Hospital Rules for Hospital that Deported Jimenez - Case Study Example

Jimenez's deportation and the suit against the hospital by Montejo are guided by legal rules and regulations, and the validity of the deportation was determined to be illegal regarding court jurisdiction in deciding the deportation. The lack of moral guidelines and the presence of legal rules on the deportation make the case a legal issue. The decision denying Martin Memorial immunity on false imprisonment was decided on legal regulation pertaining to seeking vindication of a private right when the court lacks jurisdiction over the matter.

However, moral issues are also inherent in the case owing to the decision by the hospital to deport Jimenez knowing well that he will have no hospital care in Guatemala, risking his life in the process, and giving his 72-year-old mother the responsibility of a caregiver (Sontag, August 3, 2008).BRADLEYDr. Bradley’s case is more of a moral issue than a legal issue because of the extent of trust to which the doctor was bestowed on by the parents to the affected children. Dr. Bradley acted unethically and irresponsibly in the case betraying the parent’s trust for the care of their children, falling short of the ethical and professional requirement, and lacking the respect that an elder ought to have when caring for children.

It is a moral issue because of the negligence of the hospital allowed the vice to continue for over 11 years despite an earlier case of abuse reported by a nurse. Abusing and molesting children under his care or the delivery of pediatric treatment patients by an adult also makes the issue a moral issue because of the position of adults to care for children in the community and not harm them. It is a legal issue owing to the 471 counts of molestation facing the doctor in the case but all these cases and many more portray the moral and ethical failure in his practice making it more of a moral/ethical issue.

SAVAGE-MORRELLSavage-Morrell's case is a moral issue owing to the many moral issues that are intertwined in the case. To begin with, negligence is evident with the handling of the embryos by the hospital staff resulting in implantation of Shannon and Paul Morell’s embryo into Carolyn Savage (Cellzic, 5/4/2010). It is also a moral issue because of the moral decision that had to be taken by the Savages in keeping the pregnancy to term knowing that it is not their child and understanding they will not have another child.

They did morally right to carry the pregnancy at the expense of having their own child having tried several times to no avail and Baby Logan was born. The other moral issue is the decision to carry a child for the Morells and part with him on birth knowing they have the only chance to have their own child but owing to implantation of the wrong embryo, they could not. The other moral issue in the case is carrying a child for other parents and giving him life by the Savages or aborting the child.

Despite there being legal issues in the case including the possibility of suing the hospital for negligence and legal communication on the birth of the child, it is more of a moral issue.