NURS 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Workplace Bullying, Ethical Dilemma, Heart Transplantation
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Intro: the concept of ethics is tightly woven throughout the healthcare industry, dated back to hippocrates, the father of medicine, in the 4th century bc, and evolved into the hippocratic oath. Foundation for ethical guidelines for patient treatment by physicians: to this day physi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s follo(cid:449) the (cid:272)ode of ethi(cid:272)s that de(cid:373)a(cid:374)d the (cid:862)duty to treat(cid:863) Ethical topics in medicine: disagreement between patient/families and healthcare professionals about treatment, waiting lists, access to needed health care resources for the aged, chronically ill and mentally ill. Ethics in the workplace: ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Codes of conduct: the ama created a code of ethics for physician in 1847. This code was revised and adopted in 2001. Each healthcare professional has a code of conduct: the ana established a code of nurses in 1985, which was revised in 1995 and most recently 2001. Ny is the only state that has state legislature regarding this.
