Explain the meaning and importance of the doctrine of informed consent.

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Assignment

Make sure you have read all of the assigned readings. Discuss the questions presented below and follow directions

1. Review the case Informed Consent in Louisiana – Lugenbuhl v. Dowling.

2. First, identify the elements of the legal citation- plaintiff, defendant, court, location of case etc.

3. Explain the meaning and importance of the doctrine of informed consent.

4. Discuss why we have this doctrine and what would happen if we did not.

5. Discuss the two elements that must be present for informed consent to exist under the law.

6. In a legal case of negligence and liability explain why the basis for negligence may be battery, unconsented touching, or breach of a duty imposed on the doctor to disclose material information.

7. Explain the elements that must be present for a patient to give informed consent.

Assignment Expectations

1. Limit your responses to a maximum of four pages, not including title and reference list pages.

2. Be sure to utilize at least 3-4 scholarly references to support your discussions.

3. Be sure to properly cite your references within the text of your assignment and listed at the end.

4. Be sure to apply critical thinking skills to the write-up of your assignment, especially numbers 3, 4, and 5 above.

Required Reading

A Practical Guide to Informed Consent. Temple Health (2007). http://www.templehealth.org/ICTOOLKIT/html/ictoolkitpage1.html

Informed consent Russell G. Thornton Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2000 April; 13(2): 187–190.PMCID: PMC1312305 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1312305/

Informed Consent in Louisiana – Lugenbuhl v. Dowling, 701 So.2d 447 (La. 1997), rehearing denied (Nov 21, 1997) Guide http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/consent/Lugenbuhl.htm

Am J Public Health. 2008 May; 98(5): 793–801. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.107706
PMCID: PMC2374810 Ethics in Public Health Research: Privacy and Public Health at Risk: Public Health Confidentiality in the Digital Age. Meyers, Frieden, Bherwani and Henning. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374810/

Improving the Informed Consent Process Krames StayWell Blog (2009). http://info.kramesstaywell.com/Portals/36339/docs/Krames{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}20Informed{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}20Consent.pdf

Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives. -Maurice Chevalier

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Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.
-Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and popular vaudeville entertainer (1888–1972)
Since 1900, the average life expectancy of persons in the United States has lengthened by more than 30 years, thanks in great part to efforts of public health professionals who strive to keep us healthy and free of injury. While none of us expects to be sick or injured, we often take for granted the health and safety measures, highlighted in your resources this week, that help us reduce our health risks.
To prepare for this Discussion, consider that the burden of disease for a community illustrates the gap between current health status of its residents and an ideal health situation where the entire population lives to an advanced age, free of disease and disability. Think about how public health closes that gap. Consider how the work of public health professionals and organizations can impact the Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) and Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) as described in Chapter 2 of Public and Global Health Essentials.
By Day 4
Post a comprehensive response to the following:
Start your post with a brief description of a current or historic public health effort (i.e., water fluoridation) that is new, or surprising, from your Learning Resources (required and/or optional resources can be used).

Thinking about your daily activities, describe two specific instances where public health efforts, such as those identified in your learning resources (i.e., immunization), may have an impact on individuals you know.
Explain how your examples may impact the burden of disease addressed in your Learning Resources this week.
How would, or do, your examples of public health affect people in other, less developed, countries? Provide an example to illustrate your point.

Please be sure to cite your resources using APA style within your post.

(Examples of public health)

A refrigerator
Toilet
Immunization
Speed limit signal
Dietary label
Disaster relief
Condo
Bike helmet
Seat belt
Blood pressure
Miner/factory worker
Hand washing
No smoking

Resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/index.html
https://www.healthypeople.gov/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310_2008.pdf
Note: Initial postings must be 250-350 words (not including references).

 How have you applied biological statistical procedures related to your course units?

