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Interdisciplinary Issues In Healthcare Increasingly Essay

Using a philosophical approach, there is typically no one single "right" answer given, but rather a process with which to think about, and analyze, a given set of problems. For instance, is euthanasia "always" right; certainly not, but under the right set of circumstances, it might be the kindest option available in a moral sense, but still not acceptable legally. Create common ground- Common ground is created in medical ethics by finding a process to utilize disparate data and find a more appropriate solution.

Construct a more comprehensive understanding- No "system" or organization is capable of judgment, so it is up to the human professional to decide what is in the best interest of the client. To find a comprehensive understanding, one must pull from the templates and definitions of medical ethics: autonomy, justice, fidelity, beneficence, veracity, non-maleficence, and paternalism (ICN, 2006).

Reflect and test the understanding -- Let us say we were debating the medical issue of organ donation. Using a utilitarian approach, organ donation does provide good for others; and, when managed appropriated, can provide a greater good for society at large. However, utilizing a population for organ harvesting, or changing the model so that organ donation is seen as a profit-center as opposed to a humanitarian endeavor, certainly muddies the waters a bit. Some see the utilitarian argument justifying organ donation. For instance, if a doctor has several patients who have organs shutting down and who will die if they do not receive transplants....

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Does it follow that society should pick who gets an organ (say a President, or someone famous) -- what if the forced participant was someone like Martin Luther King and the recipient Adolf Hitler? Instead, a more deontological approach would say that the issue is less about deciding who gets the organ and more about the availability of that organ. In other words, society's utilitarian approach is simply to make legal organ donation a viable option, to make the potential for someone to donate safely part of the normal medical paradigm, and to encourage individuals to sign off on an organ donation card, regardless of their specific religious viewpoints so that, in general, more of society can be helped by the process than those who may have potential of harm.
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Research to Promote Healthy and Safe Employment in Health Care. Public Health Reports. 119 (1): 60- 73. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih

ICN. (2006). "The International Code of Ethics for Nurses." International Council of Nurses. Retrieved from: http://www.icn.ch/icncode.pdf

Kozier, B., Erb, G. & Blais, K. (1997), Professional nursing practice (3rd edition),

Addison-Wesley.
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