Question

What are the moral standards or ethical values I especially embrace that inform the way I practice my profession in health care? What examples can I provide from my own practice to illustrate, either positively or negatively, these ethical values and moral standards? To whom am I indebted for giving me these moral standards and values?

Answer 1

Moral standards refers to the decision made on a thing which can be equally right as well as wrong. Ethical standards refers to the things which are legally acceptable.

Some of the moral standards which can embrace one's own profession in healthcare are honesty, loyalty having a good behaviour with the patients.These moral standards when practiced creates a faith and hope for the patient in their care

The ethical standards refers to the fidelity,being fair to others ,providing justice,empathetic to others having this characteristics in healthcare can improve the quality of care.

An example being a terminally ill patient us cared in an empathetic way and showing a good behaviour towards them when they are inbthe stage to end their life.The ethical values being to save a life and moral standard being causing pain to a terminally ill patient by providing medication

The healthcare professionals are indebted to give this moral and ethical stands to the sick patients to improve the quality of care.