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ESSAY 1

Assessment 1 is a case study style essay about a model for Ethical Decision Making to determine the rights of this client and the obligations of health professionals.

Hypothesis: The situation involves a 61-year-old patient suffering from cancer and admitted to the hospital for palliative care, being a heavy drinker. Alcoholic drinking is not allowed in the ward; however the patient insist on drinking disregarding the nurses demands. The situation requires reconciling the needs of the patient and finding a practical solution as the staff may be overburdened by supporting the patient in this endeavour. Moreover, drinking is not favourable to the health conditions of the patient. This disagreement needs to be resolved with complete consideration of patient rights, law and service. Nursing is a profession where in a relationship of empathy is built between the patient and the nurse. A nurse can help a patient regain the confidence of building a better life despite being ill. At times it does involve going beyond job roles and ensuring maximum comfort to the patient. In this case rehabilitation is essential for the patient than allowing her drink in the ward. The staff can be instrumental in the rehabilitation process as well.

Please discuss: a) The Rights of the patient and the obligations of health care professionals. b) The ethical conflicts and the law and the local policies of the hospital. c) The ethical decision you would make and any recommendations for the future.

ESSAY 2

You are required to identify and analyse the policy and law implications of the use of big data in healthcare in a developed country of your choosing. You are to discuss the current legal framework for using data as well as new policies and legislation on the use of it." These are a few policy areas that you could include in your assignment. 1. Legal aspects, including privacy and data ownership 2. Stakeholders, and their roles and responsibilities in this field 3. Privacy and data protection, especially around systems to encourage good data governance 4. Open data and data sharing, and the need for international guidelines to promote open data 5. Standards and protocols, to ensure the interoperability of data sources 6. Technological development, especially in areas such as data collection and storage 7. Data sources, and specifically the need for legacy systems to work smoothly with newer forms of data, such as mobile and genomics 8. Data analysis, and the need for both new analysis methods to be used, such as machine learning, but also to ensure those methods are ethical and appropriate 9. Applications, as above, it's important that big data applications don't weld in biases or use poor quality data 10. Communication, should include informing the public both of the benefits of big data, but also their legal rights 11. Funding, needs to be funnelled towards projects that support the use of open data in healthcare..

word limit (3000)

APA Referencing style must be used when referencing the essays. All work must be referenced correctly and appropriately.
The essays should not be plagiarized and should include an introduction, discussion and analyses, conclusion, presentation and referencing.