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Jacob, thank you for the opportunity to read and respond to your discussion thread. You
discovered the ethical issue of medical malpractice, and you did a great job of describing
the scenario, ethical issue, and how you would address the problem.
In your discussion, you spoke about how medical malpractice lawsuits have increased
drastically in the last six years. According to Umachitra (2021), a medical professional’s
profession has changed from being patient-focused to money-focused. Healthcare
professionals aren’t as focused on medical ethics and are focused on making money, despite
the field they are in, and are willing to play with the emotions and well-being of patients
(Umachitra, 2021). Tampubolon (2021) discussed how health care providers have made
unethical decisions, whether by choice of by necessity of time. For example, health care
providers performed improper health practices and created false medical reports to make a
profit during the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization has predicted such
ethical dilemmas and provide guidelines regarding these ethical dilemmas to better deal
with health crises (Tampubolon, 2021). Tampubolon (2021) stated that pandemics risk the
well-being of health care providers, which can affect their ethical or unethical behavior.
Health care providers should still accept their obligation to be responsible for the patient’s
health despite the challenges they face (Tampubolon, 2021).
Proverbs 28:6 says better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is
crooked in his ways (NIV, 2011). Health care providers, especially doctors, are well trusted
and held to high standards and a person who does the right thing when no one is looking is
better than someone who has all the knowledge in the world but behaves to benefit
themselves. Playing with a person’s life to benefit your own is selfish and unethical and
should be prosecuted.
References
Tampubolon, M. (2021). UNETHICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND CORPSES BY
PARAMEDICS
DURING COVID-19: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA.
Journal of Legal, Ethical and
Regulatory Issues,
24
, 1-9.
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/liberty.edu?
url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/unethical-treatment-patients-
corpses-paramedics/docview/2679346207/se-2
Umachitra, N. (2021). A Study of Unethical Medical Malpractices – A Legal
Perspective.
Annals of the
Romanian Society for Cell Biology,
25
(6), 7682-7697.
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/liberty.edu?
url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/
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