Annie a 27 year old woman with a family had surgery and they found cancer. Her husband decided not to tell her and her doctor went along with that decision. She died a few months later not knowing she had cancer. My personal code of ethics would not allow this doctor to go along with the husband’s decision to not tell his wife the truth.
The reason behind my thoughts on needing to tell the mother of two children is she could try surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy any medical treatments to extend her life to spend time with her children before she passes away. She also needs to get her life in order such as a will and making sure everything is taken care and writing letters to her two young children, so on important moments in …show more content…
As a woman I wouldn’t a appreciate a husband who couldn’t be honest with his wife or have the strength of character to deal with the backlash of grieving and crying that would happen when this mother realizes the implications of cancer at such a young age. Another aspect is would the husband like to be treated like that by his wife and not be told the truth in his last few months on the earth with his family. These are aspect of my personal code of ethics they are honesty, integrity, the “golden rule”, loyalty and …show more content…
The first position it would bother is the point on honesty and lying to the patient about a very serious condition who is mentally sound enough to make a decision on surgery would bother my code on being able to say I have integrity. The next position that would cause a dilemma in my code of ethics is courage and having the courage to stand up to her husband and say that is the wrong decision would be hard but having the courage to stand up for the rights of your patients even to their family members is something a health care administrator should be able to handle. Another aspect of my code this would cause a problem with is the “golden rule” I would definitely not like to be treated like this and I would like the ability to make the decision for myself. This would greatly bother me and cause me multiple dilemmas in my code of
The reason behind my thoughts on needing to tell the mother of two children is she could try surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy any medical treatments to extend her life to spend time with her children before she passes away. She also needs to get her life in order such as a will and making sure everything is taken care and writing letters to her two young children, so on important moments in …show more content…
As a woman I wouldn’t a appreciate a husband who couldn’t be honest with his wife or have the strength of character to deal with the backlash of grieving and crying that would happen when this mother realizes the implications of cancer at such a young age. Another aspect is would the husband like to be treated like that by his wife and not be told the truth in his last few months on the earth with his family. These are aspect of my personal code of ethics they are honesty, integrity, the “golden rule”, loyalty and …show more content…
The first position it would bother is the point on honesty and lying to the patient about a very serious condition who is mentally sound enough to make a decision on surgery would bother my code on being able to say I have integrity. The next position that would cause a dilemma in my code of ethics is courage and having the courage to stand up to her husband and say that is the wrong decision would be hard but having the courage to stand up for the rights of your patients even to their family members is something a health care administrator should be able to handle. Another aspect of my code this would cause a problem with is the “golden rule” I would definitely not like to be treated like this and I would like the ability to make the decision for myself. This would greatly bother me and cause me multiple dilemmas in my code of