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Unit 2 Discussion - Licensure and
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Discussion: Unit 2, Due
Wednesday by 11:59 pm CT
Licensure and Certification
Instructions
Read again,
Hippocratic Oath/Physician’s Creed
and watch
Ethics in Grey’s Anatomy
and answer the following prompt.
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Share your professional opinion on what you feel about The Hippocratic
Oath/Physician’s Creed in regards to the Ethics Grey Anatomy.
I remember this episode from years back, it disturbed me at the time, and it still does
today, however my reasons are different.
When I first watched the episode, I was angry at the patient for “messing with Meridith’s
head.” I thought he changed his mind because he had no regard whatsoever for
someone else’s life, as his crimes proved. I thought he also wanted to exercise his
power over the situation and as such I was kind of on the side of the child. Watching it
again today, it is disconcerting to see Meridith and Dr. Bailey abusing their positions of
trust so blatantly. I know that it does not matter what I think or believe on a personal
level. As someone who wants to go into the medical field, even in an administrative
capacity, it is not my place to judge a patient or their wishes. Instead, my role is to assist
the practitioner in making the best possible decision for that patient’s health, and their
health only. If we are being very blunt my opinion as a coder will probably never matter
but it is still up to me to be professional in all regards.
I agree with the assessment at the end of the video. Drs. Bailey and M. Grey both
crossed a huge ethical and moral line in a situation which should never have involved
them in the first place. The Hippocratic Oath and Physicians Creed are not legally
binding documents; however, they are ethically binding and great weight is placed upon
them for a reason. There is a passage in the classic version of the Hippocratic that
applies directly to this case which states that “Nor shall any man’s entreaty prevail upon
me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel any man to do so."
(McCollough Scholars, n.d.) A line crossed once is easier to cross again, and then
again. There must be guidelines and rules when dealing with someone’s life or medical
care- inviolable guidelines that apply to all, even in extenuating circumstances. There
must be accountability and responsibility in conjunction with the awesome power that a
doctor has. There is a reason that physicians are distant from their patients, and it has
to do with the above. This helps them provide optimal care without personal bias or
feelings. This is why my sibling (who is a doctor) cannot treat myself or anyone in our
family, nor would I want them to as they would likely not be able to look at the
information from a fully clinical aspect. This is also the reason for ethics panels, to
ensure the system of checks and balances remains in place.
Let’s add another conundrum into the mix. What if there was an option for criminals
incarcerated for life or on death row to donate their organs instead? Or the death
penalty laws were amended to include mandatory organ donation or donation of their
body to science in lieu of death by the usual methods? A peaceful, meaningful death as
opposed to a potentially terrible and financially taxing one? Why has that not been
considered and if it is what is standing in the way- moral, ethical, religious, financial
reasons on top of legal and judicial ramifications? Just food for thought.
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