HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health and Social Care

Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health and Social Care

Introduction

Bob visited genito urinary clinic at Trust hospital for his check up. Dr. Gomez did his check up and informed Bob of the presence of HIV positive in his reports. Bob was suggested by Dr. Gomez that he should inform his sexual-partners about his disease. Bob then started his treatment. Bob was in a relation-ship from past eighteen months with Sue. Bob and Sue are expected to have a baby in coming two months. Bob was in a sexual relationship with a number of people before Sue, Dr. Gomez came to know in the subsequent counseling sessions of that Bob has not yet informed Sue about HIV. Dr. Gomez knew about the upcoming child birth of Bob and Sue and he explained to Bob that they should take certain measures to determine whether Sue is HIV positive or not and if there are any chances of the baby having this disease then immediate steps should be taken for the baby's treatment. Bob refused to do so and even says that if Sue gets informed about all this without his permission then he will not continue this treatment.

For every organization there is a code of ethical conduct and values. These ethics are values and principles used within an organization to manage its activities and decision within the framework of strategies that can serve in best possible interest to the organization. The framework of the code of ethics directs the effective management of the organization in regards with its programs, policies, goals and decisions concerning those goals. The ethical philosophy a particular organization follows to conduct the business has great impact on its productivity, reputation and ultimately its achievements. Employers and leaders who abide by the ethical implications within an organization formulate an ethical organizational culture. The fact that ethical code of conduct is very critical to the organization cannot be denied. This shows that why in every organization it is important to consider any ethical issue raised.

The document will focus on the ethical issue in regards with the healthcare organization. Health care organization stands on a critical notch in this regards. Among all other types of organizations, healthcare organization has the most serious consequences of ethical and legal implications. The document explores the importance of ethical considerations in healthcare organizations in regards with maintaining patients' confidentiality and protecting critical information and data.

The content of the document is designed to explore the confidentiality-related ethical and legal perspectives under the light of case study of bob mentioned in this document. The focus of this document will be to explore the issue from several different dimensions considering the potential implications and its possible consequences in order to find out the most appropriate solution to the problem in which Dr Gomez is stuck in. The perspectives will be based on ethical codes of conducts that are standardized and specified by the medical community internationally by ...