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Certificate of Achievement

Dr. Naraginti Amareswaran Reddy

has completed the following course:

Ethical Decision-Making in Care

University of Exeter and University of Surrey

The course provided an introduction to ethical decision-making in care, engaging with three approaches: the Four Principles Approach, a Virtue Ethics Approach, and a Human Rights Approach. Engagement with these approaches was enabled by scenarios relating to midwifery care, care of a sick child, health promotion/public health and learning disabilities, care of an older adult and their own pandemic care experiences. Participants utilised a decision-making framework to integrate their learning.

4 weeks, 2 hours per week

Professor Ann Gallagher

Academy of Nursing

University of Exeter

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explain the meaning of 'ethics' in relation to care
  • Explain how ethics differs from related concepts
  • Explain The Four Principles Approach to care ethics
  • Apply the Four Principles to a midwifery scenario
  • Identify why ethics in care now receives a lot of media attention
  • Describe human rights frameworks that impact on care-giving
  • Evaluate the role of human rights in care
  • Apply insights in human rights to decision-making regarding disagreements in care
  • Describe the key elements of Virtue Ethics
  • Identify moral problems that arise in care
  • Debate the usefulness of Virtue Ethics in relating to care-recipient choices
  • Apply Virtue Ethics to public health decision-making
  • Identify ethical aspects of an elder care scenario
  • Compare and contrast three different ways of analysing an elder care scenario
  • Apply a Deliberative Framework to care-giving scenarios
  • Discuss the role of ethical decision-making in care during a pandemic
  • Reflect on your learning from this course

Issued on 22nd June 2022

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Ethical Decision-Making in Care

University of Exeter