Tag: Ethics In Healthcare

1. Consider the issue of doctor-patient confidentiality from the patient’s perspective. As a patient, do you think your doctor has an absolute duty to maintain your confidentiality, or are there some circumstances in which you think your doctor would be right to violate your confidentiality?
2. In your own words, explain how Fleck and Angell each answer the main question posed for this case study: “Would Carlos’s physician be morally justified in breaching patient confidentiality on the grounds that he had a ‘duty to warn’?” Of the two, which do you think gives the better answer, and why?
3. Identify some differences between medical ethics and nursing ethics discussed by Sarah Breier-Mackie.
4. What practical and/or ethical problems does Howard Brody identify for the community-practice and conversation standards for informed consent?
5. Which of these does Brody recommend: the community practice, conversation, or transparency standard? Do you agree with him: why or why not?

1. Consider the issue of doctor-patient confidentiality from the patient’s perspective. As a patient, do you think your doctor has an absolute duty to maintain your confidentiality, or are there some circumstances in which you think your doctor would be right to violate your confidentiality?
2. In your own words, explain how Fleck and Angell each answer the main question posed for this case study: “Would Carlos’s physician be morally justified in breaching patient confidentiality on the grounds that he had a ‘duty to warn’?” Of the two, which do you think gives the better answer, and why?
3. Identify some differences between medical ethics and nursing ethics discussed by Sarah Breier-Mackie.
4. What practical and/or ethical problems does Howard Brody identify for the community-practice and conversation standards for informed consent?
5. Which of these does Brody recommend: the community practice, conversation, or transparency standard? Do you agree with him: why or why not?

Identify an ethical dilemma you may encounter in the workplace.
Describe how you would use an ethical problem-solving methodology or decision model to investigate your current ethical dilemma.
Describe the possible solutions and impacts of making decisions about this dilemma.
Explain what impact your values may have on your decision.
Explain what impact 2 specific ethical theories may have on your decision for the dilemma.
Explain what impact 2 specific ethical principles may have on your decision.
Explain how you could use this formal ethical problem-solving method to have a positive impact on future ethical decisions in the workplace.