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
- ethical principles
- conflict of interest
- end-of-life issues
- treatment issues (i.e., against medical advice)
- access to medical care.

Teacher Resource:

- Virginia Advance Directive for Health Care with Sections for Medical, Mental, and End-of-Life Health Care, VSB
- Virginia Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order Form

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 is DNR vs. DDNR? Who initiates this document?
- What resources are available at the end of life?
- Why might a patient refuse treatment?
- Who can refuse treatment?