Consent and Research

Consent and Research Name: Institution: Consent and Research Medicare is a national social insurance program that offers health insurance to persons aged 65 and above and young people with disabilities or terminal diseases. The agency offers medical services under designated sections including outpatient prescription drugs depending on the health condition of the individual. Currently, the agency offers medical cover to about 40 million Americans aged 65 years and above and about 8 million young people with disabilities. The agency provides medical cover through various healthcare units across the US and but also owns some of the healthcare facilities. Healthcare providers encounter different ethical issues, some of which puts the medical practitioners in dilemma. The agency has encountered many ethical challenges since its inception some of which have proved difficult to deal with while some have led to occasional breaking of code of ethics in the profession. When determining the amount of charges that the state will incur, the agency needs to examine the patient and obtain crucial information on their health status. One of the ethical issues in medical fields is disclosure of patients` information without their consent. Medical personnel are not allowed to disclose patients` information to the public without informing the patient. In some cases, the healthcare provider signs a document declaring he/she would not contravene the code (Savage & Ford, 2008). However, in the event that the patient is too old, their information is shared among stakeholders without their consent although relatives should agree. Sometimes they conduct medical examination to degrees not in the knowledge of the patients` relatives because they need information that resonates with the kind of healthcare cover issued. Medicare deals larg...