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3. Philosophical Children
1.Select 1-2 of the ethical dilemmas below and document your decision-making process. You should identify and discuss the central ethical dimensions of the situation in about 700-800 words. Use Kohlberg’s stages to examine your own decision-making.
1.You are working as a nurse and note that a health care team member has made multiple mistakes in providing care for a patient that could threaten the health of the patient. How do you handle this situation?
2.Company policy forbids co-workers to become romantically involved. You go to the same place of worship as someone from another department, and you find yourself becoming attracted to this person. Do you pursue the relationship? Why or why not?
3.You are part of the healthcare team and your patient comes from a culture in which it is considered wrong to tell patients that they are dying. You’re unclear how to respond to a family’s request to conceal the truth from a dying patient. How do you handle this situation?
4.You are a physician and your colleagues think it is time to withdraw life support and let nature take its course, yet the dying patient’s family insists that you “do everything possible” to keep the patient alive. You’re unclear how to solve this problem and worry that “doing everything” might cause the patient pain and discomfort without offering any benefit. How do you handle this situation?
5.While in the restroom, you overhear your boss telling a colleague that a good friend and coworker of yours is going to be laid off in about two weeks’ time. Do you tell your friend that they are going to lose their job? Why or why not?
6.Your critically ill family member is in the hospital and the doctors and nurses are turning to you to make medical decisions on the patient’s behalf. You are unsure of what to do. What is your decision-making process?
7.You are a psychologist with a Jewish client who is in an unhappy marriage. The client’s rabbi approaches you soliciting help in working together to address the couple’s marital problems. The rabbi explains
that in orthodox Jewish communities, aid from a couple’s rabbi often proves a useful way to address marital problems. The rabbi begins asking you to share information that was revealed in sessions with your client. What factors inform your decision-making process? What would you do?