HCS 335 Complete Course
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HCS 335 Complete Course
Week 1
Week 1 Individual Assignment: Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise
Complete the Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise, located on your student website.
Match keywords commonly used in health care ethics to the definitions on the page. Discuss the exercise in class and turn in your answer sheet to your facilitator.
Discussion Questions
How has your educational experience affected your ethical thinking?
Are laws and regulations the problem or the solution in addressing ethical problems? Explain. What would be an alternative?
How might you analyze your own dilemmas in terms of your own ethics?
How are some problem-solving methodologies applied in the health care industry?
Week 2
Week 2 Individual Assignment: Ethics Case Study
Resource: Ethics Case Study Grading Criteria on your student website.
Read the case study in Ch. 4 of Medical Law and Ethics that begins, Jerry McCAll is Dr. Williams office assistant.
Prepare a 700- to 1050-word paper in which you answer the following questions:
o Does Jerrys medical training qualify him to issue this refill order? Why or why not?
o Would it make a difference if the medication requested were for control of high blood pressure that the patient critically needs on a daily basis? Why or why not?
o If Jerry calls in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction while flying, is Jerry protected from a lawsuit under the doctrine of respondent superior?
o What is your advice to Jerry?
o Identify major legal and ethical issues that may affect Jerrys decision.
o What problem-solving methods might be helpful to assist in making an ethical decision?
Include at least two sources in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Discussion Questions
Why is it important to understand organizational philosophies and mission statements?
How might a manager deal with elements of an organizations culture that are, or are perceived as, inconsistent?
Week 3
Week 3 Learning Team Assignment: Code of Ethics Paper
Resource: Code of Ethics Paper Grading Criteria on your student website.
Research and select a health care organization in which you locate the mission statement, its code of ethics, and core values.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss ethics in a health care organization. Include the following:
o What are the organizations goals? How are they tied to its ethical principles? Describe the role and importance of the corporations ethical values.
o What is the relationship between the organizations culture and ethical decision-making?
o Is it important that the organizations ethical values support your ethical values? Explain.
o Is there a social responsibility for the organization in the community? Explain and provide examples.
Include at least three sources in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Discussion Questions
How might health care managers become sensitive to administrative ethical issues?
What are the roles ethics committees and institutional compliance offices play in administrative ethical issues?
Should IECs act as institutional watchdogs? Why or why not?
What are managerial responsibilities related to administrative ethical issues, such as patient confidentiality (HIPAA)?
Week 4
Week 4 Individual Assignment: Administrative Ethics Paper
Resource: Administrative Ethics Paper Grading Criteria on your student website.
Find a current administrative issue in a newspaper, magazine, or journal article relating to topics such as patient privacy, confidentiality, or HIPAA.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that includes the following:
o Describe the issue and its impact on the population it affects most.
o What arguments or facts are used in the article to support the proposed solution?
o What are the ethical and legal issues reported for your administrative issue?
o Explain the managerial responsibilities related to administrative ethical issues. If none were stated, what should have been done?
o Identify any proposed solutions.
o Be prepared to discuss your findings in class.
Include at least three sources in your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Discussion Questions
Must physicians meet their patients' demands for aid in dying through active means?
Do patients who cannot assist in suicide have a right to voluntary active euthanasia?
What are some ethical issues related to releasing medical records to third parties?
What are some ethical dilemmas in selling organs and organ donation?
Week 5
Learning Team Assignment: Biomedical Presentation
Your team has been assigned to give a presentation to your organizations board of ethics. The team will discuss a current biomedical issue that faces your organization and its social responsibility toward the issue.
Resource: Biomedical Presentation Grading Criteria on your student website.
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that discusses the biomedical issue. Include the following:
o Describe a biomedical issue, such as stem cell research, cloning, privacy issues in research, harvesting embryos, quality-of-life issues, and so forth.
o What is the historical and current impact of the biomedical issue?
o Forecast the potential future of the issue and how might it change.
o What issues involve problems with consent?
o Explain the organizations ethical and social responsibility toward the community and its stakeholders.
Include at least three sources in your presentation.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Discussion Questions
What do you perceive as being the biggest ethical challenges facing health care managers in the future?
What is the relationship and impact that scarce resources have on administrative ethics?