Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks

Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks provide structured approaches for navigating moral dilemmas, essential for Zambian tertiary health leaders. This topic covers steps such as identifying the ethical issue, considering stakeholders, evaluating alternatives using ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice), making a decision, and implementing it. Students apply these frameworks to real-world Zambian healthcare scenarios involving resource allocation or patient confidentiality. Mastery of this process is crucial for exams and for upholding professional integrity, ensuring leaders make transparent, principled choices that protect patient rights and promote fairness within Zambia's health system.