Course Outcomes addressed in this Assignment: HA405-2: Explain a bioethical issu

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Course Outcomes addressed in this Assignment: HA405-2: Explain a bioethical issue within a healthcare facility Instructions In this unit, you will identify and evaluate one bioethical health care issue facing healthcare administrators. In a 1-page summary, you will identify bioethical issues and discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the issues in your facility. Include two (2) academic references and submit your assignment in APA format. Requirements: . Choose one (1) bioethical issue to research. (for example, Euthanasia, End-of-life care, Eugenics, Medical resource allocation, Stem Cells, Substance abuse - (excessive opioid scripting), Genetic manipulation, Cloning, etc.). . Identify the issue and its implications and status in health care . Discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the issue in your facility as the administrator . Include two (2) academic references formatted in APA Submitting your work: Submit your Assignment to the appropriate Dropbox

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1)Euthanasia or mercy killing is act of withdrawing all the medical aids or use of lethal substances to end the life of a person who is suffering from an incurable disease. Its a painless inducement of quick health. Euthanasia has been adopted by some countries but still many are against this act of mercy killing. There have been a lot of bioethical issues emerged with the concept of Euthanasia. Though its offered to a patient who is suffering from an incurable and painful disease and though its given with the consent of the patient himself and their family members, it is considered as an act of killing a human life. Mainly communities like Christians, Islamic and in Judaism, euthanasia is strictly prohibited.

2) The patients who have nothing to be done further in order to sustain their life, those with artificial breaths can be given euthanasia as permitted by patient and their relatives. So that the medical facility can be made accessible to other patient who is in urgent need for it. This will also prevent the wastage of medical resources. But the thought of killing someone and to let go our loved ones is difficult. People tend to keep their relatives alive because they are happy thinking them to be present in body in this world even though they are physically dead.Due to this varied concepts of the society, the law has not yet sucessful been issued in favour of euthanasia. The acceptance of this modality is still have ethical issues due to which its implication in the society is very difficult.

3) As an administrator, a social worker and a holistic person should appointed to every oragnization who can briefly explain what euthanasia is and in which circumstances its given to family of patients and patients themselves. The patient has right to make choices about his treatment and the healthcare personnel should respect them. The euthanasia should be practiced only in those places where its legally adopted and allowed by the law. In areas where euthanasia is permitted, hospital administration should check for the legitimate use of euthanasia. It should never be a method of arranging a available bed for any patient.

References:

1) Plato.Stanford.edu. Voluntary Euthanasia, Retrieved 2017-07-06

2) Rui Names and Guilhermina Rego, Euthanasia challenge to medical ethics, August 20,2016

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