Title: Identify medical ethics relevant to health care.
Course: Medical Assistant I (14151-I) > Section: Applying Fundamental Principles of Health Care

Identification should include

- professional codes of ethics (e.g., physician, medical assistant, or nurse)
- Patient's Bill of Rights
- end-of-life issues
- treatment issues
- access to medical care.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a definition of ethics?
- What is the difference between law and ethics?
- Who determines what constitutes ethical behavior in the healthcare field?
- What ethical issues are important in the healthcare field?
- What influences ethical behavior?
- What paperwork relates to end-of-life issues?