Ethical Decision Making in Health Care: APPLYING ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PRACTICE Alice Verrett Grand Canyon University: 437V April 26‚ 2013 Privacy of your medical records in health care is the means used in guarding facts that clients state when seeking treatment/medication(s) when they are or they feel unwell. Data obtained in the seeking of well care usually will not
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Approach to Ethical Decision Making Tasha L. Thomas 01/22/2012 Abstract Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines questions of morality‚ or right and wrong. In this paper we will discuss the philosophical approaches used in ethical decision making. The two approaches that will be elaborated on are the utilitarian approach and the universal approach. Several questions will be addressed‚ (1) what is the utilitarian and universal approach? (2) How do we use them in the ethical decision making
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Using Welfel’s Model for Ethical Decision-Making Abstract Many times in counseling sessions‚ situations arise that require the ability to make ethical decisions. When confronting these types of situations‚ counselors often refer to the Elizabeth Reynold Welfel’s Ethical Model‚ comprised of 10 steps‚ to guide them in making an ethical decision. These steps provide a framework which counselors may use to help with ethical dilemmas. Below are the 10 steps in the Ethical Decision-Making Model provided by
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In the professional practice of nursing‚ ethical decision-making is a critical component in the complexity of nursing practice to ensure a safe environment that supports both the client and care giver to ensure safe‚ compassionate and competent care in line with the nursing code of ethics (Canadian Nurses Foundation‚ 2008) and professional standard of nursing practice. Every day nurses are faced with ethical decisions that guide their decision- making process to ensure collaborative team work and
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individual is capable of interpreting‚ reasoning and verifying information in a logical and strategic way. Whereas ethics is used when making reference to the perception of what is right or wrong in a defined situation. One can apply critical thinking to a particular situation which may facilitate the individual to make the correct decisions as to the right ethical choices or principles to apply as it relates to that particular situation. The connection between ethics and critical thinking can be
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Decisions made by groups when dealing with complex problems and issues occur everyday in the life of an organization. The decisions made by these groups can have serious‚ far-reaching consequences throughout the organization if not properly thought through. This is the reason for the existence of decision making models. Decision making models are logical‚ systematic‚ and methodical approaches to problem solving. Many decision making models exist. According to Lahti (1996)‚ there are four group decision
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Approaches to Ethical Decision Making Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making When looking at ethical decision making in a philosophical approach you must consider the consequentialism ethics‚ deontology ethics‚ or the virtual ethics of any case you are evaluating. The following is a discussion of three different scenarios and the different approaches in decision making for these cases. This author will talk about what makes each scenario ethical or non-ethical. Each case
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in the ethical decision making in nursing. It has been an opportunity to reflect upon experiences in my own career as well as stories shared by other nursing professionals. The nursing process is a set of steps used by nurses to collect data‚ make assessments and a plan of care to meet the health care needs of the patient. (The 5 Steps of the Nursing Process‚ 2016). During this process there are a number of conclusions which are made. It is the nurse’s duty to determine if these decisions are morally
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(1) Decision-making strategies (2) (a) Decision-making (b) Heuristics‚ Cognitive Processes (3) American Psychologist Association (4) Nonrational Processes in Ethical Decision Making. Volume 66 no. 7 (5) Mark D. Rogerson‚ Michael C. Gottlieb‚ Mitchell M. Handelsman‚ Samuel Knapp‚ Jeffrey Younggren. (2011). American Psychological Association. Nonrational Processes in Ethical Decision Making‚ 66(7)‚ 614 – 623. (6) The purpose of this study is to find a way for ethical decision
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Culture and Ethical Decision Making. Corporate culture can be defined as a set of beliefs‚ values‚ goals and norms that help employees solve organizational problems of any given organization whether profit motivated or non-profit ones (Ferrell and Fraedrich‚ 2014 p. 184). This includes behavioral patterns‚ rituals‚ ceremonies and even concepts that help run the daily routines of an organization. Organization culture can have major influences on organizational ethical decision making. According to
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