Two major ethical theories can be used broadly to describe moral issues in health care. Whereas ethics theories are quite broad, ethical principles are much more specific. Six ethical principles are commonly recognized, regardless of the ethical theory one chooses to apply. After contemplating an ethical problem, a person may decide what right course of action to follow. Type A ethical distress describes the situation in which a person can identify the barrier to his or her course of action.
Ethical distress is but one kind of ethical problem.
Explore the practical alternatives. Complete the action. Case Description A series of incidents which could be perceived as constituting sexual harassment occurred during a graduate exercise physiologist's one-month teaching internship. On the guest instructor's second day at the host college, a female student in one of the guest instructor's courses passed by him and said, Hi big guy as she patted him on the shoulder. This served as their first introduction.