Health care ethics Assignment
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Added on 2021-06-16
Health care ethics Assignment
Added on 2021-06-16
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2IntroductionLaw and ethics are essential in healthcare practice. Law dictates what one is expected to do and the penalties that would be imposed when one does not comply (Herring, 2015). Ethics is more of a professional philosophy that dictates the conducts of its members in the course of their duty (Fremgen, 2015). The values are set by a regulating professional body. The United nations has also set principles of bioethics that regulate research and also some aspects of clinical practice. The essay deals with the case study of Amos, who lost his life due to discriminatory behavior of the nurse. The aim of the essay is to recognize and analyze the ethical issues presented in the case study. The ethical issues are analyzed in relation to the principles of health care ethics,professional code of ethics/conduct, human dignity and human rights. The findings from the analysis will be used to make the recommendations for professional practice. Ethical issuesAmos and some members of his school suffered from cholera. On arrival at the school’s clinic, he was denied treatment in an effort to treat those who were boarders. Amos later dies hours after arrival at home. In this case scenario, there is a violation of his human rights and his human dignity has been down trodden. The triage nurse has offered services on a discriminatory basis and violated the principle of beneficence. This amounts to an ethical misconduct. The principle of justice has been violated (Percival, 2014). The nurse could also be charged for negligence. On discovery of the outbreak of a deadly disease, healthcare practitioners have the duty to alarm the public and seek intervention of other government and non-governmental agencies for more assistance. The way the whole issue was handled, does not portray a deliberateeffort to preserve lives and stop the spread of cholera.
3In conclusion the ethical issues can be summarized as breach of principle of beneficence, justice, violation of human rights and dignity, and breach of principle of negligence. Analysis of ethical issuesThe principle of justice in provision of healthcare services has been violated in case of Amos. According to Brown et al. (2013), the principle of justice is the moral obligation to act fairly between competing claims. It implies fair distribution of the scarce resources, respect for people’s rights and confirm to legal justice. The nurse has made a decision to send Amos away on the basis that he was not a boarder in the school. This step cannot be justified as he had already presented himself in the clinic. This was violation of equality and equity. According to nursing principle of beneficence, the nurses must act in a manner that promotes the greater good. It means acting in the best interest of the patients (Poikkeus et al., 2014). In this case the nurse didnot consider any alternate option to promote care for Amos. If there was scarcity of resources, hecould have been refereed to another health care centre or provided any other aid. The nurse did not take any initiative, demonstrating the lack of willingness to promote patient good. The conduct of the nurse also surmounts to professional negligence. According to principle of negligence, it is the behavior, where a fully competent nurse does not care in the preudent manner that causes the patient to suffer unnecessarily (Blais, 2015; Cerit & Dinç, 2013). When a patient approaches a healthcare provided, they assume the responsibility of care. They are supposed to act under the available conditions in the best interest of the patient. In this case scarcity of resources is an issue. Sending away the patient was not in their best interest. It was a preventable death and could be prevented if the nurse was a little prudent in decision making (Oviedo, 2016). First aid on rehydration should be performed to sustain the patient until further help can be sought. He would be in a better position to survive in the hospital as
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