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In this assignment, you will write a paper based on Chapters I – IV (SEE BELOW). It is important that we establish a solid foundation related to our knowledge and understanding of biostatics. The purpose of this paper is to reinforce comprehension of the core methods. Write a six page APA formatted paper not including the title page and reference page. Please use a minimum of six APA formatted references. Incorporate your approved topic, outline, and references from your Unit I Assignment into this research paper.
o Chapter 1: Overview of Biostatistics
o Chapter 2: Quantifying the Extent of Disease
o Chapter 3: Quantifying the Extent of Disease
o Chapter 4: Summarizing Data Collected in the Sample
Be sure to include the following within your paper:
Based on your readings and understanding of statistics, identify key activities and terminology related to biostatistics in public health and medical research.
How have you applied biological statistical procedures related to your course units? Please list specific examples and be sure to cite accordingly.
List examples of how you have computed and interpreted the measures to compare the extent of a disease.
Give specific data that has been used within a sample. How do we ensure the validity of this data?
What methods have you used to compute and interpret probability for biostatical analysis? Please discuss.
How have you proposed solutions to public health problems based on biostatistical methods?
Give examples of how you would define point estimate, standard error, confidence level, and margin of error.
How would you compare and contrast standard error and margin of error?

Define adverse selection? How can the incorrect premium result in adverse selection?

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The
Julia Pizza Company (KC) has 1,200 employees and the chance of an injury to
employees is 0.05. lasagna maker Sheryl (LA) has 950 employees and the chance
of an injury to employees is 0.09. The possible variation of losses for both is
30 and 35, respectively. Tell Gloria: What is the objective risk of both
companies, and which is more risky?

Degree of risk = Objective risk= Probable variation of actual from
expected losses

Expected losses

In other words: Range of loss variation / Expected
loss

3. When is risk avoidance,
risk transfer, or risk retention appropriate, (explain to Gabrielle in terms of
frequency and severity)? What are two examples of loss control methods?

4. Explain the principle of
indemnity. How does subrogation support the principle of indemnity?

5. What are five
conditions necessary for a firm, to consider successfully adopting
self-insurance as a strategy? How is self-insurance different from traditional
risk transfer?

6.Explain the
differences between enterprise risk management and traditional risk management.

7. What are pure and speculative risks? Provide two
examples of each.

Define risk. Why is risk management
important to corporations?

8. Give an example of asymmetric information. Define
adverse selection? How can the incorrect premium result in adverse selection?

Are correlated or uncorrelated losses
harder to insure against? Briefly explain your answer and provide one example
of a correlated loss.

9. List four
reasons that business owners would pay less for their small business insurance
policy premiums. How can insurance companies reduce moral hazard among
policyholders (name or explain at least two methods)?

10.
10.
Define risk management and identify
the six steps in the risk management process. As a risk manager how
would you briefly apply the six steps of the RMI process (come up with at least
three ideas in the first step and proceed)

ByJohn Aaron

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Since a clinical trial began Monday,
seven people have been vaccinated, and the hope is to vaccinate six more on
Thursday, according to Dr. Shon Remich, director of Translational Medicine at
the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland.
If no serious side effects are
witnessed, others will be given stronger doses of the vaccine. The plan is for
a total of 39 people to be vaccinated and studied over the coming seven to eight
months.
Some of those involved in the trial
will be getting a placebo.
This is the first time the vaccine has
been given to human test subjects, and plans for the trial came together
quickly.
“Obviously the global crisis has
created a lot of momentum. We took about six weeks to do what we would normally
take six months to do,” Remich says.
He says they have not had any problem
finding volunteers in the community and stresses there is no risk of
contracting Ebola from the vaccine.
The vaccine, known as VSV-EBOV, is
based on a virus often found in horses and cattle. It was created by Canada’s
Public Health Agency.
“They have taken a very small
portion … out of that particular virus, and inserted a part of Ebola into that
virus,” says Remich.
“We’re fooling the body into
thinking that it’s infected, which would in turn lead to a strong immune system
response.”
The vaccine is seen as especially
promising following tests on primates. Not only did the vaccine help protect
them against Ebola infection, but it also led to increased survival rates if it
was administered after Ebola was contracted.
Remich says there is a team in place
charged with figuring out how to ramp up production of the vaccine, but there
is no way to predict when the vaccine could become more widely available.
“There are so many variables that
need to be addressed, safety being the first,” he says.
Read more:http://www.wtop.com/41/3723134/Experimental-Ebola-vaccine-administered-to-some-in-DC-area#ixzz3GK6m0XSy