It’s required to be open-minded, have compassion, and be understanding. According to the “Hippocratic Oath”, it says, “I will remember that there is an art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug”, “AMA Code of Ethics for Physicians” says, “A physician shall be dedicated to providing competent medical care, with compassion and respect for human dignity and rights”, and the last evidence from “Code of Ethics of Diagnostic Medical Sonography” says, “Refrain from the use of any substances that may alter judgment or skill and thereby compromise patient care.” These quotes mean even though healthcare professionals have jobs to do, it doesn’t compare to what people are feeling, and healthcare workers should show compassion or consideration when bad things are happening in their patient’s life. This demonstrates their similarities because the two codes of ethics and the oath want healthcare professionals to show the importance of empathy toward their patients, showing their understanding and being non-judgmental. For example, if a healthcare professional has a conversation with a patient, they must be considerate of the patient’s feelings, and in any case, a healthcare worker should show sympathy or compassion.
The Code of Ethics I’ve selected is the “Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the PA Profession” distributed by the AAPA. I am on the Physician Assistant track, so I thought it would be interesting to learn more about their ethical framework. The PA Code of Ethics discusses that there is an ethical framework to follow, but each patient interaction is different (AAPA 2). It’s important for PAs to use their best judgement all while considering preferences of the patient and the supervising physician (AAPA 2). The guidelines PAs must consider when providing care can be outlines by four principles: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice (AAPA 2).
Ethical Directives for My Health Care Practice Madeline Chiang PART ONE: Ethical Principles of Health Care Practice Statement: Ethical principles of health care practice are comprised of human dignity, preferential option for the poor, physician-patient relationship, and truth-telling. Human dignity refers to the sacredness of every human being and how each individual is worthy of respect simply by being a human being. Each individual, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, etc., are rational agent, and the right to live is the fundamental right of each individual, which includes the right to healthcare. Individual autonomy should be respected, including their right to informed consent.
You patient, Jerry, is a 67 year old male who recently had a cerebral vascular attack (CVA) affecting the right side of his body. You have been working with Jerry for the past six weeks on strength, ROM, balance, and coordination and he has been progressively gaining more function. In the past few sessions however, you have noticed that he has plateaued. The insurance company needs to see that the patient’s status is improving in order to continue paying for their therapy. It is noted that studies have shown that it is normal for a patient to see a plateau in the middle of their therapy timeframe, but if therapy is continued a positive progression can be seen; conversely if therapy is stopped then a loss of gains and function can occur.
Introduction Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration textbook outlines several committees that are mandatory in a health care organization. The textbook explains ethics committee which is one of the mandatory committees in a healthcare organization. In a healthcare organization the ethics committee helps to address legal and ethical problems that happen during the duration of a patient’s care and treatment plan. The committee serves as a resource guide for patients, family members and healthcare staff. Also, the ethics committee offers the option of objective counsel when having to deal with difficult healthcare issues.
Overall, no matter the health profession, all healthcare providers have an obligation of doing no harm to patients and practicing a patient/person-centered approach. In addition, healthcare providers must help to the fullest extent based on their training and credentials. Equally important is to always demonstrate honesty and integrity, while maintaining compassion and confidentiality. Patients come in all shapes, sizes, races, backgrounds, and as such, should all be respected and treated equally. Lastly, in order to provide the best care possible, all professional knowledge must remain current (via continuing education, seminars, or trainings) as new health technologies, new medications and devices, or advances in medicine emerge.
