Saint Leo University HCM540 ALL DISCUSSIONS

Discussion Module 1 Do you think that you should have a foundation in ethics if you are involved in health care? How does this relate to the Saint Leo University core value of excellence? Explain your answer. Module 2 What do you think is the role of the health care professional in relation to abortion? Module 3 What are the ethical theories that support making a treatment decision for a patient even when he or she does not want treatment? Module 4 What principles of ethics will you consider when responding to a patient’s request for assisted-suicide? Module 5 Do you think that patient advocates or community members should be included on ethics committees? Why? Module 6 Do you think that the federal mandate of having all health care provider and organizations to incorporate an Electronic Health Record by 2014 is a realistic mandate? As a health care manager, what are some of the concerns you might have in doing so? Explain your answer. Module 7 Do you think that funds spent on disaster drills and exercises are worth the expenditures? How can you defend your answer from an ethics standpoint? Module 8 What are the most valuable and important ethical lessons you learned from this course?