As a practicing health care provider, it is not enough to be technically competent. You must balance technical skill (technology) with correct professional demeanor (ethical or right behavior) and sensitivity to the patient's needs (caring).
Health care ethics is a philosophical consideration of what is morally right and wrong in the health care setting. By considering the ethical and legal issues relevant to your role as a health care provider, you will develop a working knowledge of what is appropriate behavior for you as a health provider with regard to both colleagues and patients.
A knowledge of ethical and legal issues in health care enables you to make more informed health care decisions with better understanding of the basis for such actions. Finally, knowledge of legal considerations related to health care will spare you from unwittingly committing acts that could have legal repercussions (a lawsuit) for the hospital or physician you serve and adverse consequences to your career.
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HEALTH CARE ETHICS
US Army Medical Department Center and School
(127 pages)
Introdution
Ethics in Health Care
The Nature of Ethics
How Ethics Affects Health Care Decisions
Exercises
The Sources and Application of Ethics
Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes
The Ethics of Caring: Responding to Patient
Mood Swings
Exercises
Legal Considerations
The Sources of the Law
The Nature and Role of the Law
Exercises
The Legal Ramifications of Your Every Health Care Move
Tort Law and Health Care
Negligence
Exercises
Legal Doctrines that Affect Health Care
Res Ipsa Loquitur and Respondeat Superior
Federal Tort Claims Act
Exercises
Appendix A - Code of Ethics for X-Ray Technologists
Appendix B - A Model of a Patient’s Bill of Rights
Appendix C - Glossary of Terms
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