Health Care Ethics 3
You receive an email from the CEO asking to meet with you about the highly
contentious issue of whether to continue having labor and delivery in the hospital. what
should be your response?
a) Thank you for including me. I will be there.
b) Perhaps we should stop providing the service.
c) I don't think it will have much impact. talk to you later.
d) I don't really have time to discuss this issue today. - ✔️✔️a) Thank you for including
me. I will be there.
As the new manager of the Social Services Department of a small hospital and a
member of the ethics committee, you have been asked to participate in an initial
discussion about whether or not to continue having labor and delivery in the hospital.
Which area(s) will you investigate as to the impact of such a decision? (select all that
apply)
a) The hospital.
b) The community.
c) Rival hospitals.
d) The patients. - ✔️✔️a) The hospital.
b) The community.
d) The patients.
You are meeting with the CEO and CFO to hear the details about the ethics committee
discussion on whether or not to continue providing labor and delivery at the rural
hospital. Which question(s) would be pertinent to ask (Select all that apply)
a) Is there any other Ob/Gyn that provide these services to our community?
b) What do the nurses think we should do?
c) Why are we thinking of discontinuing it?
d) Where's the next closest hospital that provides labor and delivery services? - ✔️✔️a)
Is there any other Ob/Gyn that provide these services to our community?
c) Why are we thinking of discontinuing it?
d) Where's the next closest hospital that provides labor and delivery services?
What types of questions should be asked when looking at alternatives (Select all that
apply)