Ethics in Health Care

Among the many topics that I present to live audiences, ethics in one of my favorite and for many reasons. Many licensed healthcare professionals have to take so many hours in ethics annually, so I know people will show up! The audience sometimes tells me, “I need ethics hours, and I hope it’s not boring!” Well, none of my presentations are boring, but I find ethics to be one of the most exciting, interesting and debatable topic areas in health care today. We all know that ethics is the study of what is right or wrong and how to make better decisions that benefit our patients, clients or residents in long-term care. And this is why I find it interesting – what exactly is right or wrong? Who makes these decisions for others? Do our values, principles, and ethical compass change over time? How many things can go wrong in health care? See what I mean?

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