Ethics
Biomedical Ethics
Ethics in the medical profession is a topic that has gained in complexity in the past three decades. As patients are able to get more information about medical procedures, as billing becomes more complex, as new healthcare reform takes place, nurses are forced to gain an understanding of more issues with regard to biomedical ethics. The book "Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics" by Munson and Munson (2000) offers assistance to professionals with regard to basic ethical questions in the book's first chapter. Using the text as a starting point, this essay will define concepts central to biomedical ethics, how these concepts apply to the general public, and more importantly, for this essay, how these concepts can be seen in the book "Awakenings."
The book lists six issues -- autonomy, trust, dignity, respect, knowledge, and truth (Munson & Munson, 2000) -- that need to be defined within the construct of ethics. Autonomy speaks to the need of a patient to maintain their personhood and be involved in decisions (O'Neill, 2001). "Trust is not a response to certainty about other's future actions. On the contrary, trust is needed precisely when and because we lack certainty about others' future actions" (O'Neill, 2001). Trust in the medical profession has been assumed, but it must be gained more recently because mistakes are publicized and professionals are seen as fallible. Dignity is a difficult...
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