Ethics ISSUE 1: As citizens and professionals

Ethics ISSUE 1: As citizens and professionals with special training and experience, healthcare practitioners are ethically obligated to assist in administering justice. If a patient with a legal claim requests a healthcare practitioner’s assistance, he or she should furnish medical evidence, with the patient’s consent, to secure the patient’s legal rights. Medical experts should have recent and substantive experience in the area in which they testify and should limit testimony to their sphere of medical expertise. Discussion Questions An orthopedic surgeon who has been retired from practice for 15 years and is a friend of the plaintiff’s has been called to testify in the plaintiff’s suit alleging damage to his hip joint sustained in a car accident. In your opinion, is it ethical for the physician described previously to testify? Explain your answer. 2 In your opinion, is it ever ethical for a healthcare practitioner to testify against another healthcare practitioner in a medical malpractice lawsuit? Explain your answer. 3 As a health care practitioner, do you consider it ethical to charge for your services to testify as an expert witness? Explain your answer. 4 Are there circumstances in which you might consider it unethical to charge for your services as an expert witness? Explain your answer. Ethics ISSUE 2: Healthcare practitioners are ethically bound to respect the patient’s dignity and make a positive effort to secure a comfortable and considerate atmosphere for the patient by providing appropriate gowns and drapes, private facilities for undressing, and clear explanations for procedures. Discussion Questions An adolescent male patient is visibly uncomfortable as a female physician begins a physical examination. What actions might the physician and/or her attending certified medical assistant take to make the patient more comfortable? 2 A hospital patient who is mentally disabled becomes extremely agitated and violent. She disrobes and runs through the hallways. Nurses and other employees are unable to calm the woman, and security officers arrive. Other patients and employees in the area stand around watching the woman as the officers attempt to subdue her. As a health care practitioner in the immediate vicinity, what, if anything, might you do to protect the woman’s privacy? 3 A nurse who is at the end of a 12-hour shift misreads drug labels and administers the wrong medication to the patient. What should she do? 4 Are there legal implications in the previous example? Explain your answer, detailing any preventive measures that could have been taken to avoid them. Reference/criterion SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCE NURSING LAW

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