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C426 2 C426 Healthcare Value and Ethics C426 A1. Potential Ethical Dilemmas In the scenario, Jamilah Shah is a 90 year old Turkish immigrant, who only speaks €œbasic € english. She has been brought to the hospital from an ECF after collapsing at her bedside. Test results show that she ...
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C426
Healthcare Value and Ethics
C426
A1. Potential Ethical Dilemmas
In the scenario, Jamilah Shah is a 90 year old Turkish immigrant, who only speaks
“basic” english. She has been brought to the hospital from an ECF after collapsing at her
bedside. Test results show that she has suffered a heart attack. She has no advanced
directives on file, and her youngest son Bashir is listed as the emergency contact. The
ethical dilemmas we will discuss include autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence.
According to our scenario, we have conflicting opinions on how to proceed with care for
her. Her son is requesting to make his mother a comfort care only, and the healthcare
team is advocating for full treatment. Jamilah stated to a member of the healthcare team,
“Please help me. I want to live.”
Autonomy is a person’s right to have control over the choices that are made. In our
scenario, Jamilah is 90 years old, and there is no indication that she is not competent to
make her own decisions. Therefore, she should be able to. Jamilah appears to be awake,
alert, and oriented to the situation. Despite the Turkish custom of men making the
decisions, she has a right to choose what is best. The healthcare team has a duty to
present her with the information so that she can make an informed autonomous decision.
In order to help her do this, they will need to provide her with an interpreter as she has a
, language barrier. The hospital must do all that they can to honor the patient’s wishes to
avoid being opened up to a lawsuit. This type of lawsuit could be brought by one of the
other sons. The suite would most likely be for wrongful or premature death. If for some
reason Jamilah were to not pass like they expect, she may file a legal claim for denying
her wishes, a civil rights violation. Additionally, if care were withheld, one could make
the argument she was unlawfully imprisoned.
Non-maleficence is the ethical principle of not causing harm. In this situation, the
healthcare team needs to act in a timely manner. The longer they delay action, the more
likely Jamilah is to have a negative outcome. The healthcare providers are in a difficult
situation as the son has stated that she is to be a comfort care only, but Jamilah has stated
she wants to live. This conflict makes it difficult. If they delay, they are causing more
harm and potentially death which could lead to the hospital and the provider being sued
for malpractice.
Beneficence is the ethical principle of doing what is good. Healthcare workers are
trained to take actions that are for the good of the patient. These dedicated teams are
constantly monitoring and reviewing ill patients in an effort to provide the best care
possible. It is difficult to know what to do in all situations as people and disease
processes are complex and ever changing. In our scenario, the team has to take into
account the cultural norms of the family, the wishes of the patient, and try to balance all
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