Assessment 5
Ethics and Patient-Centered Care
In your executive report and for each of the ethical
dilemmas, be sure you include the following:
Analyze the ethical dilemmas presented in the case study.
Describe each of the ethical dilemmas.
Explain the factors that contributed to each dilemma.
Identify the ethical principle that you used for each
ethical dilemma to help guide your decision making.
Describe the external forces and internal organizational
factors you considered for each dilemma.
Describe any legal or regulatory forces.
Describe any organizational policies and/or processes.
Explain the evidence-based strategy you used to resolve each
ethical dilemma. (Hint: another way to think of this is to imagine that you did
take action on each of the dilemmas. With that in mind, what strategy would you
use and what supporting evidence do you have that the strategy is sound and
effective?)
Explain how an awareness of your own personal integrity
helped you decide on a strategy
