Clinical Ethics
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Clinical ethics can be defined as structured approaches that help professionals in the health center to identify analyses and resolve ethical issues that arise in the course of their medical practice. A clinical dilemma may occur where a physician may be required to choose between two or more options that are morally accepted. The choice one option automatically prevents the choosing of the other. In a situation where I was required to terminate life-sustaining treatment for a patient, I was worried that if I did it, I would go contrary to the wishes of the patient since he hadn’t stated what he wanted. Some of the considerations that I took into account for me to come up with the best solution were the opinions of the next of kin and the family concerning the matter and the probability of the patient ever getting better and supporting his own life. The family was worried about the rising medical bills, and they also wanted to give their patients more time to see if he would wake up. On the other hand, considering the critical situation of the patient, the possibility of him waking up was so low. So I honestly explained the case to the family, and they agreed that I should terminate the life-sustaining treatment.
Clinical medicine is often filled with uncertainty, and often, there is no one correct answer. A physician will have to confront difficult ethical dilemmas during the line of duty. The fears that a physician may have concerning the confrontation of a dilemma include disclosing the truth to a patient about his or her disease that has no cure and possibility it is at the worst stage. The physician, when required to terminate a life-sustaining treatment, this may create fear in that he would act contrary to his religion. Physicians are therefore required to evaluate carefully the options that they have to make the correct choice.