Most professions have
health care. A lot of professionals face difficult decisions about their
medical treatment that sometimes covers a person’s beliefs and professional
guidelines. Health care is usually a decision that takes the side of morality,
which covers a person’s beliefs and what is and is not acceptable for them to
do. It deals with a person value of life, such as whether
or not they should pull the plug in a situation that seems to be detrimental to
a person quality of life and a person’s religious beliefs. Those qualities can
cause an uproar when it comes to ethics. Ethics talks about the right conduct,
which is opposite of morality. There
are always struggles between morals and ethics in most major decision. It seems
to linger in one’s mind on a daily basis. Making healthcare decisions is no
different when placed in a position of doing what is ethically right or morally
right.
There are many types of
questions that most people are perplexed with such as whether to disconnect
breathing machines, if there is documentation that states a person does not
want to be resuscitated and are they coherent enough to make life decisions on
their own. If these issues arise, most people have/call a family meeting and
try to make the best decisions based on what they think is best for the person.
After the family
meeting is over, a lot of people go back to the institution for additional help
if they are not satisfied with the family’s decision. Most hospitals have an
ethics committee to assist with the hard decisions of the patients or person
that needs some health care. They
educate the providers of the patient’s rights, and they try to give them an
accurate perspective of their outcome of their illness. It tries to implement ethics
throughout the institution from the bedside to the boardroom. It ensures that
all systems and processes do not interfere with any of the ethical practices
and still try to promote ethical leadership behaviors while explaining the
values of important decision making and eliminating stress among the person
with the illness and the stress they may be experiencing among themselves while
going through a difficult time with a person who needs health care. At the end
of a major decision, making a decision on behalf of someone else is always
hectic. It can cause stress and can divide the family because some think what
has been decided is ethically wrong or morally wrong. It is a neverending
battle.
