Distributive Justice In Healthcare

Ethics will always play a part in the health care industry. It did when the ACA was implemented and it will continue to assist the medical expert when they are face with a dilemma. Additionally, ethics will continue to play a role in implementing policy to guide the health care industry to serve all men fairly with respect and dignity and to teach the staff how to behave ethically. Even in a for profit hospital, ethics would be a necessity in order to make life or death decision. I cannot image any business including the health care industry making decisions without the guide of ethics.

One concept I will take from the ethics course is the distributive justice. Rather I’m in the role as a health services administrator or a manager for a local private health clinic, inequality of health care resource would be a concern. As our society gets older and the demand for health care rise, the distributive justice would help me allocate the limited resources in a fair way while respecting the patient dignity. The distributive justice would guide me to think about the individual needs and how the resource will help. If the resource will not improve a patient life there would be no need to waste the resource. This is the unfortunate part of the decision making process. Someone will not get the medical treatment as there is not enough resource for everyone. However, if the resource will improve life and longevity, I will most definitely do everything possible to make sure that individual receives the treatment.