Question

A. Case-Study. Present and discuss a case-study illustrating an ethical dilemma in healthcare that you have encountered in your own experience or one of current relevance—one that you have not discussed in the Midterm. What are the ethical theories best suited to address the case. How would you solve it? Explain. 3 pages plz. Thanks.

Answer 1

Example of ethical dilemma:-

There was a situation when i was working as a nurse and i was part of the healthcare team. A patient comes from a culture in which it is considered wrong to tell patients that they are dying. I faced that situation to tell him or his family about the condition of patient. I was unclear how to respond to a family’s request to conceal the truth from a dying patient.


Sometimes making the right decision in the face of serious illness can be complicated. When there is uncertainty or disagreement and complicated situation the Ethics Committee can help.

It is necessary to know that before you contact the Ethics Committee, it’s recommended that you first speak with those involved in your healthcare situation, and that you use all available resources in the hospital to try to resolve the problem. Often times, meeting with the patient, family members, physicians, nurses, social workers, patient representative and other members of the hospital staff can help those involved come to agreement.
If what should be done is still unclear or not resolved you may contact the Ethics Committee at your campus location.

The Ethics Committee is a members of Medical staff (physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and others) and members of the community who are available to help patients, families, doctors and other healthcare providers when they face difficult ethical decisions.

The Committee provide a safe, supportive, confidential forum in which you and others can think through a problem, consider different points of view and sort through options. Every attempt is made to involve key members of the healthcare team as well as the patient and family, as appropriate, in the process. After discussing the ethical issues, the Ethics Committee offers advice in the form of a non-binding recommendation.



Members (physicians, health care professionals, nurses etc.) must be prepared to deal with ethical dilemmas. leaders must develop a framework to handle these inevitable challenges.

The benefits of an established framework-

a. Efficiency
b. Consistency
c. Self-respect

How to deal when faced with these types of dilemmas:-

a. Ends-based:- Select the option that generates the most good for the most people.

b. Rule-based:- Follow the standard that you want others to follow.

c. Care-based:- Choose as if you were the one most affected by your decision.