Free Health Dissertations - Should It Be Part Of The Midwife's Remit To Routinely Ask Their Clients If
Should it be part of the midwife's remit to routinely ask their clients if they are subject to domestic violence?
1) Abstract:
The following discussion will consider if it is right for midwives to ask if a women is subject to domestic violence, it will assume that the reason for this line of questioning is that if there is a real danger of domestic violence it would impose a duty for the midwife to report such incidences to the appropriate authorities. This duty will impose legal liabilities which may be too much for the state and judicial system to deal with. In addition this discussion will focus on the human rights issues that are involved in the role of the midwife and other players of the medical profession and social services in respect to domestic violence. This discussion will argue that the legal hindrances and English Judicial and governmental system will fail to provide such a duty; however the ethical considerations promotes such action. Therefore, these ethical considerations will indicate that the failure to provide such a duty indicates that it is necessary to alter the system of rights and law to ensure that the right to be protected of both the battered mother and the unborn child is ensured. These actions should be taken by the midwife even if the mother shows resistance because of duress and fear of her life, because privacy rights were not to be used as a method to protect wife beaters. This discussion will consider two arguments in respect to the role and duty of the midwife with respect to domestic violence, then it will consider various human rights approaches to domestic violence, as well as focusing on feminist theory and the problem created by the public/private dichotomy in liberal democracies. This discussion concludes with the argument that it is necessary for the rights system to be overhauled in order to ensure that midwives and other medical and social service officials report cases of suspected domestic violence, which is determined by a variety of methods including routinely questioning of their clients if they are victims of domestic violence.
2) Introduction:
2-1 Rationale:
The rationale behind this discussion is that the duties of midwives include reporting possible cases of domestic violence, which needs to be determined by a variety of methods including routinely asking their clients whether they are subject to domestic violence. In order to do so this discussion will explore a variety of avenues, primarily focusing on human rights and feminist thinking. It will also consider the legal problems associated with such a duty, but contrast these problems with the ethical duties and consideration of midwives.
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