Question

1. What are some conflicts of interest and ethical dilemmas that you will face as healthcare executives and practitioners?

Choose one ethical dilemma and describe how you will deal with it related to your colleagues, the patient, and the patient’s family.

Answer 1

Conflicts of interest refers to difference of opinion by two or more people on a thing.Ethical dilemma refers to a decision making when two choices are possible but selecting any one over the other can lead to a confusion or dillema.

Some of the ethical dillema and conflicts of interest which can be faced by an healthcare executive and practitioners are

• Ethical dilemma in the end stage cancer care whether to provide medication, nutrition to extend life  and put patient in a more painful situations. The conflict of interest arising between the practioner and with family members
• Maintainace of records and data in a confidential way by the healthcare organizations
• While getting an informed consent for any procedure which can be beneficial as well as having an high cause for complication.

One such ethical dillema being administration of a chemotherapy drug to a children.It creates a great dillema and conflicts to the practitioner in explanation of the effects of the treatment to the parents or family members when getting an informed consent.The cost to be spent on the treatment are really high and can make the healthcare executive to convey in a dilematic way if the patirnt belongs to a low income group.