What is the leading ethical issue in Healthcare?

Answer 1

The right to die,( as in with dignity and comfort,) and weather health-care providers should or can play a part in it...........
Although Advance directives don't eliminate issues, they are helpful to not only health-care providers but family members that maybe divided on what they think/want to be done.
You decide what you want done at a time when you are able, what kinds of measures you want taken to sustain your life when there are no chances of recovery, or if you are medically considered "brain dead" << this being you are no-longer able to live without life support. Otherwise a family member must make this decision, and not all family members agree.
This has nothing to do with a person who is still alert, able to make decisions, and living in a vegetative state,who's quality of life, or will live in extreme pain, who has no chance of living without life support, the right to have health-care assist with ending their life.

Answer 2

I agree that one of the leading issues in todays health systems is how society, health care professionals, patients, and family deal with end of life issues. To be perfectly honest, dying patients should not be dealt with in the healthcare arena. I posed a similiar question awhile back.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnKdy6KDJyB_mrW12RTF7u3sy6IX?qid=20060618001620AATOvBZ

Oh by the way, I really hate the idea of patients being consumers. For those people who think they are consumers, I commend you on you gluttonous consumption of health care.

Answer 3

Whether MD's should be measured and judged based on firm standards of competence with public reporting and oversight.

That's my leading issue, anyway.

Another one is the fundamental contradiction between the Hippocratic Oath and the capitalist system.

Then there's the incestuous relationships of MD's, drug companies, hospitals and insurance companies.

Answer 4

There is no more important ethical issue in healthcare than: WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE IN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAVE IT???!!!!! HELLOOOOO!!!!!

Answer 5

One of them it may be discontinuing treatment for hopeless conditions when the treatment is doing more harm than good, i.e., prolonging a hopeless and ultimately fatal conditon.

Answer 6

my seven stitches fee me $a million,one hundred. why became that bill so intense? i am going to't manage to pay for my deductible or no longer to prepare the weekly price to acquire coverage. my sister won't be able to get coated because she is already ill. no preexisting circumstances.

Answer 7

billing for services not provided to the consumer.

Answer 8

cost containment, ie cost of services per patient.

Answer 9

who needs what organs