Disability Studies 2072F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ethics, Bioethics, Critical Thinking
30 Jan 2020
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Integrity and moral residue: nurses as participants in a moral community. Argues that the basis of integrity comes from an understanding that human beings are interrelated. Bioethics involves critical reflection on moral/ethical problems faced in health care settings toward: Clinical ethicists aren"t experts at dealing with moral issues, but help to guide people build their capacity to deal with ethical issues. Deciding what to do when ethical questions arise involves many people. Difficult ethical problems are often framed as practical problems or moral dilemmas. Moral dilemma arises when there is an obligation to pursue two or more conflicting courses of action and there is no obvious reason to prefer one course of action over the other. Can also present when there is evidence to suggest that a specific course of action is morally right, while other evidence suggests otherwise - leading to inconclusive evidence.
