Health care of Ethics Assignment

Running head: HEALTHCARE
Health care of Ethics
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In this fast evolving world, professionals from the healthcare domain are challenged with
different ethical dilemmas that encircle the process of care delivery. Conflicts often arise
between the patients and the care professionals in relation to the best choices for treatment. The
best tool that professionals can depend upon for addressing such challenging situations is the
ethical decision making process. Professionals are also obliged to work as per the set legislations
and procedures of the respective country in relation to promotion of effective care delivery. The
present paper is based on a case scenario of Amos that aims to analyze the ethical issues arising
from different perspectives such as professional codes of ethics and conduct. In addition,
legislations and professional policies related to practice are discussed in this paper along with the
principles of healthcare ethics. At the end of the discussion, recommendations are put forward
that can affect professional practice.
The provided case study revolves around Amos who is a high school student who lived at
residential property near his school in Malawi while the students of the same year lived in the
boarding facilities of the school. At one instance the nearby hospital reported that a number of
students had presented to the center with symptoms such as abdominal pain, muscle cramps,
watery diarrhea, irritability, thirst, and vomiting. They were diagnosed with cholera, and soon
Amos too was infected with the disease. On presenting himself to the hospital, the triage nurse
and doctor realized that the healthcare resources were scarce. The therefore decided to limit
treatment to those living as boarders at the school and excluded Amos from care delivery. Amos
was sent away without being given any treatment though he argued that he must have been given
treatment. As Amos returned home, a severe dehydration led to shock and he died.
A deeper look into the case scenario would reveal the ethical issues that are embedded
into it. The primary ethical concern that is evident from the scenario is that the triage nurse and

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the doctor had a biased approach towards providing care to the patients presenting at the hospital.
It can be correctly stated that provision of care was not decided upon in a justified manner.
Inequity and discrimination prevailed in how the health professionals addressed the urgent need
of care provision for the students. This is so because students residing at the boarding facilities
were only considered for care and Amos not being a boarder of the same facility was denied
care. The professionals did not consider allocation of healthcare resources in a manner that could
address the primary needs of all the patients presenting with symptoms of the cholera outbreak.
In addition, the care professionals did not consider referring Amos to any other healthcare
facility, understanding the need of the hour.
Examination of the moral issues emerging from different cases entails to reflect on the
idea of human rights. It is one of the major fundamental rights of people to get the most
astounding and conceivable care provisions under different conditions. Everybody must have the
privilege to receive the care that they require regardless of their socio-economic background
(McLean, 2016). According to the Australian Charter of Health Care, individual has the right to
get medical services for tending to the care they need. In addition, people have the right to be
demonstrated empathy, regard and dignity. Also, it is the right of the people to take part in
correspondence with experts who have proficient aptitudes and abilities. Finally, an individual
has the right to remark on the care he needs and to remark on to the way in which the worries are
tended to (safetyandquality.gov.au, 2012). As per the case presented here, Amos was not
provided with the much required health care and dismissed without conveying any required
mediations or medications. The right to get proper care was not upheld as he was subjected to
separation and biasness. Further, Amos was not shown empathy as he needed to contend with the
care experts in regards to meeting his need of care which he had every right to get. As Amos was