Question: Assignment 1 Ethical Problem/ DilemmaPost-treatment, Patients, And Family Members Often Present Healthcare Practitioners And Staff With Gifts To Show Their Gratitude. Critics, However, Feel That Gifts Cheapen The Medical Practice And May Render Recipients To Become Driven Only By Them Which May Influence Their Judgement.It Is Your First Year Of Practice …

Assignment 1 Ethical problem/ Dilemma

Post-treatment, patients, and family members often presenthealthcare practitioners and staff with gifts to show theirgratitude. Critics, however, feel that gifts cheapen the medicalpractice and may render recipients to become driven only by themwhich may influence their judgement.

It is your first year of practice as a medical officeassistant, your patient Lin offered you a personal gift. Sure, youhad been the recipient of many gifts— flowers, chocolate candies,homemade food—but all had been shared with the entire staff. Thissituation was different: She gave you a personal gift. No note, noverbal thank-you—just a smile and a bow. You had first met Linabout 10 months before, when she was diagnosed with cancer. She hada devoted husband and 2 beautiful boys, both in elementary school;and barely spoke English.

You were the medical office assistant who helped herunderstand her diagnosis, and her complex 2-year chemotherapyprotocol, with all its adverse effects. She had just finished herinitial phase of intense treatment and was transitioning tomaintenance therapy.

• What would you do? Will you accept the gift as an act ofthank you from the patient or will you refuse it? Could the gift beviewed by others as a tip, bribe, or favor? Will accepting the giftchange your professional relationship with this patient or any ofyour other patients?

Check the Assignment’s Rubrics, and in 1 page try to:

1- Identify your ethical problem

2- Gather the facts

3- Identify the affected parties

4- Identify your options and their consequences

5- Decide which proper ethical action you will choose