Discussion Topic: Discussion: When Ethics Conflict

Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:

• Describe ethical considerations for healthcare professionals and medical researchers.
• Apply ethical decision-making models to healthcare ethical dilemmas.
• Evaluate legal issues in healthcare decision-making situations.

Action Items

1. Read Ethics case: Should One Kind of Freedom Be Restricted to Promote Another?Links to an external site.
2. Respond in a 150- to 200-word discussion post to the following prompts:
   • What are the ethical issues addressed in this case?
   • Which issues are ethics issues and which are medical decisions? Explain your answer.
   • Who needs to be involved in making the necessary decisions to move forward?
   • Answer the key questions posed in the article, "What factors can make the clinical benefits of restraints outweigh their harms, and how can restraints be effectively and ethically regulated and applied?" Explain your answer.
3. By the due date indicated, create your initial post.
4. By Sunday, respond to at least two of your classmates. Your response should be thoughtful and add to the learning.