Ethical Issues In Public Health Case Study
Ethical Case Study Week #2
Selina Meehleib
American Public University
Masters of Public Health
Dr. Barbara Kreling
PBHE 532: Ethical Issues in Public Health
September 22, 2016 Abstract
Case Study Week #2
Case Study Week #2 describes a scenario of Mary, a young nurse, who has recently accepted employment with Dr. H., a fertility specialist. In this Case Study Mary experiences a number of ethical challenges. In obtaining this position, Mary relocated her life and career to be near her ailing mother. As an only child, without other family, Mary feels morally obligated to relocate to be near her mother so that she is better able to provide care for her. While employed at Dr. H.’s practice, Mary notices that over the period of a several …show more content…
Navigating ethical decisions is part of working in today’s healthcare system. Ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice provide guidance for how to make ethical decisions in the health care setting(Ajayi & Dibosa-Osadolor, 2011). Ethical principles are a way to declare what is the right or wrong way to handle a situation for healthcare workers and how the decision made by the healthcare worker impacts their patients. In the aforementioned case study, the actions taken by Mary and Dr. H. have direct impact on their patients. The actions taken by Dr. H. have a direct impact upon his staff. Their education and professional training provides an ethical framework that should guide their decision …show more content…
H. violates his oath by creating harm to his patients. As his patients find out that a child they thought was their own genetics or a selected genetic donor, they will feel violated (Gong, Liu, Zheng, Tian, & Li, 2009). Mary must wrestle with the thought of harming Dr. H. as a result of reporting his actions to the licensing board or living with the knowledge that there will likely be more patients that are treated by Dr. H. in this
Selina Meehleib
American Public University
Masters of Public Health
Dr. Barbara Kreling
PBHE 532: Ethical Issues in Public Health
September 22, 2016 Abstract
Case Study Week #2
Case Study Week #2 describes a scenario of Mary, a young nurse, who has recently accepted employment with Dr. H., a fertility specialist. In this Case Study Mary experiences a number of ethical challenges. In obtaining this position, Mary relocated her life and career to be near her ailing mother. As an only child, without other family, Mary feels morally obligated to relocate to be near her mother so that she is better able to provide care for her. While employed at Dr. H.’s practice, Mary notices that over the period of a several …show more content…
Navigating ethical decisions is part of working in today’s healthcare system. Ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice provide guidance for how to make ethical decisions in the health care setting(Ajayi & Dibosa-Osadolor, 2011). Ethical principles are a way to declare what is the right or wrong way to handle a situation for healthcare workers and how the decision made by the healthcare worker impacts their patients. In the aforementioned case study, the actions taken by Mary and Dr. H. have direct impact on their patients. The actions taken by Dr. H. have a direct impact upon his staff. Their education and professional training provides an ethical framework that should guide their decision …show more content…
H. violates his oath by creating harm to his patients. As his patients find out that a child they thought was their own genetics or a selected genetic donor, they will feel violated (Gong, Liu, Zheng, Tian, & Li, 2009). Mary must wrestle with the thought of harming Dr. H. as a result of reporting his actions to the licensing board or living with the knowledge that there will likely be more patients that are treated by Dr. H. in this