Care Decision

As everybody knows, advances in medicine and medical technology have brought enormous benefits to, and created vexing choices for, us all – choices that can, and occasionally do, test the very limits of thinking itself. As everyone also knows, we live in the age of consultants, i.e., of professional experts who are ready, willing, and able to give us advice on any and every conceivable question. One such consultant is the medical ethics consultant, or the medical ethicist who consults.Medical ethics consultants involve themselves in just about every aspect of health care decision making. They help legislators and judges determine law, hospitals formulate policies, medical schools develop curricula, etc. In addition to educating physicians, nurses, and lawyers, amongst others, including medical, nursing, and law students, they participate in clinical decision making at the bedside.

The legal framework applicable to insecurity and violence affecting the delivery of health care in armed conflicts and other emergencies

2013 ◽  
Vol 95 (889) ◽  
pp. 83-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Breitegger
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Care Providers

AbstractEnsuring respect for, and protection of, the wounded and sick and delivery of health care to them were at the origin of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as the development of international humanitarian law (IHL). In today's armed conflicts and other emergencies, the problem is not the lack of existing international rules but the implementation of relevant IHL and international human rights law (IHRL) which form a complementary framework governing this issue. Against the backdrop of the different manifestations of violence observed by the ICRC in the field and expert consultations held in the framework of the Health Care in Danger Project, this article identifies commonalities between the two legal regimes, including with respect to obligations to provide and facilitate impartial health care; prohibitions of attacks against wounded and sick and health-care providers; prohibitions to arbitrarily obstruct access to health care; prohibitions to harass health-care personnel, in violation of medical ethics; or positive obligations to ensure essential medical supplies and health-care infrastructure and protect health-care providers against violent interferences by others. The article concludes by indicating certain areas where implementation of existing IHL and IHRL is needed, including in domestic normative frameworks, military doctrine and practice, as well as training of health-care personnel on these international legal frameworks and medical ethics.

Ethical Issues in Immigrant Health Care and Clinical Research

1998 ◽  
pp. 203-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Marshall ◽  
Barbara A. Koenig ◽  
Paul Grifhorst ◽  
Mirjam van Ewijk
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Immigrant Health ◽  
Ethical Issues

Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 177 (4) ◽  
pp. 536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Fernández ◽  
Rudolph A. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Access To Health

scholarly journals Undocumented migrants’ right to health care: Physicians’ rejection of law in their gatekeeper roles

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J T V Greenbrook
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
Undocumented Migrants ◽  
Right To Health Care

Abstract Background Legal consciousness theory acknowledges the known gap between law in writing and law in its everyday practical application in society. Limited research has explored legal consciousness in medical contexts, and limited knowledge exists surrounding how the intrusion of law in medical authority impacts applied medical ethics. Conflicts between law and medical ethics can be saliently observed in Sweden, where current law forcibly places physicians in a gatekeeper role in satisfying undocumented migrants' right to health care access, relying on physicians' assessments of whether patients without legal residency status should be provided 'care that cannot be deferred'. Methods In this context, the present phenomenological study sought to explore how legal terminology is experienced, understood, and applied by physicians, contextualising the perceived meaning ascribed to the imposed gatekeeper role. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 42 physicians from five major Swedish hospitals, and analysed through the lens of legal consciousness theory. Results Participants actively rejected law by taking a firm, and often collective, stance against its intrusion in their work. Rejection of law was constructed through: rejecting legal hegemony and government imposed non-medical responsibilities; perceiving professional authority and medical ethics as empowering; considering repercussions of legal non-compliance unthreatening; believing increased legal knowledge would not influence their professions' foundational role. Conclusions The study produced novel findings, contributing to the limited body of work exploring legal consciousness in medicine. Regardless of legal knowledge held, when law conflicted with foundational medical ethics, the intrusion of law in the medical profession lead to the explicit rejection of law. Findings accent the need for laws addressing healthcare access to be compatible with foundational medical ethics and principles of non-discrimination. Key messages Regardless of legal knowledge held, when law conflicted with foundational medical ethics, the intrusion of law in the medical profession lead to the explicit rejection of law. Findings accent the need for laws addressing healthcare access to be compatible with foundational medical ethics and principles of non-discrimination.

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