Applying Ethical Screens and Principles in Health

Applying Ethical Screens and Principles in Health

Choose an ethical issue/topic from our B&N textbook that is of particular interest to you.
Using Lowenberg & Dolgoff’s 7 Ethical Principles Screen from chapter 2, perform the following:
Indicate the chapter you chose by title of the chapter
Define and explain the topic or issue you chose from the chapter (30 points)
Choose the ethical principles screen(s) that apply to your topic (there may be more than one)
Explain each ethical principle chosen and how it applies to this topic (40 points)
Your answer should be no less than 150 words and at least 2 paragraphs.
Create a google Jamboard to express your answer for that chapter.
watch this video (Links to an external site.)
, created by a graduate of our MA in Ed Tech program, to get an overview of this tool
Submit your final work to the submission link by the due date
Include your APA formatted paper and your Jamboard in your submission:
APA formatted paper, 150 word minimum, 2 paragraph minimum, reference page, citations (10 points)
Your Jamboard that depicts your topic and answer (be creative and have fun with this) (20 points)

Include a reference page with your work (at a minimum it should include our B&N textbook as a reference)

Cite any information in your answer that is summarized/paraphrased/quoted from the text

Please pay attention to the point distribution indicated above.

Here is a copy of Lowenberg and Dolgoff’s ethical principles screen from chapter 2:

Rank

Principle

Ethical Questions

Ethical Dilemma

1

Protection of Life

Is the patient’s life protected at all costs?

Life support for a premature infant in the NICU

2

Equality and inequality

Is the patient being treated equally to all other patients in the health care facility?

Impoverished patients requiring medical treatment

3

Autonomy and freedom

Does the patient have freedom of choice?

Patient decision-making without outside influence

4

Least harm

Does the medical intervention provide the least amount of harm?

Deciding among different interventions for a terminal patient

5

Quality of life

What is the patient’s life quality?

Brain dead patients who are kept alive with artificial procedures

6

Privacy and confidentiality

Are the patient’s demographics, diagnosis, and treatment confidential?

Victims of domestic violence who are at risk for repeat abuse

7

Truthfulness and full disclosure

Does the patient know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Patients whose prognosis is still undetermined

Barnes & Noble Education. (2019). Introduction to Healthcare Law & Ethics [Courseware].

BNED Loudcloud. https://canvas.umd.umich.edu/courses/510926/modules/items/8836427