Nursing 4320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Surrogate Decision-Maker, Primum Non Nocere, Mental Disorder
26 Sep 2018
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Legislation: legal rights of clients and their families within the health care context, legislation related to health information privacy and confidentiality, personal / professional values that guide nursing practice related to legislation of informed consent and substitute decision-making. Schloendorff v. society of new york hospital (1914: ethical basis, beneficence (do good, non-maleficence (do no harm, autonomy, the right to determine and act on a self-chosen path, based on informed choices. In all cases, consent must be given by a capable person. Treatment defined: anything done for a therapeutic, cosmetic or other health-related purpose, course of treatment: a series or sequence of similar treatments administered to a. Includes a course of treatment or plan of treatment. person over a period of time for a particular health problem. Dialysis: plan of treatment: a plan that is developed by one or more health care practitioners, dealing with one or more of the health problems that a person has and is likely to have.
