Ethics in healthcare organizations

Ethics in Healthcare Organisations
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Introduction
Healthcare organizations face various ethical issues. Most of the decisions made are capable of ethical implications. These implications not only affect the patients but also the healthcare providers and leaders, (“Spirituality and Medicine: Ethical Topic in Medicine”, 2018). This paper examines some of the ethical issues common to medical practices. It also explains principles of beneficence, autonomy, and non-malfeasance that guide health practices. Finally, it discusses the possible recommendations that an ethical advisor can give.
Regarding the case study, the ethical issues involve violating the rights of the patient. An infant’s parents have the rights to decide what is good for the child, (Pozgar, 2012). As such the decisions they make should be respected. Also, there is the issue of not exhausting all possibilities for the patient. Health care providers should only give up on a patient when all available options have been exhausted. Autonomy requires that patients be allowed to make their own decisions. The physicians are obligated to create necessary conditions for autonomous options in others, (Dastidar & Odden, 2011). For a doctor, valuing autonomy involves respecting a person’s right, confidentiality and creating necessary atmosphere for autonomous options.
With beneficence, physicians are required to desist from doing harm but are also obligated to assist their patients. Ideal beneficence includes an attempt to do well to others under all circumstances.

The justice system requires that the principle of equality be applied to all individuals involved in a situation. That is to say, any medical equipment or idea should be equally distributed among groups of people, (Longest et.al, 2008). Non-malfeasance presents the physician’s attempt to keep off any treatment plan or act that hurt the patient or violet their trust. The popular phrase for this principle is “first, do no harm”. As a consultant, I would ask the patient about the ethical problem. I would organize a meeting with all the parties involved. I would then review the record and respond to the question. In conclusion, ethical considerations are very crucial in healthcare organizations. The health care administrators should ensure that their practices are deeply rooted in ethics otherwise the patients and health providers will be affected.
References
Dastidar, J., & Odden, A. (2011). How do I determine if my patient has decision-making capacity? Retrieved from https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/124731/how-do- i-determine-if-my-patient-has-decision-making-capacity
Longest, B. B., Rakich, J. S., & Darr, K. (2008). Managing health services organizations and systems. Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press.
Pozgar, G. (2012). Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (11th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jone & Bartlett Learning
Spirituality and Medicine: Ethical Topic in Medicine. (2018). Depts.washington.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2018, from https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/spirit.html