In the Assignment Facts below, there are several legal and ethical issues involving Taiqa's medical records, consent, and rights as a patient. Relying on your comprehension of the Week 5 Reading Assignment, identify two specific legal or ethical violations.

Assignment Facts

Taiqa Toke was arrested in January for theft to support her partying lifestyle. She agreed to a six-month in-patient drug treatment program offered by the county jail as a condition to have the charges dismissed. In February, the DEA opened an investigation to determine Taiqa Toke's complicity in an international drug trafficking operation. They subpoenaed the warden, the drug counselor, and Taiqa Toke for a copy of her medical records. The drug counselor and Taiqa Toke refused the request. The warden complied with the DEA's request. In a state of blinded anger at the warden's compliance, Taiqa Toke punched a cement wall, fracturing two fingers (the ring finger and the pinky finger). During the medical examination, the jailhouse doctor concluded that Taiqa's pinky required surgery, but the ring finger could heal naturally with a splint. The pinky would be fully functional after three months. The ring finger would be fully functional after healing naturally with a splinter (six months). Taiqa had been sedated during the medical exam, so the warden agreed to the surgery and signed the consent. A week later, the orthopedic surgeon successfully operated on both fingers (the pinky finger and ring finger were fully functional within three months).

Instructions

• Draft a four-paragraph essay addressing the two issues you identified. NEED REFERENCES.