Ethical Health Care Issues

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Ethical Health Care Issues A health care providers perform their professional duties based on the practice acts from professional licensing boards under the statutes of the states. Their professional duties can include a balance between his or her competency skills, and practice of his or her ethics in promoting the quality of care to their patients. This paper will provide a description of the current ethical health care problem such as a blood transfusion; patient noncompliance with treatment; biomedical research; patient dumping; compliance with new health care requirements; and so. Explanation on each of the four major ethical principles, which can be applied to this problem. Ethical Health Care Issues There are many ethical health care situations that are experienced by medical professionals and his or her patients. An ethical health care issues are the refusal from a patient needing a blood transfusion. The refusal from the patient can be based on his or her religious background; example Jehovah Witnesses. This particular religious group believes that blood represents life so the refrain from taking blood out of respect for God. When a Jehovah Witness receives a blood transfusion they must denounce themselves from the group, consequently causing segregation from his or her congregation, families, and friends. There are members who have chosen to receive blood transfusions, but were able to leave the group on his or her own terms. Ethics Principles There a many conflicts in the health care setting, especially when a patient refuses treatment that a medical professional believes can help save their patients life. The basic ethical principle revolve around a patient’s autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice replaces the ethical
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