Healthcare Ethics

Healthcare Ethics

Joe-Anne McCormick

MHA 601 Principles of Health Care Administration

Dr. Jared Rutledge

April 18, 2016

Health care ethics broken down is all about one's beliefs, values, moral and principals; what's right or wrong. These are the various things that assist us in making medical choices about our care. Also, the rights we have and duties that we owe to patients. When you carefully think about any ethical aspect of healthcare; we make decisions that are good right and fair. Human Dignity in Healthcare: A Virtue Ethics Approach by David Albert Jones. This article sets out a virtue ethics approach to the concept of human dignity. He discusses forms of behaviors that are fitting and in the highest regard for moral standards. He briefly touches on attributed and human dignity about healthcare. He goes on to say that obedience is part of general virtue which relates to moral law. He speaks about obedience as it pertains to human dignity honoring it by doing what's what morally right. There is the section on action of dignity, human dependence and unity of virtues. The final paragraph respecting dignity in healthcare gives us the most insight into virtuous ethics.

The virtue of acknowledgment of dignity; Human, shame, action and dependence. In some way we as humans depend on one another is some way form or fashion. The virtue of respect for dignity causes each to listen to each other don't ignore or over look the person/patient.

Unity of virtues: It's not like a common courtesy or having patience. More like tolerance, consideration and cooperation. In my opinion, the most powerful virtue is unity. This applies to social growth family and individuals.

Respecting ethics/dignity in healthcare: Virtuous healthcare professionals are inclined to show respect to their patients, by way of esteem or honor. Discussion of human dignity and ethics about healthcare usually focus on...