Calling Of A

Health Care
Provider
 Health Care
Profession
Belongs to the ambience of
professional ethics
 PROFESSIONAL
ETHICS

what is right or wrong

for a person as a
member of a certain
professional or social
group
Health Care
Profession

•Loaded with a lot of sensitivities and

vulnerabilities since it deals with LIFE
•Respects both the issues of life and death
•Concerned with the living human person
in the context of HEALTH MAINTENANCE
•Abide to a lot of norms, principles,
theories and values as a person becomes
ill
•Aided of certain acceptable
guides in decision relative to
healthcare giving
The Client
•The summit of the
meaning of the
healthcare profession
•Justifies the essence
of the healthcare
provider’s profession
•Presumed to be
vulnerable
•Someone the healthcare
provider has to address
all his/her capabilities,
skills and
professionalism
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
•No ordinary
professional
•Duties and
responsibilities can’t
just be accomplished
by mere compliance of
those he/she is
expected to do
•Delicately undertakes to
deal with human life
•Cuts across race,
religion, affiliations,
culture, beliefs
•Does not have the legal
or moral right to choose
the kind of client he/she
will take care of
Health Care Provider -
Client Relationship
•Healthcare provider – client relationship is
regulated by established rules of
professional ethics
e.g. Nursing Ethics
•Paramount concern and responsibility of the
healthcare provider
The relationship established between patients
and health care providers is fiduciary in nature,
which means that it is based on trust.

The professional trusts the patient or client to

disclose all the information that may be relevant
to his or her condition or illness, and to be
truthful while disclosing it.
In return:
● the patient or client trusts the health care
professional to maintain high standards of
competence;
● to protect the confidentiality of private
information;
● to carry out his or her work in the best
interests of the patient rather than taking
advantage of the patient's vulnerability.
 Qualities and
Responsibilities
of Good Health
Care Provider
 The Health Care
Provider must show:

● Professionalism
● Empathy and
Compassion
● Communication
● