Ethical issues with HIV and clients and other infectious diseases controlled by health department guidelines.

RUNNING HEAD : Ethical Issues

Ethics in Guidelines of Patient Care : HIV and Infectious Disease

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Introduction

Thesis Statement

Legal and ethical duties of a health care provider justify the contract of duty established in a patient-provider relationship . The legal contract can be terminated as long as involved parties possess appropriate grounds for the termination of care . Unlawful establishment of termination of relationship and endorsement of care immediately grant

br the patient the right to a suit against the institution and /or provider for tort of abandonment under breach of duty . Moreover , the patient may suffer from psychological and emotional torture due to the termination of care

Problem and its Background

Infectious diseases , such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV infection , immediately place the patient on a depressive and devastated well-being . During these cases , established patient-provider relationship is considered critical throughout the course of treatment According to Kelly (1995 , both nursing and clinical care provided for HIV and infectious diseased patients must be as comprehensive as possible , providing the appropriate diagnostics , preventive care services and health care promotion (p .13 . Once the patient-provider relationship is established , these health care conditions and responsibilities must be met as part of the ethical conducts and duties of health care delivery . According to Servellen (1997 , one of the most controversial concerns of the modern provider-patient relationship is the often misunderstanding of accountability , responsibility and liability of care measures towards the patient (p .334 . Termination of patient-provider relationships is confronted by a question of conflict between the duty of care for the provider and rendering indiscriminate quality care among patients with infectious diseases (Servellen , 1997 br

.334 . Under this condition , the health care provider must render curative , preventive and promotional care in response to fulfilling the ethical principle of role fidelity . Legal considerations of providing care and duty of obligation of the provider towards the patients start when the health care professional enters into a relationship with a patient . However , in cases of infectious diseases , such as patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS , health care providers are given an option on whether to set a contract and provider care for these patients . By the ethical duty of care , health care providers are mandated to establish a contract and render appropriate care for these patients . However , by professional conduct , not all providers are capable of handling such patients confidently , which may require termination of patient-provider relationship on the latter part According to Mason (2004 , termination of care can only be considered ethical and appropriate if (1 ) the patient has already achieved the maximum benefit of the procedure according to provider 's clinical judgment , or (2 ) when the patient has already achieved cure from the procedure (p .307 . With appropriate legal grounds and basis for termination according to institutional guidelines , the provider may terminate the established contract of care and endorse the patient to another health care provider . According to Scott...