Ethical Dilemma in Healthcare

Healthcare Ethics
Student Details
2020

HEALTHCARE ETHICS 1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Ethical Dilemma in Healthcare..................................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

HEALTHCARE ETHICS 2
Introduction
Ethics is a field that helps in deciding upon the right or wrong actions, it is important
in every field as it guides and justifies the action of an individual in a situation. The major
purpose of ethics is to define the actions or decisions taken by a moral person, critically
justifying the need for a particular decision in a specific scenario. The healthcare sector deals
with the treatment of the patients and establishes an effective patient-professional
relationship. Therefore, it is required that ethics is being followed within healthcare so that a
better relationship can be established. Also, applying ethics within the organisation helps in
taking decisions in various scenarios in which the professionals face ethical dilemmas and are
required to take decisions which results in causing less damage to the patient (McLean,
2016). The analysis is focused on analysing an ethical dilemma in which the professional is
facing violence form the patient, so whether the professional is morally or ethically bound to
treat the patient or not.
Ethical Dilemma in Healthcare
The ethical principles effectively guide the way or the standard in which an individual
should react in a particular situation. The healthcare professionals are required to provide care
facilities to the patients and are accountable for the treatment of the individual as per the
standards of the service or the practices regulated by the health care society. The health care
professionals are required to effectively deal with the situation faced by the patient and
provide him with a solution which results in less pain and more benefit to the condition of the
patient. It is required that the ethical practices are being followed within the healthcare so that
patient dignity can be ensured along with maintaining a safe professional practice (Nestel,
Kelly, Jolly, & Watson, 2017).
The case involves the ethical dilemma in which the healthcare professional is
experiencing violence from the patient, under such circumstance the moral issue lies that
whether the professional is required to focus on his safety or should ignore the behaviour and
provide the patient with the utmost care and treatment facility. The professionals have an
ethical responsibility to provide the care to the patient and failure to perform the desired
action may lead towards the legal action under the action of negligence. However, the ethics
do not define a standard way to perform an activity or to make a decision, it depends upon the
situation and requires that best decision according to the situation is required to be taken
(Grainger & Ozolins, 2015).