Importance of an Ethical Approach to Health Care Practice

Importance of an ethical approach to
health care practice

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Ethics is a division of psychological feature which deals with moral values and that
values govern an individuals behaviour or their administrative activity. The moral values or
principles are of two types one is common moral which include not to kill, harm, suffer, steal as
well as not to bully an innocent one. While the other moral principle is particular moral such as
responsibilities, ideals, professional standard, as these moral are bind to groups. There are mainly
four ethical principles or values which are need to be maintained in clinical practices such as
beneficence, non maleficence, autonomy as well as justice. This essay report describe the
importance of ethics in healthcare practice or in clinical practice. The essay report also describe
some case on ethical approach including their more or less importance.
MAIN BODY
The main responsibilities of a physician to clinical practising in order to take care the
patient. As the physician have to make many decision in patient care such as selecting a
appropriate treatment as well as an intervention. Including ethics in clinical practising is most
important it should be an inherent as well as inseparable part of healthcare system. The physician
have to inherit the ethics while clinical practice in order to benefit the patient, in order to avoid
or reducing the harm as well as respect the values or patient preference. There are four principles
of ethics which are governing in healthcare system such as beneficence, non maleficence,
autonomy along with justice. The value of beneficence were inherit in physician to act on the
patient benefits or have to support a number a moral including protection, prevent harm,
removing the condition which cause harm as well as help the person with disabilities (Palumbo
and et.al., 2021).
Non maleficence is a responsibility of a physician that not to harm any kind of patient.
This responsibilities support many other values such as not to kill, not to offence, not to cause
any pain or suffering. This responsibilities is specifically important as well as to be appropriate
in order to make the decision in difficult situation in healthcare system such as withholding or
withdrawing the life sustaining treatment, nutrition or hydration administration.
The value of autonomy is inherit in every individual as every individual has a right to
determine that what should be done with their body. This value obligate the physician to reveal
the medical information or treatment option which are essential for patient to know (Pfefferbaum
and North., 2020).
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