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Paternalism can take a number of forms. Unfortunately, because ***** the governments increasing amount of interaction and funding of the medical industry, governmental paternalism ***** take ***** form of limiting *****, which affects treatment options. This ***** of ***** is destructive to the health care *****, and is rarely helpful. ***** form ***** paternal*****m also assumes that the government or funding agency knows m*****e about ***** wellbeing of my patient than I do, or those involved in their care and *****. At other times, the individual ***** care provider, who is immediately ***** in the situation may need ***** take a paternalistic view ***** his or her patient's well be*****g. In the case of immediate ***** ***** the patient does not ***** away from ***** patient the rights for self determination, but aids the patient in ***** decision mak*****g process which is involved in modern health care, paternalistic *****s can be ***** the patients and nursed best interest.

In the case in which *************** given to ***** patient could make no change in the outcome of a procedure, or condition, one could say that deception, or keeping inf*****mation ***** ***** patient would be ethical.

Confidentiality between patient and practitioner is ***** the utmost importance, and should rarely be breached. However if keeping ***** information confidential ***** create greater harm ***** a wider array of people, the nurse has an obligation to break h***** or her confidence, such as cases of infectious disease. Also, if the silence would put others at risk ***** harm, the ***** should be brought into ***** light f***** evaluation.

***** is a wide term, and risks to the patient can occur on a number of levels. Risks can arise from the lack of care, ***** the use of inappropriate care, or from ***** decisi*****s which the patient ********** regarding his or her *****. The nurse ***** an ethical responsibility to allow the patient to make decisions affecting their own well being, and t***** may ***** the patient at risk due ***** his or her own decisions. *****, the nurse still has the obligation to allow the patient t***** choice. This is allowing the patient ***** de*****ination.

***** is an example of paternalism, and I believe looking in***** the matter furt***** on the basis of ***** well being of the child is an acceptable level ***** paternalist actions, even though it may breach the mother's confidentiality. ********** this case the health *****d ***** being of the child is at risk, and the ***** is not in a place to protect himself. By remaining uninvolved, the nurse ***** harm ***** another innocent person, therefore addressing the m*****ter with the mother, and then calling to follow up ***** the o*****r doc*****r would be an acceptable ***** ***** *****ic involvement. The doctor on the o*****r end of the phone line still has ***** option of whether or not to divulge *****. So the nurse is maintaining accountability for her actions while seeking to work for the