Personal Ethics In Health Care

Through self-awareness exercises coupled with the insight that I have obtained in regards to what it entails being an ethical professional in the healthcare field, I have been enabled to distinguish my personal values as well as my life motto. I discovered that I value family, autonomy, excellence in all aspects of my life, education, and helping others. In accordance with my values, I composed the life motto; Be independent, grow through religion, and stay balanced. Since I have been granted the opportunity to learn more about my personal values that influence my ethical reasoning, I feel more confident in being able to distinguish between what I value in contrast to what is morally correct whilst forming ethical decisions. For example, when I had initially encountered Terri Schiavo’s case I favored the opinion of her family; to keep the feeding tube in and allow them to care for her until she passed away without the interference of external forces. However, through exercising self-awareness I was able to reevaluate her case from a perspective that did not necessarily coincide with my personal values, but did use ethical theories to affirm that the right’s of the patient were being considered. I realized that because I had discovered that family is my most significant value, I had prioritized …show more content…
However, ethical theories provide professionals and patients with the guidelines that enable them to form ethical decisions to the best of their abilities while striving to produce beneficial results for those directly affected by the issue. I sincerely believe that because I was introduced to alternative and complex ideologies regarding ethical reasoning, I will be more equipped to confront the ethical dilemma’s that I will have to inevitably face as a professional healthcare worker in the