My Value, And Values In Health Care

My Values and Morals
Value to me is what a person thinks of as important and the worth they place on that importance. Value means in regards to society, as it is defined by Dictionary.com, (2016), “the ideals, customs, institutions, etc., of a society toward which the people of the group have an affective regard. These values may be positive, as cleanliness, freedom, or education, or negative, as cruelty, crime, or blasphemy”. Social values for me goes hand in hand with my morals which have been influenced by my family, “my parents have instilled their value in me…hard work, determination, and perseverance; they have shown me that anything is possible”, (Laird-Magee, Gayle, & Preiss, 2015), my upbringing, culture both financial and ethnic, ancestral traditions,

They are important in health care as patients want to be treated with value, compassion and by an ethical standard of respect that they deserve, “wellness depends on fairness, and not just the interpersonal kind but also the distributive, procedural, cultural and organizational”, (Duff, Rubenstein, & Prilleltensky, 2016). If we as medical professionals cannot act with integrity, we cannot treat patients with dignity, and if we cannot display accountability for our actions, then mistakes are likely to be repeated but now with malice. Ethical behavior in health care is important as we need to treat all people with humility and respect, “so whatever you wish that other would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets”, (Matthew 7:12 ESV). Unfortunately, in today’s society, instead of integrity, and accountability and proper ethical behavior, employers in the health care industry along with other industries have to mandate courses from their employees on compliance and ethics. This should be a given especially when it comes to the health care of