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Culture of Healthcare

Culture of Healthcare. Professional and Ethical Issues Unit 2 Lesson 3. Lesson Overview. Lesson Objectives. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Identify professional behaviors List current ethical issues State the origins of ethics. What is Ethics?. Definition

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Culture of Healthcare

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  1. Culture of Healthcare Professional and Ethical Issues Unit 2 Lesson 3

  2. Lesson Overview

  3. Lesson Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: • Identify professional behaviors • List current ethical issues • State the origins of ethics

  4. What is Ethics? • Definition • “Ethics is a collection of moral principles that set standards of good or bad, or right or wrong, in one’s conduct and thereby guide the behavior of a person or group within an organization” (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2010)

  5. History of Ethics • Part of healthcare since 4th century BC • Hippocrates • Hippocrates Oath • “foundation for the ethical guidelines for patient treatment by physicians” (p. 248) First, do no harm

  6. Areas of Ethics • 2 main areas in Healthcare • Medical Ethics • Issues that cause a practitioner to make a decision on a patient’s medical treatment • Bioethics • Issues that use a human being as medical experiments

  7. Areas of Ethics cont. • Care • Should be demonstrated • Concern • For the wellness of patient and each other • Compassion • Cornerstone of a successful healthcare organization • Community • Sense of community bolsters moral and patient health • Confidentiality • Knowing what to share is vital

  8. Areas of Ethics cont. • Medical Ethics • Euthanasia • Privacy • Acquiring a communicable disease • Bioethics • Testing of drugs • Informed consent • Cloning • Genetic testing • Transplants

  9. Areas of Ethics cont. • Professional ethics • 4 points of view • Utilitarian view • Greatest good for the most people? • Individualism view • Promote one’s long term self-interest? • Moral rights • Maintain fundamental rights of human beings? • Justice • Show fairness and impartiality?

  10. Lesson Summary • Culture of an organization • Job functions within this culture • Ethics and varying areas of ethics in healthcare

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