Ethics in a Long-Term Healthcare Business Ethics in the health care industry spans a wide spectrum of activities and most of the obligations are cast by law on the professionals and the second by the common practice and morals of the profession. Both are important to the progress of the institution and also the health care industry. Compliance of statutes is of primary importance. Compliance There are many rules and statutes that must

Ethics and the Military As globalism becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of interaction they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise. Doing business is not the same worldwide, and as citizens of a global village, we must realize that there are different cultural norms and behaviors that are acceptable in some countries, unacceptable in others, and even expected in some. In the

Housing. Though one's medical health is usually not asked for on a lease application, the landlord might very well look it up, using an online service. One might ask why, but it is similar to the employer's reason: not wanting the tenant complaining that their disability was not accommodated (this is against the law) or that they were discriminated against (this is why the landlord would look up medical

If the marketing claims to be medically expedient then personal health records may be released. 3. Are there requirements for covered entities to have written privacy policies? If so, what has to be addressed in the policy? Yes, covered entities do need written privacy policies. Those policies address the specific circumstances the covered entity might release his or her personal health information. For example, a person might authorize a personal representative

But a provider may also "use his/her professional judgment to disclose health information to a parent, even in cases that otherwise meet an exception, as 'necessary to avert a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the minor'" such as if a minor begs a doctor not to tell his or her parent that s/he is being sexually abused (Minors, 2005, Miller School). However, given the

Healthcare #1 I believe in evidence-based policy, and on that front there is evidence that the glass ceiling exists. I have no personal anecdotes to tell on the subject, and an individual anecdote is meaningless when discussing broad sociological phenomena. After all, this is a well-studied issue for which there is a lot of data. A lot of the studies on the subject are European, but there are a few that