Ethical Issues in Patient Care - Video Lesson

Hello, and welcome to today's lesson. This lesson will delve into the vital topic of common ethical issues in health care and help you understand and navigate critical issues such as practitioner assisted suicide. Right to refuse treatment. Do not resuscitate or DNR orders and refusal to treat. Understanding these ethical issues is critical for making in informed decisions in real world health care settings. Each of these issues has specific procedures and processes that are not only legally dictated, but are also deeply rooted in ethical reasoning. Let's get started. First, let's discuss four of the core principles of ethics in medicine. They are beneficence, autonomy, non maleficence, and justice. There are other medical ethical principles, and they will be discussed in detail and future lessons. Beneeficence is the duty to help the patient advance their own good and to act in the patient's best interest Autonomy is the duty to honor a patient's right to make their own decisions.