Ethical Issues Faced By Health Care Professionals: Finding A Solution

Vol. 3 No. 4

Year: 2014

Issue: Nov-Jan

Title : Ethical Issues Faced By Health Care Professionals: Finding A Solution

Author Name : Laila Muhammad

Synopsis :

In the process of providing care to patients, health care professionals face ethical dilemmas such as the decision to inform or not to inform the patient about a fatal illness. It is very crucial that these issues are addressed appropriately without causing any harm – physical or emotional – to the patient. Although it may not be possible for healthcare professionals to respond to some of the ethical issues, they must ensure that they ease the discomfort of the patient and their family as much as possible while staying true to the ethics professionalism. In this regard, this paper reviews the four ethical principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice, as proposed by Beauchamp and Childress (2001) and explores its application and usefulness in guiding health care professionals, especially nurses, to address the ethical issues they face.

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