Healthcare Ethics

Healthcare Ethics

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.