Question

Alice works in a women’s refuge. She has strong religious beliefs and is a supporter of the right to life movement. Imogen has been living at the refuge and is 10 weeks pregnant. She has decided that she wants a termination. Alice has been asked by her manager to accompany Imogen to an appointment at a women’s health centre to discuss her options. The refuge has a policy that supports self-determination and empowerment, and uses person-centred approaches to service provision. Alice’s job role description requires her to provide emotional and practical support and to encourage people to make decisions and take control of their own lives. Alice plans to take Imogen to a pregnancy counselling service which is run by an anti-abortion organisation before taking her to the women’s health centre. Imogen has told Jasmine, one of the other refuge support workers, that Alice is going to take her to the anti-abortion pregnancy counselling service. She says that she is worried they will persuade her to change her mind about having a termination. She also says Alice has been leaving anti-abortion literature in her room and has also asked her to attend a religious service with her. Alice has also suggested referring Imogen for counselling. As there is a long waiting list for subsidised counselling services, Alice has offered to refer Imogen to her cousin, who is in private practice as a psychologist.

Q1 - As a support worker, list at least two sources of information Alice should use to ensure she upholds her ethical responsibilities to Imogen in her work role.

Q2 - Identify two sources of information about legal and ethical policy frameworks Alice could refer to.

Q3 - Describe two professional ethical responsibilities Alice must uphold within the scope of her role Provide one action that indicates that Alice is behaving unethically and one way that Jasmine could respond to Alice’s unethical conduct. (Approx. 50 words).

Answer 1

Alice can take opinion from her cousin because he is a psychologist and also from a priest because she is a strong religious believer

The literature on nursing and midwifery practice in abortion care is broad. Abortion related practices are potentially over regulated Appropriately trained nurses and midwives can provide abortion as safetly as physician. The preperation of nurses and midwives to provide abortion care requires further research Also healthcare organisations should explore personscentered models of abortion care.'

Alice is responsible for fullfill clients need, beacuse,Abortion is common procedure parformed across many healthcare settings. nurses and midwives provide technical and phychological care to women who seek abortion. Government and regulatory bodies could safely extend their scope of practice to increase womens access to safe abortion, so she should support Imogen,