Applying Ethical Framework In Practice

Applying Ethical Framework In Practice

Introduction

The ethical factors have significant importance in any aspect of the life. Its significance further increases in the field of the health care. The health care providers are required to carefully consider various ethical factors while providing the health care services to the patients. The patients have the right that their medical issues must be kept confidential and they must be given the proper medical treatment. It has been found that the patients usually do not like to go such heath care organizations that do not consider various ethical factors while providing the health care services to the patients.

The following section aims at discussing various ethical factors that are significant in the frame work of the services that are provided by the health care organizations.

Discussion

Ethical implication of the breach of confidentiality

It is the responsibility of the health care organizations to maintain the confidentiality of the patients. It is the responsibility of the doctors that the medical issues and the medical data of the patient should be protected from being public. The legal law also restricts the doctors to access certain personal information of the patient that are not related to the treatment of the illness. There are various issues that are arising regarding the electronic health information systems that allow the health care providers to have the increased access to health data of the patient. It is being considered that the increased use of the electronic health information system is giving access to all the doctors who are not involved in the provision of the medical treatments to the patient and this aspect is creating the breach of the confidentiality by the health care organization. The legal law has restricted the doctors and the physicians by stating that they should inform ...