They promote meaningful interprofessional collaboration and share information clearly, accurately, and concisely. They recruit and mentor colleagues to foster a coordinated and competent workforce aligned with the profession's body of knowledge. These codes of ethics and conducts inform individual decision-making about ethical situations within a given role or relationship. These recommend that a healthcare quality professional be committed to improving clinical outcomes, reducing systemic waste, and ensuring stakeholder engagement and satisfaction, regardless of their specific practice setting, organization size, or portfolio of work (NAHQ, n.d.). Since it is
New York in the 80s had streets full of citizens who were homeless and were being institutionalized for a mental disability, such as the case of Joyce Brown. The use of involuntary psychiatric commitment for an individual – although a justifiable act to a physician due to the principle of utility stating the need to help the most people for the best outcome – should not deny a patient’s right to autonomy, especially at the cost of non-maleficence. The United States has changed the ways in which a person is assessed and put into psychiatric treatment against their will by the judgement of the physician. There were patients who had chronic illnesses and were subdued by restraints and sedation up to 1950s.
An organization’s ethical consideration is the ability and a mandate to follow a high standard and integrity of care in mundane processes and activities. In healthcare, trust is fundamental in delivery of care, services, and peace of mind. In patient care, focus on patient as a high priority, telling the truth and elimination of conflict of interest are principles which must reflect in all business facets. Whereas health is a right, moderating the four pillars of health (relieve, cure, prolong and improve) quality of life and provision of cost, efficient, effective care from providers is challenging (Gawande, 2009). Ideally, services, reimbursement and ethics are conjoined.
Catholicism is defined as a system of laws and principles that are there to be followed so that all members of the church can achieve a common goal that is then enforced by the members of authority in the church. Catholics have strict laws that need to follow as they believe that if one lives an acceptable life here on Earth one will get into Heaven but if a catholic believer does not do so, one will not get into Heaven. The Catholic Laws are (Healthcarechaplaincy.org, 2018): • Avoid any dangerous and tempting conversations, thoughts, occasions, or appointments. • Right to human life •
Ethical Practice Teresa Allen Western International University Behavioral Health Care Systems BEH-450-3862 Professor George Brackman March 5, 2018 Ethical Practice Within every medical and clinical profession is a standard of ethical guidelines to be followed and upheld. Ethics refers to a group of moral practices, professional values and honesty, these principles serves as guidelines for professional counselors as well as other healthcare professionals. The principles and guidelines also serves as being the importance to protect the welfare of client and counselor by the acts of client outlining what is appropriate. In all importance mental health counselors value objectivity and integrity in their commitment to understanding human behavior, and the maintaining the highest standards in providing mental health counseling services.
“Ethics, Professional Ethics,and Health Care Ethics” The main topic of Chapter 1 “Ethics, Professional Ethics, and Health Care Ethics” is health care ethics and how it applies to the health care fields and the ethical decisions made by patients. The chapter begins by giving us an insight in ethics as a branch of philosophy. Philosophy discusses the capabilities of the human mind relating to the nature of reason and reality. Ethics determines if human actions may be considered right or wrong. The chapter states that ethics does attack religion but rather, “ethics and religion consider the same problems and share important insights”.
My current profession has a specific Standards of Ethics with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). There are many roles that are governed by these codes of ethics. There are general roles such as delivering care without discrimination,
This paper will analyze broader healthcare ethic principles and laws dealing with non-maleficence (where a physician’s obligation of first, do no harm’ to a patient), beneficence (providing benefits and balancing them against risks to a patient of specific treatment) have influenced the ACHE’s code of ethics. Moreover, this analysis will examine how the ACHE’s code of ethic closely aligns with my ethics assessment (specifically with regards to, ‘respecting the practices and customs of a diverse patient protecting the patients right to autonomy’, ‘ensuring adherence to ethics-related policies and practices affecting patients and staff ’) (ACHE's Ethics Self-Assessment). In addition, this paper will examine how the ACHE’ code of ethics was established
According to ( American College of Health Executives, 2011) “the professional code of ethics are honesty, integrity, respect, fairness, and good faith; provide an overall quality of life, dignity, wellbeing, accessibility, and efficient healthcare system. They are very important because they provide rules for us to live by in the healthcare system. Privacy could be a major problem for people in the health; a medical record has to stay confidential. Code of ethics has both internal guideline and external statement. Day to day decisions supported, by code of ethics.
