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KUMPULAN 3 1. MASKAH BT SHUKRI 2. MAZLINA BT MAIDIN 3. MAIZATUL AKEMAN BT MD NOR 4. SITI FATIMAH BT MOHD NOR 5. WAN ZAIDA WAN MD HANAPI
COMMON LEGAL
Legal are intended to reflect popular belief about rightness or wrongness of particular acts. Legal can serve the publics instrument for converting morality into clear-cut social guideline and stipulating punishment s for offenses.
(Beauchamp,2001)
2. To describe what complaints may be applied to maintain rules and to whom they may be applied. 3. To get solution to solve the problem related to midwifery problem
PROCURING CONSENT PRIOR TO UNDERTAKING MEDICAL TREATMENT IN MALAYSIA The general legal and ethical principle for adult patients is legally valid consent must be obtained before treatment to a patient is undertaken. In order for the patient's consent to be legally valid, the consent must be informed in nature. This requires the patient to be given sufficient information about the treatment.
The patient must know to what she is consenting. The nature, purpose and inherent risks of the proposed treatment must be understood by the patient.
PATIENT'S CAPACITY TO CONSENT AND THE RIGHT OF A COMPETENT PATIENT'S REFUSAL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT
Legally valid consent depends not only on sufficient information given the patient but also on whether the patient has the capacity to give a valid consent. To have the necessary capacity to give consent, the patient must be able to have sufficient understanding of the nature, purpose and effect of the proposed treatment and the consent must be voluntarily given.
The nature of abortion and its associated decisionmaking process involve sensitive issues for all involved. Thus, it is essential that nurses are able to support and inform their patients when required. The law and professional guidelines must also be clear and comprehensive to direct nurses' actions. Registered nurses in Malaysia "induced non-therapeutic abortion" is considered to be amongst the actions that may amount to an abuse of professional privileges and skills.
Therefore, abortion will not be an offense under Malaysian law if the above exception is satisfied.
Nurses must respect a patient's privacy and protect the confidentiality of all information gained in the context of the professional relationship. This will help nurses analyze what information should be disclosed to whom and for what reasons.
CONCLUSION
Changes in the legal and ethical frameworks have undoubtedly impacted the nursing profession as nurses are encouraged to take on more responsibility for decision making in the patient care process. It is simply imperative that nurses prepare themselves with the required knowledge so necessary to address the complex legal and ethical issues that have challenged today's professional nurses in Malaysia.
CONCLUSION
Education of nurses about the demands of law and ethics is crucial to nursing practice in order to foster greater accountability, disseminate knowledge and promote personal commitment in providing health care to individuals across their lifespan. Required course offerings in both university and private sector nursing curricula that specifically focus on the appreciation of evolving legal and ethical standards are essential for the maturation and sophistication of nursing as a profession in Malaysia.