Critical Ethical Issues in healthcare

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 600700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

• Discuss the ethical role of a manager in a long-term care facility when faced with a family decision to withhold nutrition and fluids to a terminal and semicomatose patient.
  • Refer to Hodgson's ethical decision-making framework or other ethical decision-making frameworks of your choice.

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

• What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
• What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
• What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
• What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.