Title: Professionalism A young doctor has been taking care of an 80-year-old woman for the past...

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Title: Professionalism A young doctor has been taking care of an 80-year-old woman for the past three years. She had a fall three years ago and has been mostly bed-ridden. She lives alone with just a care-taker. She mostly requires preventive care and the doctor makes house visits once a week. The doctor spends time talking to her each visit and makes her feel comfortable. One day during such a visit the patient expresses the view that her children have been ungrateful to her and that she intends to call her lawyer today and divide her assets between the doctor and the caretaker after her death. Analyse the situation keeping yourself in the place of this doctor and answer the following: (Key words: Honesty, trust, loyalty, fiduciary duty, beneficence, nonmaleficence, professionalism) a) Describe the ethical issue/problem in the given situation with the relevant ethical principles/theory. ((Trigger: Which principle (s) of ethics is (are) involved in a doctor patient relationship) b) What would you do in this situation? c) Explain the reason for your answer describing the theory of moral reasoning. Title: Professionalism A young doctor has been taking care of an 80-year-old woman for the past three years. She had a fall three years ago and has been mostly bed-ridden. She lives alone with just a care-taker. She mostly requires preventive care and the doctor makes house visits once a week. The doctor spends time talking to her each visit and makes her feel comfortable. One day during such a visit the patient expresses the view that her children have been ungrateful to her and that she intends to call her lawyer today and divide her assets between the doctor and the caretaker after her death. Analyse the situation keeping yourself in the place of this doctor and answer the following: (Key words: Honesty, trust, loyalty, fiduciary duty, beneficence, nonmaleficence, professionalism) a) Describe the ethical issue/problem in the given situation with the relevant ethical principles/theory. ((Trigger: Which principle (s) of ethics is (are) involved in a doctor patient relationship) b) What would you do in this situation? c) Explain the reason for your answer describing the theory of moral reasoning.

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