Healthcare Ethics

Purpose: To compare and contrast interprofessional approaches to an ethical issues in the practice setting
Students are to review AV resources loaded in their LEO unit Assessment Module. Each AV resource features a 5 minute interview of a health professional discussing an

ethical issue in clinical practice. For semester two 2014 this topic is on consent.
Students are required to select the AV resource representative of their own health professional discipline and also view a second one to compare and contrast to their

own. Similarities and differences between the two interprofessional responses to the given ethical issue are to be identified and students should discuss how the two

professions might interact and collaborate in the given ethical issue in practice.
Students need to present an academic essay (not in the first person) that responds to each of the unit Learning Outcomes:
1. Discuss national and international ethical frameworks for health care that influence ethical decision making in practice;
2. Explain the Code of Ethics relevant to different health disciplines, and identify if there are no such Codes and how this may influence decision making and

patient care in scenarios where there is an ethical dilemma.
3.   Differentiate between ethical and legal issues in health care in consenting vulnerable patients cohorts
4.   Identify social and spiritual factors that influence the health professional values and beliefs in ethical decision making
5.   Apply ethical normative frameworks that a health professional may appeal to in defending their position, individually and collaboratively, on moral and ethical

dilemmas encountered practice

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HLSC 220 Health Care Ethics – Semester two, 2014
Assessment #3 – Questions presented in interviews
Students are required to select the AV resource r epresentative of their ow n health professional
discipline and also view a second one to compare and contrast to their own. These AV
resources have been loaded online for your review.
Similarities and differences between the two interprofessional responses to the questions below
on the given ethical issue of consent are to be identified and students should discuss how the
two professions might interact and collaborate in the given ethical issue in practice.

1. What do you think are the key components of an informed c onsent in the provision of
health care or in y our specialty field?

2. Can you provide an example from your specialty practice where consent is not obtained
prior to treatment or care being given?

3. Do you think that paternalism is ever ethica lly justifiable in the provision of clinical
treatment or care?

4. How easy is it for members of your profession to advocate for a patient or client if you
believe adequate consent was not obtained for a particular treatment or procedure?

5. What groups are particularly vulnerable in y our clinical practice area when it comes to
ensuring that there is informed consent given to the provision of c linical treatment or
care?

6. What are some of the cult ural, social or spiritual fact ors that may influence decision
making for your patients or clients when it comes to informed consent?

7. What national and international ethical frameworks are available for you to ensure ethical
practice when it comes to informed consent?