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The general subject topic of your paper:
Voluntary abandonment of a crime
While you are primarily addressing the topic selected, you may want to discuss or expand on a topic presented in the textbook, a case dealing with the subject, or a current event from the news or Internet, and present your viewpoint or perspective on that item as it relates to the issue present in your chosen topic
Is the malpractice a charge that can be found under either civil or criminal law?
Does the laws in the United States normally arise from governing bodies that license health care professionals or not?
What is tort law and why is it important in health care? Provide an example of a violation of tort law in a health care setting.
Following your reading of chapter 15, please answer the following questions
1. An RN administered the wrong medication to a patient and the patient died. She was arrested and charged with homicide, among other things. Can the hospital be brought up on charges if it is found the system, not the RN, was the root cause of the error? What does this kind of case mean to health care managers with respect to precedent? If the RN is convicted of homicide and sentenced to serve time in jail, what kind of effect do you think this will have on hospitals, healthcare organizations, and the profession of nursing?
2. Is the Common law derived from legislative actions? Please explain why and support your answer with example?
3. Define the following terms:
Common law
Judge-made law
Interpretive justice
Precedent
Stare decisis
Statutory law
Privacy is a concept that is rapidly evolving in relation to the most public of mediums, the Internet, which became even more super-charged with social networking websites. In a recent California election, one ballot measure, Proposition 8, asked voters a question on marriage. Donors to the Prop 8 campaign found that their names, addresses, and amount of contribution were masked up with Google Maps and thus rendered into a format showing the world a map image of donors’ names, street addresses, and dollar contributions. All this data is public record information already, but still quite inconvenient to access. What are the side effects of this action?
Were responses to recent anti-racism or environmental protests in Australia and/or the USA in line with human rights standards? In addition to specific rights to protest, you may also consider the policing of minorities, the use of force and sentencing of offenders within the context of these protests. Use at least one case study to critically analyse relevant human rights within the P.L.A.N framework. Consider relevant international conventions, domestic legislation, and police policies.
Has the impact of the war on terror unduly limited Australian’s right to privacy? Use this question to discuss how has the right to privacy has altered since 9/11. Are these changes in accordance with international standards? Using at least one case study, critically analyse this change within the P.L.A.N framework. Factor both international conventions and domestic legislation into your answer.
What is problematic with the way Australia treats its women prisoners in relation to human rights standards? With reference to both international conventions and domestic human rights legislation, critically analyse at least one Case study as a basis for your answer, using the P.L.A.N. framework for your critical analysis. You may consider a specific issue or cohort. for example, the over-representation of Indigenous women, access to services for women with a disability or mental health condition. or how past trauma may be reinforced.
What are the challenges for police when encountering someone with a mental health condition and how can these be mitigated? Give at least one case study. critically analysed within the P.L.A.N framework. to explore these challenges. In addition. reference at least one of the four policing approaches to mental health. Consider international conventions, domestic legislation. and police policies.