Medical Care Ethical Dilemmas

The central ethical issue for the Board of Directors to resolve is, “is it morally appropriate to limit medical care for some in order to keep said care available to the majority?” This is the central issue because, depending on how it is carried out, either some/all nursing home patients will stop receiving medical attention, or the entirety of attendees of the hospital will lose access to medical care. If the board chooses to limit their care of the nursing home residents, it would result in one of the rules mentioned in the case study to be put into place. These rules include; only allowing patients who have old age as their primary issue, closing the nursing home, and only giving a resident palliation instead of medication, should they