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Ethical Dilemma and Principles Assignment

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Ethical Dilemma and Principles Assignment

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ETHICAL DILEMMA2Ethical DilemmaEthics are moral principles or systematic concepts governing right or wrong conduct.These principles govern how a person behaves when conducting certain activities. The definitionof ethics is wide depending on the particular field of interest, it could also mean moral codes ormoral values, thus, distinguishing between good and evil, virtuous and non-virtuous. In ahospital context, ethical problems always arise making it difficult to distinguish if a decision isethically right or not which most of the time is informed by someone’s religious and socialcultural background (Kälvemark et al., 2004). In this paper, we will be focusing on the dilemmathat medical practitioners face when providing information to carers bearing in mind the patient/client confidentiality concerns and ethical implications.There are three concepts that have been used interchangeably in the medical fraternity,these are, confidentiality, ethics and security. Although, they all have different meanings entirelybut they are linked together with the same goal. Confidentiality is the most commonly usedconcept and it refers to the obligations that medical practitioners who access patient’s records tohold this information in confidence. This obligation is supported by the code of ethics, principleI, which stipulates that individual right to privacy and confidentiality must be upheld anddefended at all times. The dilemma that medical practitioners face when they feel that they ought to informother affected parties about their patients’ medical records are dire both to the practitioner andthe hospital. Even though it might feel like it’s the ethical thing to do, other factors have to beconsidered before breaking the patient/client confidentiality obligation (Seitz & O'neill, 1996).Whether an issue is right or wrong, medical practitioners must always endeavor to honor theconfidential relationship they have with their patients.
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