Select an allied health (non-physician) profession; this can be yours or another type.

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You might consider Counseling as an allied health profession. There are various behaviors that are considered negligence in counseling but I located two real world examples to consider for your three-page paper.

EXAMPLE #1:

A child was restrained and later died. The counseling organization was charged with negligence in the death of the 7-year old girl. For example,

Angie died May 26, the day after she was held down at the center until she was blue and listless, according to court documents. The girl, who had attended the clinic’s day treatment center five days a week for a month for behavioral problems, had been restrained on nine separate occasions, according to a state investigative report. “This was not an accident or mishap,” Rick Pelishek, the Rice Lake-based regional director of Disability Rights Wisconsin, said after learning of Thursday’s charges. “I think it is an important first step in holding the organization accountable for their actions, and correcting the problems that have existed for years,” he said. Disability Rights Wisconsin is a nonprofit watchdog group that earlier recommended the Rice Lake center be closed.

According to the charges:

– When the Rice Lake center admitted Angie, staff failed to review her medical and psychological records.
– Essential staff failed to consult a prepared treatment plan for Angie before treating her.
– Insufficient guidance was provided staff in the proper implementation of the facility’s highly ambiguous written