Identify medical ethics relevant to health care.
Identification should include
- professional codes of ethics (e.g., physician, medical assistant, or nurse)
- Patient's Bill of Rights
- ethical principles
- conflict of interest
- end-of-life issues
- treatment issues (i.e., against medical advice)
- access to medical care.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is a definition of ethics?
- What is the difference between law and ethics?
- Who determines what constitutes ethical behavior in the healthcare field?
- What ethical issues are important in the healthcare field?
- What is DNR vs. DDNR? Who initiates this document?
- What resources are available at the end of life?
- Why might a patient refuse treatment?
Teacher Resource:
- Virginia Advance Directive for Health Care with Sections for Medical, Mental, and End-of-Life Health Care, VSB Links to an external site.
- Virginia Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order Form Links to an external site.
- Who can refuse treatment?