A 6-year-old develops a high fever accompanied by violent vomiting and convulsions while at school. The...

A 6-year-old develops a high fever accompanied by violent vomiting and convulsions while at school. The child is rushed to a nearby hospital. The attending physician makes a diagnosis of meningitis and requests permission from the parents to initiate treatment. Both parents are Christian Scientists, and they insist that no medical treatment be given to the child. The physician initiates treatment anyway, and the parents later sue the physician and the hospital.

Assuming the role of the hospital administrator, provide a solution to resolve the identified ethical dilemma in this case.

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Expert Solution

Health administrator s are industry leaders with the education and authority to shape ethical policy in health care. By understanding and integrating principles of ethical leadership into your organization and promote the highest quality of patients care. Most of the 5 ethical issues in health care management are

1 Patient confidentiality. 2 Patient relationships

3 . Malpractice and Negligence

4 Informed Consent 5. Patients Rights and Safety.

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Administratorsin healthcare settings wield power and influence over clinicians and other managers. The role of administratior hold is to provide a calm an environment .In this case identified ethical dilemmas is a problem in the decision making process between two possible options,are extremely complicated challenges that cannot be easily solved.

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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