Healthcare Ethical Treatments

Confidentiality

• Meeting patient needs with scarce resources.

• Providing the most appropiate care when providers profit from patient use of specific resources

Common Ethical Dilemmas

• When rules and regulations conflict with professional judgment.

• Acting in the best interest of the patient when reporting requirements may be in conflict with patient confidentiality.

Common Ethical Dilemmas

• Making appropriate care decisions when patients’ behaviors contribute significantly to their problems.

• Appropriately using new unproven technologies.

• All from Johnson, 2009

Common Ethical Dilemmas

• Johnson, J. A. (2009). Health Organizations: Theory, Behavior, and Development. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN: 13:978-0-7637-5053-4.

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