UAE CMCT01 E-learning _ Insurance

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

 You authorise a medical test to ensure a Client`s recovery: Principle of Beneficence  You do with the full knowledge that the test will result in pain and discomfort to the Client: Principle of Non-malfeasance  The Principles of Beneficence and Non-malfeasance are in conflict with one another (they are inconsistent)  You must make an ethical prioritisation between the two (2) options (of action) that is in the best interests of the Client  Option 1: Authorise the medical test  Option 2: Refrain from causing harm (pain) and forgo the test