scholarly journals Educating Future Medical Professionals with the Fundamentals of Law and Ethics

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Puteri Nemie JK ◽  
Ariff Osman HO ◽  
Ramizah WM
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
Changing Trend

The increasing awareness amongst the society on medico-legal issues as well as the growth of consumerist attitude towards the provision of medical services has caused the medical profession to be subjected to vociferous criticism if they do not meet rising expectations of the society. Substandard services have not been well tolerated and paternalistic approaches in medical treatment are considered to be outmoded and inappropriate. Any dissatisfaction on the part of the patient towards medical services provided nowadays may easily trigger claims in the court of law. This changing trend has also fundamentally changed the behaviour of the courts towards the medical profession. Judicial and legislative interventions in medical practice have created more and more rights for the patients and consequently, corresponding legal duties for the medical profession to uphold. In the present healthcare setting, the medical profession will not be able to provide infallible services without knowledge of the legal standards which they have to adhere. Thus, educating future medical professionals with the fundamentals of law and ethics would ensure greater accountability, knowledge and personal commitment in providing medical services to the society as the ideals of professionalism not only require them to have the necessary expertise, dedication, respect, compassion, empathy, honesty, altruism, responsibility, integrity, self-improvement and accountability but also adherence to the demands of law and highest ethical standards.

Ethical and Legal Standards in Social Work: Consistency and Conflict

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic G. Reamer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Ethical And Legal Issues ◽  
The Relationship

Social workers frequently encounter circumstances involving ethical and legal issues. In many instances, relevant ethical and legal standards complement each other; however, in some circumstances, ethical and legal standards conflict. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between U.S. ethical and legal standards in social work. The author presents a conceptually based typology of 4 types of relationships between legal and ethical standards. Case examples are included. The author concludes with a decision-making framework designed to enhance social workers' constructive management of difficult decisions involving ethical and legal standards.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF CIVIL LIABILITY OF MEDICAL WORKERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2(42)) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Anastasia Olegovna Varava
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

The article will discuss the features of the occurrence and application in the judicial practice of civil liability for medical professionals. This problem is particularly relevant in connection with the complications in the provision of medical services due to the spread of coronavirus infection. And this topic is also the most acute problem, because every year the number of criminal and civil proceedings involving doctors and other medical professionals increases. In addition, the resolution of «medical Affairs» there are difficulties associated with the assessment of the medical staff, as you have to consider many factors: the degree of development of medical science; the level of medical practice, etc. And most doctors are not fully aware of the norms of the civil code and bases of civil liability, the knowledge of which may help to reduce the number of such offences.

Legal Issues in Medical Practice Medicolegal Guidelines for Safe Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Omparkash Singh Kande
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Safe Practice ◽  
Medicolegal Issues

Legal Issues in Medical Practice Medicolegal Guidelines for Safe Practice has presented essential information on various medicolegal aspects involved in day-to-day clinical practice. Most of the pertinent issues like medical ethics, informed consent, medical documentation, medical negligence, and various laws applicable to the medical professionals have been elaborated in the book. A separate section on medicolegal issues related to various specialties has presented ‘practice management strategies’ for safe clinical practice. Chapters on various medicolegal issues are written by the specialists who are well experienced in clinical as well as medicolegal domain. The book comprises of 24 chapters divided into five sections: <bold>Sec I</bold> (Medical Ethics and Law); <bold>Sec II</bold> (Documentation of Patient Care: The Legal Aspects); <bold>Sec III</bold> (Litigation against Medical Practitioners); <bold>Sec IV</bold> (Medical Laws and Judgments Governing the Medical Professionals); <bold>Sec V</bold> (Medicolegal Issues in Various Specialties). Dr. VP Singh, an authority in medical laws has edited the chapters, and presented a reliable medicolegal book with a problem solving approach. The guiding principles recommended in the book are well supported by relevant judgments from Indian Courts. This book is a step-by-step guide that provides basic understanding of medicolegal principles in a simple language, and enables a busy medical practitioner to establish safe clinical practice. In nutshell, this book is a must read for every healthcare professional.

Law and Ethics: Opportunistic Infections of Medical Practice?.

1988 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
Michael M. Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
Community Standards

The medical profession is in a crisis due to the increasing awareness of pluralism and the rejection of “community standards of practice” as a principle ethically and legally sufficient to govern medical practice. Historically, professional peer-review and appeals to local medical community standards of practice have been the basis for managing legal and ethical disputes. It was rare for patients or courts to challenge the authority and autonomy of the profession. This was the legacy of an earlier, less pluralistic society. Monolithic societies have a common or authoritative set of moral values, usually founded on a religious structure and institution, so that the moral limits of any type of practice, including medical practice, are well understood. We no longer live in such a society.

