Healthcare Obligations-Personal vs. Institutional

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CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT

Healthcare Obligations: Personal vs. Institutional

Questions

1. Do you think Dr. Jones should discuss her reservations about flu vaccines with her senior patients? Give three reasons why, or why not.

2. Do you think Dr. Jones has a greater moral obligation to her family to protect her job security or to the recommendations of the AMA Code of Ethics, which encourages physicians to help patients exercise their "right of self-decision" by providing them with enough information to enable an informed choice? Explain your reasoning.

3. Even if flu shots provide protection less than one-fourth of the time, is it ethically permissible for Dr. Jones to decide that protection for some patients is better than none? And, on that basis, decided not to discuss the potential benefits and harms of flu shots with her patients. Explain.

4. Do you think the AMA should promote open discussions about the efficacy of flu vaccines and support the development of blood tests that could predict that efficacy? Give three reasons why, or why not. What are the potential outcomes either way?

5. Both the AMA Code of Ethics and the World Health Organization endorse the primary "right of self-decision" of all patients regarding their health care. However, to foster "herd immunity," the bill SB 277 was recently passed in the state of California, mandating multiple doses of vaccinations for all students entering kindergarten. Do you think there is a way to reconcile these two opposing ethical goals? Explain.

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