IHP 420 – Ethical & Legal Considerations

IHP 420 Milestone Two Guidelines and RubricOverview: The final case study for this course will require you to analyze a court decision in which a physician was found liable for medical malpractice. You will
focus on facts pertaining to the medical standard of care, breach of care, and causation, and you will explain how they were applied to law. You will then use the
facts of the case to identify an ethics issue and determine an ethical theory that would help provide a safe, quality healthcare experience for the patient. Next,
you will apply a clinician–patient shared decision­making model to describe how the ethics issue could be resolved. You will also include a discussion about
possible violations of the code of ethics in your given field. Lastly, you will augment or vary the facts of the case to create a hypothetical scenario that changes
the outcome so that the physician is no longer liable for medical malpractice.
Prompt: In this project, you will continue to analyze the Iturralde v. Hilo Medical Center USA court case involving medical malpractice. For this milestone, you
will use the facts from the case to identify an ethics issue, determine an ethical theory that would help provide a safe and quality healthcare experience for the
patient, and apply a clinician–patient shared decision­making model.
III.
Ethical Component: In this section, you will evaluate the case to identify the specific ethical issues and determine ethical theories and shared decision­
making models that would help resolve the issue and provide a safe, quality healthcare experience. Then, you will propose and defend ethical guidelines
for healthcare providers to follow in order to avoid future incidents.
A. Describe the ethical issues that led to the malpractice case and explain why the issues are credited with causing the incident. Support your
response with research and relevant examples from the case.
B. Describe an ethical theory that would help resolve the issue and provide a safe, quality healthcare experience for the patient. Support your
response with research and relevant examples from the case.
C. Select a physician–patient shared decision-making model and explain how it would provide a safe, quality healthcare experience for the patient
D. Propose ethical guidelines that would have helped prevent the incident and would help the organization prevent future incidents.
E. Defend how your proposed ethical guidelines will hold healthcare providers accountable to themselves, their profession, their patients, and the
public.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 2­ to 3­page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, one­inch margins, and at least three
sources cited in the most recent APA format. All references should be formatted according to the most recent APA guidelines.
Critical Elements
Ethical Component:
Ethical Issues
Proficient (100%)
Describes the ethical issues that
led to the malpractice case and
explains why the issues are
credited with causing the
incident, and supports with
research and relevant examples
Ethical Component:
Ethical Theory
Describes an ethical theory that
would help resolve the issue
and provide a safe, quality
healthcare experience for the
patient, and supports with
research and relevant examples
from the case
Ethical Component:
Shared DecisionMaking Model
Selects a physician–patient
shared decision­making model
and explains how it would
provide a safe, quality
healthcare experience for the
patient
Ethical Component:
Ethical Guidelines
Proposes ethical guidelines that
would have helped prevent the
incident and would help the
organization prevent future
incidents
Ethical Component:
Defend
Defends how the proposed
ethical guidelines will hold
healthcare providers
accountable to themselves,
their profession, their patients,
and the public
Needs Improvement (70%)
Describe the ethical issues that
led to the malpractice case and
explains why the issues are
credited with causing the
incident, but description lacks
details or does not support with
research and relevant examples
Describes an ethical theory that
would help resolve the issue
and provide a safe, quality
healthcare experience for the
patient, but description lacks
detail, is illogical, or does not
support with research or
relevant examples
Selects a physician–patient
shared decision­making model
and explains how it would
provide a safe, quality
healthcare experience for the
patient, but explanation lacks
detail
Proposes ethical guidelines that
would have helped prevent the
incident and would help the
organization prevent future
incidents, but proposal is
cursory
Defends how the proposed
ethical guidelines will hold
healthcare providers
accountable to themselves,
their profession, their patients,
and the public, but defense
lacks detail or is illogical
Not Evident (0%)
Does not describe the ethical
issues that led to the
malpractice case and does not
explain why the issues are
credited with causing the
incident
Value
18
Does not describe an ethical
theory that would help resolve
the issue and provide a safe,
quality healthcare experience
for the patient
18
Does not select a physician–
patient shared decision­making
model and does not explain
how it would provide a safe,
quality healthcare experience
for the patient
18
Does not propose ethical
guidelines that would have
helped prevent current and
future incidents
18
Does not defend how the
proposed ethical guidelines will
hold healthcare providers
accountable to themselves,
their profession, their patients,
and the public
18
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total
100%