Commentary: Beyond Common or Uncommon Morality

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-428
Author(s):  
LESLIE FRANCIS
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Overlapping Consensus ◽  
Healthcare Professions

In “Medical Ethics: Common or Uncommon Morality,”1 Rosamond Rhodes defends a specialist view of medical ethics, specifically the ethics of physicians. Rhodes’s account is specifically about the ethics of medical professionals, rooted in what these professionals do. It would seem to follow that other healthcare professions might be subject to ethical standards that differ from those applicable to physicians, rooted in what these other professions do, but I leave this point aside for purposes of this commentary. Rhodes’s view includes both a negative and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that precepts in medical ethics—understood as the ethics of physicians—cannot be derived from principles of common morality. The positive thesis is two-fold: that precepts in medical ethics must be derived from an account of the special nature of what physicians do, and that this account is to be understood through an overlapping consensus of rational and reasonable medical professionals. While I agree emphatically with, and have learned a great deal from, Rhodes’s defense of the negative thesis, I disagree with both claims in Rhodes’s positive thesis, for reasons I will now explain after a brief observation about the negative thesis.

scholarly journals Dealing with COVID-19 in Medical Practice: Yet an Uncertain Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Prabin Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
The World

COVID-19 pandemic is still uncertain and is going to last longer. The world has learnt a lot to fight against it. However, the world has to learn to live and deal with it in the days ahead. Medical practice has to be innovated and modified to protect medical professionals as well as patients.

scholarly journals Consent to Treatment and Anamnesis as Problem of Communication with Minor Patients in Healthcare Decision-Making

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Karina Palkova ◽  
Svetlana Semaka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Decision ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
Legal Relationship ◽  
Healthcare Decision Making ◽  
Consent To Treatment ◽  
Insight Into

Lately lawyers and medical professionals pay more attention too the process of minor patient healthcare. The research shall address the issues of legal relationship between minor patients and medical professionals, consent to treatment of minor patients and communication problems including the scope of information which the doctor can provide to the minor patient’s relatives to protect themselves and patients. Legislation prescribes that the information provided by the medical professional to the minor patient must be not only easy-to-understand, but also be consistent with the patient’s age maturity. However, in Latvia, for example, there are no guidelines that specify how medical professionals can determine the patient’s maturity. In the course of provision of medical services to the minor persons legal disputes involving communiucation failures between the minor patients, their relatives, legal representatives and the doctors arise increasingly frequently. The research will look into issue of communication problems in healthcare. The aim of the research is to provide insight into challenges of legal relations betweem minor patients and medical professionals and communication problems in healthcare.

scholarly journals From Central Africa to Egypt: A Surgeon’s Journey

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
David Carl Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Successful Transition

When medical professionals step out of one culture into another to serve in mission, the transition is far more complex and difficult than even those with wide international experience may realize, especially if it involves a change between widely divergent cultures, the need to learn a new language or work through a translator, and understanding a completely new worldview. Understanding how these issues affect medical practice requires a mixture of humility, curiousity, and perseverance, and can bring about successful transition and widen doors to successful ministry.

scholarly journals ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR MEDICAL CARE IN BULGARIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 516-522
Author(s):  
Kalina Peycheva ◽  
Mariela Deliverska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Methods Of Treatment

Regardless of what both patients and medical professionals might think, nowadays there is no free medicine. The need of changing the pattern is emphasized and people should become more responsible for their own health. The aim is to find a connection between the trust in GPs, prophylactic check-ups, new methods of treatment and the willingness of patients to pay for the received medical services. Material and Method: A questionnaire was prepared for the purposes of the study. The methods utilized were a direct individual anonymous questionnaire, statistical – descriptive, analytical (Chi-square). The answers were examined and statistically processed according to age, gender and education level of the participants. Results: 1. The results regarding the trust in GP is very unconvincing – only 14,5 % believe in their GP. 2. The percentage of believers in prophylactic check-ups is high - 57,9%.  3.The percentage of those who believe in the new methods and means for treatment is high, over 80%, while no difference is found with respect to the patients’ education level. 4. The patients often (86%) pay for the treatment of a specialist. 5. People with higher education more readily pay for medical care. Conclusions: 1. The lack of trust in GP combined with the strong belief in prophylactic check - ups and the new methods for diagnostic and treatment of diseases lead to higher expectations of patients towards the medical services and their readiness to pay for these services. 2. The patients indicate readiness to pay for medical services which is a part of the patients’ readiness to take care for their own health.

Securing Health-Effective Medicine in Practice

2013 ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Rupert Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Royal Infirmary ◽  
British Government ◽  
Managed Health Care ◽  
Concept Of Health

The movement for public participation in medical practice and its governance (‘participative medicine’) lacks an understanding of the historical and theoretical contexts within which it has emerged. This paper discusses the problems with physician-centred medicine (previously called ‘the medical model’), administrator-centred medicine (‘managed health-care’), patient-centred medicine, and participative medicine. The concept of health-effectiveness of medical services is emphasised as fundamental in an applied, critical theory of medical practice that equates health-effectiveness with pro-social medical services. The critical theory provides a framework for understanding the movement’s purpose, its misuse by consumerist methods, and the problems when medicine is delivered by pro-market or provider-centred systems, as shown most notably in the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry by the British government. The paper outlines the Tuke Institute model of health-effective services, secured by participative medical practice and its governance and integrated with translational science. Together, the Tuke Institute model and the critical theory provide a scientific framework by which to determine the health-effectiveness of different models of practice through properly scientific research, indicating the necessity of studying models of practice as complex interventions.

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