Case Study: An affluent woman in her 60s was admitted to a hospital in
Mississippi for cardiac arrhythmia. During her admission to the
hospital, her husband requested that only Caucasian health care
professionals and workers should enter his wife’s room and interact with
the family. The hospital’s policy states that care will be provided on a
nondiscriminatory basis, however, the husband argues that all patients
have the right to choose the providers who render care to them. Based
on what you read in the Ethical Culture (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. slide show and the case study above,
answer the following questions: •How do culture, values, and ethics come
into play in this case study? •Reflect on the term “ethical wisdom”
used in the slide presentation. How might the use of ethical wisdom
assist in this case study? •If you were the leader of this hospital, how
would you handle this situation? Your initial post should be at least
300 words. Support your response with a minimum of two scholarly
sources.
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