Question

explain counter point argument on patient privacy and confidentiality and relationship with patients ethical dilemmas and explain conflicting perspectives on each indentified dilemmas ? demonstrate how ethical theories could be applied to resolve each dilemma.

Answer 1

Ans) There is no denying the impact and importance of the medical ethical principles in medical ethics, or the high esteem in which they are held - as the quote from Gillon illustrates. Since their introduction by Beauchamp and Childress they have been the dominant approach to the teaching and evaluation of medical ethical dilemmas in health care. Whilst they have received some criticism, predominantly from the casuists.

- Ethical problems routinely arise in the hospital and outpatient practice settings and times of dilemma do occur such that practitioners and patients are at cross-roads where choice and decision making become difficult in terms of ethics. The basic principles of medical ethics, identifies some ethical dilemmas that doctors often encounter and discusses some strategies to address them as well as emphasizes the need for enhanced ethics education both for physicians and patients.