Research And Decribe Ethics Between Doctors And Patients (Editing Sample)

Ethics Case Study
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Jaehyun Park. 1/14/2017
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Ethics Case Study
Introduction
Health professionals, as well as other business personnel, encounter ethical dilemmas that require appropriate approach and decision making. Ethical situations vary from one individual to the other. Additionally, the dilemmas range from simple situations to complex situations involving matters relating to values and principles (Laura et al., 2005). Thus, ethics highlights issues concerning the values that a profession should uphold to maintain credibility with their work. Ethics case 4 involves physical therapist who is on the verge of establishing a personal relationship with a client.
Individual, organization and societal realms play a key role in enhancing decision-making relating to ethical issues. Individual realm concentrates on the well-being of the patient. It is concerned with rights, behaviors, and correlations of specified people. In most cases, it deals with simple issues. Organization realm focuses on the good of the entire institution. It supports achievement of institutional goals. Societal realm deals with the common good. It deals with complex issues. In this case study, it is evident that the three realms are applicable and interact with each other.
In this criterion, the individual is expected to analyze what is expected to resolve the ethical crisis. In other words, it is what the ethical situation requires one to do. In most cases, an individual weighs thought and decisions in consideration of moral sensitivity (ethical situation), moral judgment (right or wrong), moral motivation (values) and moral courage (intended decision or action).
In the current case study, the therapist is aware of the organizational and professional ethics that advise against crossing the professional and personal borderline during the patient-therapist relationship. Although a therapist is required to offer services with compassion, he or she is expected to maintain professionalism and integrity in the course of interactions with the patient or client. However, he is under "ethical temptation" in which he is required to choose something that is right. Therefore, the therapist should make a decision on the basis of moral judgment. The physician should do the right thing, which is avoiding an intimate relationship with the client.
In this step, an individual is expected to analyze the nature of the ethical issue. The issue in question can be classified as an ethical problem, dilemma, distress, temptation or silence. In this case, the issue in question is classified as an ethical temptation. Ethical temptation involves a deliberate behavior by the therapist or the client that is inappropriate and violates the nature of a therapeutic relationship. A therapeutic relationship that leads to sexual relations or romantic encounters, as described in the case study, is prohibited in all circumstances. As a physical therapist, it is important to demonstrate professional ethics and ethos regardless of the current situation (Jensen, et al 2000). Additionally, it is of great necessity to express and show moral values when in an encounter with patients.
Therefore, it is clear that all the three RIPS criteria can be used to analyze the issue. For instance, the realm criterion is applicable since the case study involves the patient's well-being, general reputation of the clinic, which is dependent on therapist behaviors and common good. The individual process is also applicable since the physical therapist is required to make the appropriate decision with the help of various variables. Additionally, the case study can be classified as an ethical issue
Maintaining the necessary professional boundary and recognizing signs when the boundary is being crossed are critical in overcoming the dilemma in case 4 is facing. It is necessarily important for the therapist to employ and maintain professional ethics. As a person, I would detach myself emotionally to the client. Additionally, I would ensure that my approaches towards the person in question are within the set code of ethics. Lastly, I would ask the client to stop behaving emotionally and suggestively towards me in respect to professional codes and ethos
It is not advisable for the physician to purposefully conduct a clinical assessment that requires intimate contacts (Monchinski, 2010). Additionally, every physician is expected to abide by the rules that govern the patient-doctor relationship. It is also clear that professional ethics disqualifies intimate relationship between customer and therapist (Barnitt, 1998).
As a medical expert, it is not optional to abide by the clinical rules. Every healthcare personnel are mandated to behave according to the set regulations. Moreover, various professional codes clearly states that personnel should maintain high wor...