Communicable Diseases in the Workplace
  1. Objectives
    1. Identify the ethical issues encountered when the health care worker (HCW) has a communicable disease or the patient they are encountering has a communicable disease.
    2. Discuss resolutions for the ethical dilemmas identified in the workplace.
    3. Recognize why all communicable diseases are not treated alike regarding societal impact, health care policy, and health care financing.
  1. Background information on communicable diseases
    1. Hepatitis
    2. Tuberculosis
    3. Ebola virus
    4. HIV/AIDS
  1. Ethical Issues
    1. Public health safety versus individual rights
    1. Patient privacy
    2. Confidentiality
    3. Truth-telling
    4. Reporting/duty to warn
  1. Health Care Workers obligations and duties
  2. Health Policy