Health Care Morality and Ethics

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This paper attempts to understand the difficulties faced by health care providers and administrators in today's medical climate and how they need handle the challenges in decision making, using proper moral and ethical guidelines. It examines how knowledge is the basis for effective decision making ,as well as the four principles that health care practitioners must consider when faced with a dilemma: autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance and justice.

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Introduction
Morality and Ethics
Ethics Approaches and Theories
Means, Ends, Principles and Virtues
Section Two: Professional Roles
Surviving Professional Life Ethically
The Professional Patient Relationship
Special Challenges
Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"Knowing what you believe, how strongly you believe, and what your moral convictions are will serve you well when you face an ethical question. Self-examination is a process that should be practiced until it becomes automatic. Analyzing incidences or decisions you have made in the past will help later on when you may be the one to whom everyone else is looking for direction or advice. This is especially relevant to a health services manager because there will be many times when you will be expected to give a "right" answer to employees, patients, or their families in a very limited amount of time. By practicing self-examination and even engaging in professional role-playing, one will become a better decision maker."

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