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Introduction To Ethics Reviewer
Introduction To Ethics Reviewer
Introduction To Ethics Reviewer
❖ requires a critical reflection upon the ❖provide rules on how a person should act
relationships between health care towards other people and institutions in
professionals and those they serve, as well such an environment
as the programmes, systems, and
structures developed to improve the health ❖encompass the personal and corporate
of a population standards of behavior expected by
professionals
❖ involves deliberating about the allocation
of resources, and reflecting on the complex ❖examine issues, problems, and the social
moral choices arising from ongoing health responsibility of the profession itself and
care restructuring and advancing individual practitioners in the light of
technology philosophical and, in some contexts,
religious principles among which are duty
❖ entails a critical, political, and ethical and obligation
analysis of the definition and the
determinants of health - Ethical principles underpin all professional
codes of conduct.
- Ethical principles may differ depending on
ISSUES IN HEALTH ETHICS the profession.
- However, there are some universal ethical
❖making decisions about end-of-life care principles that apply across all professions,
including
❖determining whether to allocate funds to
the treatment of disease or the promotion of ❖ honesty
health ❖ trustworthiness
❖ loyalty
❖critically examining the discrepancies in ❖ respect for others
health status between populations and our ❖ adherence to the law
ethical obligations to ensure equitable ❖ doing good and avoiding harm to others
access to health services ❖ accountability
MORALITY VS ETHICS