HCM632 IP 5 Health Care Patients: Legal and Ethical Considerations and Issues

HCM632 IP 5 Health Care Patients: Legal and Ethical Considerations and Issues

Assignment Details

Assignment Description

Choose a health care issue with controversial ethical and legal implications that is at the center of a high visibility case in the public domain.:

• Access to illicit drugs for      palliative care
• Access to treatments not yet      approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Note: There is no time frame during which the case must have occurred for this assignment. Please note, however, that any case selected must be analyzed in the context of laws and policies that existed at the time of the case in addition to current laws and policies.

Perform research in the University library using at least 8–10 relevant peer-reviewed academic or professional journal articles that were published within the past 5 years, and complete the following to prepare your report:

• Analyze the ethics of the case from      each end of the ethical spectrum (ultraconservative to ultraliberal) from      the perspective of the following stakeholders:
  • Patient,
  • Patient’s       immediate family or guardians
  • Emergency       medical personnel or first responders
• Identify policies at the federal,      state, and local levels relating to the provision of health care and      patient rights that played the following roles in the case:
  • Assesses       opposing views of these policies from the perspectives of the provider       and patient
  • Analyzes the       implications of these policies on the operations of health care       organizations
• Identify at least 3 state or federal      laws that are relevant to the case, and complete the following:
  • Evaluate key       legal factors that are inherent in the case.
  • Assess       various policies and procedures that are inherent in these laws that       relate to the provision of health care by providers or patient rights.
• Differentiate between the demands of      legal policies and ethical issues with relevance to the needs of the      provider and patient.
• Formulate an assessment of the      potential impact of the case on decision-making options in the future for      providers, patients, and administrators.