Ethical Dilemmas In Health Care

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The aim of this essay is to identify ethical conflicts within a case scenario to propose and discuss the legal and ethical approaches in order to identify ethical differences, which can be achieved through the process of applying good codes of ethics and the correct principles in health care ethics (Ozolins & Grainger, 2015). In addition, it will be considered when it is relevant to apply some codes of conduct, and furthermore there will be an analysis of the national and international charters, and how they are related to the scope of general health application and professional health practice. Lastly, there will be an exploration of ethical theories that informs Professional health care practices (Australian Nursing Midwifery Council, 2008), …show more content…

In other words this relate to the patient that suffer at the consequences of their own actions. Self-neglect brings about suffering for the patient and concern from immediate relatives. In the reviewed case scenario the daughter has to do what’s right to alleviate Harry’s suffering and essentially for him to have a dignified death (Fisher, 2011).
In addition, health professional’s duty of care can conflict with the principle of beneficence, and this can occur by health professionals initially trying to follow the recommended codes which are meant to assist in them to improve the patient’s health, unfortunately at times it does more harm to the patient than what it was originally intended for.
In scenario one, Harry has expressed his wishes to die at home rather than being transported to hospital. The patient is at the end-of-life. An advance care directive needs to be planned, in order for the patient to have a dignified death (Ozolins & Granger, …show more content…

For this reason, nurses practice and conduct themselves according to the relevant law of the nursing profession and practice. Nurses must follow a code of ethics along with doctors and other health professionals, in order to do what is required within their framework and scope of practice (ANMC, 2008) (Griffith & Tegnanh, 2010).

In addition to this analysis, there are codes of the ethics and laws in place that health professionals such as nurses must apply. Nurses must consider what should be done for the patient at the end-of-life. According to Kerridge et al., (2013) explains that the law and ethics are both different and interrelated. The law are compulsory regulations that health professionals must adhere to.
The code of ethics for nurses provide guidance for ethical decision-making, this identifies ethical standards and values that are incorporated into nursing codes of

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