Essay On Ethics In Health Care

Making ethical decisions in the medical field are some of the toughest decisions that individuals have to make regarding their own health, the health of their loved ones and the health of their patients. There are conflicts that occur since people have such different definitions of what is moral in healthcare. In our volunteering experience, we will encounter choices that will have ethical repercussions and it is important to consider the four core principles of medical ethics. I visited evangelical homes on Tuesday with Aisha for our orientation. We talked with the staff and toured the facilities as we learned more about the community. I was surprised at how nice the facilities were and the degree of freedom the residents had. As I have never been to a memory care facility for the elderly, my idea of elderly care was formed by what is shown in the media. In Happy Gilmore, Happy’s mother is in a prison-like retirement home where the staff is rude to the residents and they are constricted to a prison-like schedule of meals and activities (1996). At the site, I was surprised at the degree of autonomy the residents had. They could wake up when they want, call for someone to make them breakfast at any time, walk in the gardens, or just stay in their room at any point in the day. They are living their own lives and are not giving up any of their …show more content…
The doctors took experimental bacteria and used it to treat patients, essentially making them test subjects under the pretense that it could cure them. The bacteria were not approved for humans. It violated the beneficence because it was not clear that the bacteria would help the patient advance while the bacteria was working. Nonmaleficence was violated because harm was done to the patients; they died after failed the experimental procedure. These doctors acted unethically in an attempt to cure someone and publish