resolved by reviewing the circumstances that led to the decision. Such a review entails an in-depth discussion with the key members of the medical team, the patient, and the family. If the dilemma is not resolved in this meeting, a request for resolution is sent to the medical center’s ...
Consequently, providers encounter a complex dilemma in balancing resource allocation, ethical principles, and legal compliance. This challenge is encapsulated in the following quote: “I think everyone should [have] access to healthcare and to insurance. So that frustrates me, that we have to kind...
Ethical Problems in Physical Therapy EthicalScenario A therapist is working at aPhysicalRehabilitationTherapyClinic and a juvenile age 16 is referred to their clinic for treatment of severe burns that has limited the function of the patients arms and hands. Upon examining the child‚ the therapist...
Even when there are no legal barriers to counsel fully, an area of potential ethical dilemma during the process of shared decision-making is determining what diseases to acknowledge the options of termination of the pregnancy or comfort care after delivery [43,45]. Prenatally, one may be unlikel...