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Healthcare Ethics Case Study

   

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Running head: ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1Identification and Analysis of Ethical Issues Present in the Case Study, and GivingRecommendations for Professional PracticeNameInstitutional Affiliation

ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES 2Identification and analysis of ethical issues present in the case study, and giving recommendations for professional practiceIntroductionEthics can be simply described as an individual’s moral principles. Ethics help the different people in a society to maintain order in a community when they follow these principles in their everyday lives. Medical professionals are now continually having to make difficult decisions quickly and on the spot, as it may mean life or death to those patients they are providing care for. Healthcare ethics help show them what is right and wrong while dispensing their duties to those under their care thus making this decision just and fair. Hence, healthcare ethics includes decisions on the course of treatments and care that can be taken by people, their families and friends, and medical providers. It needs those in the healthcare profession to critically think through their decisions and how it will affect those involved and also analyze the relationship between the medical providers and those in their care (Lambek, 2010). Thesis statement: with the presence of various ethical issues in the case study about Amos, they can be analyzed using various concepts and then come up with recommendations for professional practice.Firstly, when Amos went to the hospital to get treatment, he did not get helped by the hospital staff but was instead sent away. He then went home so that he could be taken care of by his family but he lost his life. He did not get treated and hence his rights were violated by the hospital as everyone is entitled to get treatment in the hospital without discrimination but he was sent away because they gave preference to students residing in the school even though he was suffering just the same as them and he was also a student. The hospital did not take Amos’ dignity into consideration because they did not give him treatment even though he was sick With

ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES 3the principles of health, he and his family did not get justice because he did not get the care he required. They did not consider those around him who had to take care of him because the hospital did not and thus because they were not qualified he lost his life. Amos did not get a decision on how to handle his treatment because the hospital staff made a decision for him by sending him away, thus he had no autonomy over his own health. There was a lack of continuity of care for Amos after he left the hospital. As he was sick the hospital and the school should havechecked on his progress and suggest alternatives where he could get the treatment he required. By not doing this it went against his right to get the best healthcare and the professional code of conduct which requires the continuance of patient care (Gough, 2014).The hospital staff did not take care of Amos when he went to seek treatment which is their duty and this led to his death as a result of cholera while at home. They went against the principle of “doing no harm” to their patient by sending him away after he went to them for help.Even though they were short of supplies, they should not have sent him away but instead kept him under observation hence increasing his chances of getting better. They also violated his rightto get treated equally to others. The hospital staff gave preferential treatment to students who resided in school over Amos who was also a student. As they all went to the same school they were obviously exposed to the same risk factors thus they should not have discriminated against him because his condition was just as serious as theirs (Runciman, Merry& Walton, 2017). The doctor and nurse were wrong to turn away Amos because it went against the Australian code of ethics which require them to put the patient’s well being first. They sent him away before knowing if he was well or not, just that he could not receive treatment just because he resided outside the school. Healthcare providers are supposed to always do all they can to benefit a patient who is in their care. This did not happen in Amos’ case as they did not treat him but they

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