“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do” said Poher Stewart (Lindstrom, 2012). Public health professionals follow a code of ethics in order to better serve their community by respecting the rights and choice of the individual they are helping. In this paper, I will list my professional code of ethics as a healthcare professional and provide examples of how I apply it to better serve my community and the athletes individually. Introduction Public health ethics involves a systemic process to clarify, prioritize and justify possible courses of public health action based on ethical principles, values, and beliefs of stakeholders and scientific and other information (Powers and Faden, 2016). …show more content…
Below I have provided my personal code of ethics as an Athletic Trainer: 1. Responsibility for Patient Care- Patient comes first. It is my professional reps 2. Avoiding conflicts of interest- Not making decisions based on athletes status or persuasion of coaches or parents. 3. Responsibility of education-I am responsible to continue learning on different medical breakthroughs or techniques to better my professionally and provide better care for my patients. 4. Responsibility to the community- My services go beyond the student-athlete and I provide medical service and advice to parents, faculty, and maintenance staff. I am there to provide exceptional care to everyone who is a part of the school community. 5. Upholding property and laws- As an athletic trainer, we have to bid by the laws of the state, local, OSHA, and Illinois high school athletic association. My professional code of ethics allows me to thrive in my profession. I am respected not only by the community at the school, but outside the school with other healthcare professionals. Everyone injury is unique and everyone is different, which makes my job challenging yet exciting at the same time. The main goal for our athletes is to get them better by providing exceptional care. It’s not satisfactory to myself, but to my athletes when they are completely healed and back to playing the sport that they love.
This source provides information on the ethical code that physicians should follow. It discusses how an ethical code provides a framework to solve ethical dilemmas. The ethical code does not solve each individual problem that arises. I want to use this source to demonstrate the ethical responsibility that arises in
My personal code of ethics is respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law.
Provisions 7, 8 and 9 of the ANA Code of Ethics are concentrating on a number of areas. The most notable include: advancing the profession through knowledge / development of high standards, taking into consideration the health needs of various stakeholders, asserting values / social reforms and maintaining intraprofessional integrity / collective responsibility. These different areas are designed to provide a foundation of dealing with
Health care leadership begins with creating an honest environment. The core principles of ethics are beneficence (do good), nonmaleficence (do not harm), autonomy (control by the individual), and justice (fairness) (Flite and Harman 2013). Health care professionals has the responsibility of dealing with complex patient and healthcare system issues. According to, Limentani (1998), a code of ethics can assists with facilitating
Task 1Managing medical ethics is a fundamental part of a Manager’s role. It is the responsibility of the Manager to understand the guiding principles of medical ethics and apply them within the organisation
-The coach must be supportive and refrain from any physical and personal abuse or any unnecessary physical contact with players
It provides health-care professionals with ethical principles and standards by which to guide their practice. There are boundaries to the roles most of the codes can be used within. The expectation of what an ethical code can do changes depending on how ethical code in general is understood (Troy & Beringer, 2006).From my conclusion an ethical code can establish important values and describe a common ethical background for health care but is of limited use with solving new ethical problems.
Ethics are rules of conduct and moral principles of an individual which have various origins such as family, culture, and social environment. Given the diversity of people in the healthcare profession and the importance of providing care that is ethically sound
Nursing codes of ethics, both locally and globally, translate to a moral responsibility to nurture the overall health of those needing or receiving healthcare. Patient advocacy for healthcare workers to deal effectively with ethical issues they encounter on a day to day basis must be able to identify the most
My coaching philosophy will be based on athlete safety regardless off or on the field, player development not just in sport, but in themselves as a person and through education, and well-being of the athlete such as their responsibility if you were to play sport.
Summers, J. (2014). Principles of healthcare ethics. In E.E. Morrison & B. Furlong (Eds.), Health care ethics (pp. 47-62). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
The Code of Ethics furnishes a definitive model of conduct. The standard of conduct is entrenched in associations, affiliations, confidentiality, and commitment with health care professionals. The Code of Ethics for healthcare quality professionals is dedicated to routine enhancement and preserving integrity by identifying individual accountability and ethical obligation to patients, medical providers, employees, health care organizations, and the community (Oddo, 2011). Ethics are not voluntary in the health care field. They are a vital and central part of medicine. Ethical codes form and assemble moral atmosphere and allotting the ethical accountability and
For the second week of module seven, I read, “Bioethics in Health Policy Development: A Primer for Decision- Makers” by Jason Behrmann. This article mainly talks about how bioethics has a growing role in decision making process in healthcare settings. The issue is that many healthcare professions have a hard time incorporating the healthcare discussion into their job. This article tries to clarify the concept of ethics in a healthcare setting. The article tries to give examples of why the decision making process should be more prominent in hospitals. The article highlights the common ethical issues in health policy and how frameworks structured upon principles of ethics can guide policy creations. The article also discusses the role of a bioethicist
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Ethical Codes are in use today by many organizations to clearly establish their values and provide a procedure if a code violation occurs. Medical ethics began as a professional code for physicians and has now expanded and includes a variety of health care professions and health care organizations. The growth of medical knowledge and technology have grown so have the concerns that ethical standards and issues facing our society today may be compromised or not appropriately addressed (Littleton et al., 2010).