Examples Of Ethical Dilemma In John Q

Did the End Justify the Means?

An ethical dilemma is a situation where one has to make a decision between two moral options; both of these options would end up with a negative result. In the movie called, “John Q”, John Q Archibald has a son who has a fatal cardiac condition and needs surgery as soon as possible. However, the parents do not have nearly as much as they need to even pay the deposit. The dad tries as much as he can to raise money. Nonetheless, he did not make enough money in time for the hospital to accept him as a patient. John is now left with two options: leave his son to rest in peace or take action against the hospital to assure they put his son on the transplant list and do his surgery free of charge. He decides to hold patients in the emergency room as hostages. I believe that it is nowhere near ethical for hospitals to turn patients away if they do not have proper medical insurance to cover the required price. A person does not just decide whether they are able to pay for a surgery. If the hospital denies a person the medical treatment they need, there is a large chance it is going to hugely affect that person. Not everyone is able to pay for expensive treatments. Hospital fees are extremely …show more content…
They were in the emergency room for a reason. They had an emergency and had to be treated by doctors. They also had the right to leave the hospital and go to a safe place of their own. However, John threatens them in front of the police in order to get his son’s name on the transplant list. Their rights shouldn’t be taken away for the sake of the boy. They have their own personal lives full of sadness and tragedy. However, they aren’t taking the rights of other people to solve their own problems. It is a good thing, nonetheless, that John treats them with kindness and makes sure they are treated for the purpose they came to the emergency room. He feeds them and does not hurt