Critical analysis of obesity policy: You are a health care policy analyst for the local health department. You have been tasked with identifying a policy relevant to health care (e.g., obesity, smoking, asthma, etc.) from your state health department. Once…
Ethical decision-making case study Scenario: A 96-year-old male patient is admitted to the ICU with terminal liver cancer. He is confused and disoriented, very skinny and appears underfed, and is covered with bruises, which are common in patients with liver…
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. The instructor will assign each student to a CLC group. Each CLC group will be assigned one of the following public health emergencies to analyze: swine flu, shortages of influenza vaccine, anthrax,…
Public Health Policy Ethics Universal Health Care Act Ethical Considerations: This assignment will be a collaborative learning team project. The instructor will assign each student to a CLC group. Scenario: You are in a committee of legislators reviewing the Universal…
Respondeat superior case study Scenario: A patient had surgery and the nurse-anesthetist administered the anesthesia. The patient subsequently arrested and died while under anesthesia. An investigation concluded that the patient was not receiving the needed amount of oxygen and the…
Physician lawsuit case study Scenario: A physician is claiming injury and damages from a hospital that notified him they were not renewing his contract for services provided. The hospital gave him a 4-month notice and stated that they were exercising…
EMTALA transfer situation case study Scenario: You are the administrator on call for a local hospital and you receive a call at 2:00 a.m. from another local hospital regarding a patient with a broken upper arm. The ED physician’s assistant…
Bioethics committee use interview: 1) Contact the chair of a local hospital’s bioethics committee and interview him/her regarding the use of the committee at that facility, how the committee functions, how it makes decisions and recommendations, and the chair’s views…
Contract Violates Antitrust Laws Case Study Paper: 1) Read the case study (“Contract Violates Antitrust Laws”) on pages 100-101 in the textbook and answer the two discussion questions. 2) Write a paper (1,000-1,500 words) that addresses the discussion questions. Include…
Brain death case study assignment Scenario: You are the hospital administrator and are told by your ICU unit director of a patient in the unit that has suffered serious brain damage, but is not currently meeting the criteria for complete…