Ethical Decisions

Assignment Content

Ethical decision-making in health care is important to all stakeholders, including patients and staff. You will use this assignment to understand keywords and definitions used in health care ethics, as well as ethical theories, your ethical values, and methodologies used in making ethical decisions.

Complete the Ethical Decisions Worksheet.

Cite at least 2 reputable references used to complete your matrix. One reference must be your textbook, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

Must add Pg# to in-text citation when referencing Textbook.

Reference is at the end of the Chapter 5 attachment

Format your references section and references used in your matrix according to APA guidelines. Include a title page at the beginning of your worksheet.

***OMIT PART 1 ON WORKSHEET***

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The purpose of Part 1 is to expose you to common keywords and definitions used in the health care industry regarding ethics. Part 1 prepares you to respond to Part 2, therefore it is important to complete Part 1 prior to Part 2. In Part 2, you will discuss your experiences with ethics, including your ethical values, ethical theories, and an ethical decision you have had to make. It is important to remember that as you share your ethical experiences with your faculty that you do not discuss information and details regarding a company or individual by name that are not public information.

Part 1

Complete the Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise.

Part 2

Complete the Ethical Decisions matrix. Respond to each section of the matrix using 100 to 150 words.

Requirement	Description	Impact
Describe an event in which you made an individual ethical decision.		[Explain the impact of your decision.]
Describe your ethical values.		[Explain how your values impacted your decision.]
Identify and explain 2 ethical theories.		[Explain how these theories would impact your future ethical decisions in health care.]
Identify and explain a formal ethical problem-solving methodology.		[Explain how you could use this formal ethical problem-solving method to positively impact future ethical decisions in health care.]

References

Format your references section and references used in your matrix according to APA guidelines. Include a title page at the beginning of your worksheet.

Submit your screen shot and your matrix.

Reference

Fiala, A. & MacKinnon, B. (2018). Ethics: Theory and contemporary issues (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.