Choose a case from theAMA Journal of Ethics Case Indexand take a position. Identify the potential legal arguments (consider current federal guidelines) indicate any potential professional code conflicts you foresee and support your position with an explanation of your own ethical/moral foundation.

In your 2 page paper:
Support your position with at least one scholarly source (it may be your text). Be sure to cite the article you choose use APA format and include a title page and reference page.
Article:Is parental smoking neglect of an asthmatic child?
Position: Parental smoking is neglect of an asmatic child
link to article:http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2014/04/ecas3-1404.html
The article:
Is Parental Smoking Neglect of an Asthmatic Child?
Commentary by Bahareh Keith DO and Kimberly B. Handley MSW LCSW
A mother carrying a coughing child walks into the emergency room. She hysterically flags down a triage nurse and tells her that her daughter Rose is having trouble breathing. The nurse directs mother and child to a bed in the emergency room cordoned off by a light blue curtain. Less than five minutes later Tricia a third-year medical student on her pediatrics rotation shows up to do a thorough history and physical of the patient. The first thing Tricia notices is that both mother and daughter are saturated in the scent of cigarettes. Upon questioning the mother admits to smoking two packs a day in the house.
Have you tried quitting? Tricia asks.
The mother scowls. The smokings not a problem. I keep all the windows open. At that moment her daughter has a severe coughing fit. She scoops Rose into her arms and rubs soothing circles on her back. My daughter has asthma. Thats why were here she tells the student.
Tricia jots a note in the patients record and sees Rose has been admitted multiple times in the past for asthma. After flipping through these notes Tricia sees that the mother has been counseled repeatedly about the need to stop smoking for the sake of Roses health. Tricia goes to find her attending and presents Roses case highlighting signs of neglect. She then asks whether or not this would be grounds to notify child protective services.
Commentary
Neglect is failure to satisfy a childs basic needs not only those for food clothing and shelter but also those for appropriate and timely medical care and shielding from exposure to family violence and substance abuse in the home among other things. Implicit in these is the classification of lack of parental supervision or failure to protect a child from harm as neglect. In considering whether Roses mothers behavior is neglectful we must ask whether Roses asthma exacerbations can be tied solely to the mothers smoking or whether other factors that could contribute to the problem such as allergens or other environmental triggers are present.
Neglect can be categorized as mild moderate or severe depending on the degree of harm (or risk of harm) to the child and the frequency and length of time of the neglectful behavior. The Children and Families Safe Act of 2003 defines child maltreatment as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver which results in death serious physical or emotional harm sexual abuse or exploitation or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm [1]. So we must consider: what is the effect of Roses mothers smoking on her health safety and well-being?
Studies are now demonstrating that secondhand smoke (SHS) can exacerbate or cause children to develop asthma. In a metaregression review Vork et al. demonstrated that the duration of secondhand smoke exposure can incite asthma. After adjusting for confounding factors they found a 33 percent higher incidence of asthma among those exposed to secondhand smoke [2]. In a recent large meta-analysis Burke et al. found that there may be a 28-70 percent increased risk of incidence of wheezing due to SHS [3]. This is also supported by findings that anti-SHS legislation has resulted in an overall decrease in asthma-related visits to local emergency rooms [4].
The US Department of Health and Human Services includes asthmatic children exposed to secondhand smoke as an example of exposure to hazard which can be categorized as inadequate supervision and neglect [5]. This means HHS considers secondhand smoke to belong to the same category as poisons loaded guns unsanitary living conditions and lack of vehicle safety restraints. It also means that parents failure to follow a physicians instructions can be defined as medical neglect according to some state laws [6]. Family courts too have been receptive to information about SHS exposure particularly when a child suffers from a chronic respiratory illness such as asthma [7]. InLizzio v. Lizzio[8] the Supreme Court of New York reversed a custody decision and assigned physical custody to one parent because the other parent refused to provide a smoke-free environment for him. Ultimately then the scenario of Rose and her mother is a recognized example of neglect.
Interventions
So what should we do? First and foremost we must remember that we are in a partnership with the families that we care for. When the care of a child is suboptimal we must first look at ourselves to ensure that we have done our best to provide families with the tools they need to keep their children healthy. We must summon the optimist in ourselves and assume that the parents are doing what they feel is best for their children. If what they are doing does not appear to be adequate care then perhaps we have not done our best to educate them or give them the tools to be successful.


 

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