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Ethical and Legal Issues - Coggle Diagram
Ethical and Legal Issues
Values and Morals
Acceptance: ideas that help shape our POV
Belief: conviction that a person accepts as true.
Value: Something that someone feels as is important (item, idea, or behavior)
Formed in childhood
Used as a bases to make decisions
Different for each person and can change throughout life
As kids grow they acquire values from the environment around them
Preschool kids learn right from wrong from their family
Children are exposed to many different values from their peers and teachers as school, but parents still remain a major source of values
Teens begin to ID their own values and by early adulthood they have their own value system
Older adults do not tend to change their belief system
Morals: Attitudes, beliefs, and values of a person
Values are transmitted through different modes
Modeling: copying
Moralizing: Set of standards, one does not have a choice
Laissez-faire: No direction. One is free to explore different values and learn from their own experiences
Reward/punishment: Reward given for good behavior and punishment is given for bad behavior (may send the message that violence is accepted)
Responsible choice: A balance between freedom and restriction
Human values important in caregivers
Altruism: concern for the safety of others
Human dignity: respect for the differences and worth of others
Equality, justice, truth, freedom, and acceptance
Values Clarification: step-by-step process to help ID values
Choosing: Consider all possible alternatives, consequences, and choose freely without pressure or coercion from others
Prizing: Cherish or prize the choice, share it with others, and reaffirm importance of the value
Acting: Internalize the behavior, repeatedly act with consistent behavior
Rights: power, privilege, or existence to which someone has a just claim
1972 Patient's Bill of Rights states that all clients have the rights to respectful care, privacy, confidentiality, continuity of care, and relevant information
They also have the right to examine their bill, refuse tx, and participate in research
In 2003, they outlined rights for elderly, young, disabled, pregnant, dying, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill people with the Patient care Partnership: understanding Expectations, rights, and responsibilities
Mentally ill can lose their rights
Sometimes reality eludes them. Some are not able to recognize their rights
The delivery system can impose limits on clients' abilities to exercise their rights.
The mental Health systems Act in 1980 was developed to protect their rights
Parity laws require insurance companies to give coverage for mental illness that is the same of physical illness
Care providers have the right to respect as individuals
Nurses have the right to full and equal participation
HCP have the right to develop policies that affect client care
They have the right to function within a safe environment (physical and emotional)
They have the right to have competent assistance from people who are capable of performing at the stated level.
Ethics: Set of rules or values that govern right behavior. They reflect values, morals, and principles of right and wrong.