BHA3801 - Critical Issues in Health Care

BHA3801 - Critical Issues in Health Care

Critical HC Quest

Question 1

In your own words, define ethical principles. Discuss an example that you have heard about or experienced where ethical principles have been used to resolve a complex health care issue. What ethical principle(s) were used in this example?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 2

If you were faced with infertility but desperately wanted a child, would you consider ART? Why, or why not?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 3

What type of experience, if any, do you have with long-term care? Do you see it as something that you or a family member may need in the future? Why, or why not?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 4

Why is reform of the United States health care system such a controversial issue? What health care issues are currently being debated in your community or state?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 5

Imagine you are a patient who needs to have surgery at a hospital. Your care team has recommended the newest and most advanced robotic surgery technologies to be used for your surgery. How do you feel about this? What reservations, if any, do you have surrounding this new technology?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 6

What is the most challenging ethical concern clinicians face? Explain your answer.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 7

Discuss the differences between health care inequities and inequalities. Describe how health care inequities and inequalities have, or have not, affected you or someone you know.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

 

Question 8

Part I: Identify an assignment in this course that had a positive impact on you. How will you be able to apply the skills you learned from it to gain life and/or career success?

Part II: As technology used in medicine changes and advances, how can a health care professional stay up to date while still maintaining the ethics and integrity as they adapt to the changes? How do these new changes affect your feelings as a patient of a health care professional who uses the new technologies?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.