Health care providers, managers, and administrators are faced with a variety of ethical
issues. These issues range from right to life and abortion to right to die and physician
assisted suicide. For this Assignment you will write an APA style paper addressing
common ethical issues found in health care.
Your paper should clearly identify a minimum of three ethical issues (Confidentiality,
Advance Directives, and Abortion). Using the ethical decision making process Below
analyze each of the ethical issues you have identified.
1. Clearly define the issue.
2. Determine the facts of the situation.
3. Determine who the stakeholders are, the values at stake, and the obligations and interests of
each stakeholder.
4. Determine what options are available and evaluate them.
5. Decide what should be done.
6. Justify the decision made by identifying reasons that support the decision.
7. Implement the decision.
8. Evaluate the outcome of the decision.
9. Examine how to prevent the issue from recurring.
Requirements:
3–5 pages in length (not including cover and reference pages)
A minimum of three outside resources.
Your paper should be formatted according to APA, include a proper
introduction, appropriate headings, and conclusion, reference pages.
