well-written assignment for unit 5 p3 m3. the assignment explains how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of support for individuals with different needs. as well as this it analyse's how an ethical approach would benefit specific individuals with different needs. use for guidance!...
P.3: explain how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of support for individuals with
different needs
M.3: analyse how an ethical approach would benefit specific individuals with different needs
In this assignment I will be explaining how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision to
support for individuals with different need as well as analysing how an ethical approach would
benefit specific individuals with different needs.
Deontology
This theory suggests you should make a decision based on your duties/ job and make a decision
because it is ethically correct. The theory suggests that all patients are owned duty of care regardless
of the lack of resources or experience
This links to health and social care because if there was an obese individual, the dietician would use
deontology to make the decision of pushing the induvial to lose weight by making them a diet plan
or gym plan, as it is ethically correct and as a dietician, they would need their service user to be
healthy as being overweight could lead to severe health risks.
Deontology would benefit Valarie as if a fitness coach was using deontology on Valarie- they would
make the decision of giving her workouts which would make her lose weight and that’s a benefit as
she would be decreasing her health risks, as Valarie is overweight which means it could link to type 3
diabetes and coronary heart diseases. Another benefit of using deontology on Valarie is that is a
hearing aids specialist seen Valarie – they would give her hearing aids as it is ethically correct
regardless of if there was a lack of hearing aids, as all patients are owned care. Another benefit of
using deontology would be that if Valarie had gone to a job centre, they would find her a job, and
this is a benefit as she isn't just relying solely on universal funds.
Deontology would benefit Tremaine as if a dietician was using deontology on Tremaine- they would
get him a gluten free diet where there would be no gluten pizzas allowed and this would benefit
Tremaine physically as the pizzas make him ill. Another benefit would be that deontology would
allow him to be physically healthy. This is because if a physiotherapist was to meet with Tremaine,
they would be putting him on leg exercises as he would be weak in his legs, and it would be ethically
correct for him.
Principlism
This theory uses 4 key ethical principles. It aims to bring together the best elements of other ethical
issues.
• Autonomy – Respecting decisions/ allowing independence.
• Beneficence- balancing risks and costs.
• Non-maleficence- doing good not harm.
• Justice- looks at the law and the rights of the people involved.
This links to health and social care as staff would be able to use this and figure out what is most
compatible for the societal and religious beliefs. For example, if a Muslim women was working as a
nurse and a service user who was also Muslim and woman requested that particular woman nurse,
the nurse would then use principlism and respect her decision as many Muslim women would want
, to be seen by a lady nurse and, the nurse would check if there is any risks however there would be
as a male nurse would be just as qualified as the male nurse, they would also check the non-
maleficence part where it would do good for the service user and the nurse would look at the
justice. As a Service user she does have a right to request who she would feel more comfortable
around.
Principlism would benefit Valarie as if a fitness coach was to use principlism on her they would have
to respect her decision of not wanting to lose weight (autonomy), however they would have to make
her aware of the risks such as type 2 diabetes and the expenses to the lifestyle she is using as of right
now (beneficence). The fitness teacher pushing her to lose weight would be good for her physically
as she would be losing weight and decreasing the health factors however emotionally she might be
feeling down as she never wanted to lose weight in the first place (beneficence). the fitness coach
would then have to leave Valarie as the equality act states how a person shouldn’t be discriminated
regardless of their weight so Valarie would be able to stick to her decision without being
discriminated
Principlism would benefit Valarie as a job centre would be able to respect that Valarie is surviving on
universal funds (autonomy) but would make Valarie aware of the fact that she might not be able to
fund the lifestyle she wants with just universal funds and a job would be better (beneficence). By
Valarie getting a job it would do good to her as she is socialising with others (non-maleficence),
however if Valarie is stuck with the decision of not wanting a job the equality act pledged in 2010,
means that the job centre would have to agree with Valarie's decision out of basic respect for a
human.
Principlism would benefit Tremaine as it would allow Tremaine to keep his independence. For
example, Tremaine enjoys being independent so if a service staff was to use principlism on Tremaine
they would allow him to go home and keep his independence (autonomy), however there would be
some risks as he would be wanting to take his cast off (beneficence), and that would be causing
harm not any good for Tremaine which is something the service staff would need to look at (non-
maleficence)
Virtue ethics
This theory makes decisions are based on individual morals and what you feel the right decision is.
This links to health and social care as if a service staff such as a career was looking after an elderly
who is addicted to smoking, they would use virtue ethics and make the decision of cutting down the
elderly smoking intake. This is because the elderly is at a fragile stage of their life and their health
can be at risk with smoking as smoking causes harm to the body such as diabetes, lung cancer,
chronic bronchitis and strokes. The carer would feel that cutting down their making intake would be
the right decision for them as it would decrease those health factors however, they wouldn’t cut it
down completely as they would want to make the elderly feel comfortable and if they were to cut it
down completely after being used to doing it for so long then the elderly won't feel comfortable
Using virtue ethics will benefit Valarie, this is because if a fitness coach was to meet with Valarie and
was using virtue ethics, they would then make the decision of putting her on a diet and an exercise
plan. This is because Valarie is overweight and that would make Valarie more likely to have high
blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels, which are risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
So, the fitness coach would feel that a diet and exercise is the right decision as once she has lost
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