This course will review and critically examine the professional codes of ethics of a variety of health-related professions: medicine, nursing, dentistry, social work, chaplaincy, risk management, and allied health. We will examine the growth of professionalism as a movement and answer questions related to this topic.
Outcomes: Understand what is a profession, what are professional ethics; Difference between common morality and professional ethics, and difference between applied ethics and professional ethics; We will also discuss whether a pan-professional ethics code is needed for the health care professions.
Outcomes: Understand what is a profession, what are professional ethics; Difference between common morality and professional ethics, and difference between applied ethics and professional ethics; We will also discuss whether a pan-professional ethics code is needed for the health care professions.