Jennifer Larson's Five Top Ethical Issues In Healthcare

“Public health is controversial because, depending upon how it is defined, it may challenge people’s values and demand sacrifices” (Schnieder 2017: 23). Although the overall goal is to create a policy that is inclusive of every group, this is almost impossible. It is impossible because there are too many conflicting views between each group. Public policy may also have a positive or a negative impact on the economy. One of the major conflict with public health policy is that it may be guided by religious beliefs. For example, issues such as AIDS, other sexual transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy, and low birth rates (20) are some of the major issues that end up being controversial when it comes to religion.
In an article in the New York

When members of congress, to include the president, will have to face the decision on what ethical implication with health care will effect, patients, providers, and healthcare leaders. In the article, “Five Top Ethical Issues in Healthcare,” by Jennifer Larson (2013) covers issues that leaders will be facing over the next several years. The first issue that leaders are facing is whether or not healthcare is both quality and efficient. If the proper values are driving the focus of the healthcare system this should not be an issue. However, with so many contradicting values having the proper balance between quality and efficiency may never be reached. The second issue is how to improve the care so that it is accessible to everyone. With such a large gap in those who can and those who cannot afford any health care; a better plan must be created to help those who cannot afford it. Thirdly, the controversy of building and sustaining the healthcare workforce of the future is brought up because there are not a lot of healthcare professionals ready to help those who are chronically ill or need other services. This is becoming a larger issue now, especially with the baby boomer generation aging. Along with the aging baby boomers, the changes with addressing end-of-life issues because a very ethical fight. This fight includes making the decision for the person, who will pay for the end-of-life care, and other issues that affect several people. The last main issue is allocating limited medications and donor organs to the right people. There are several shortages in different types of medication and organ donors and even with several advances, “the Food and Drug Administration still expects shortages to occur” (2013). All of these issues are current ethical issues the healthcare leaders face today, the next step for the leaders is how to solve them without over stepping ethical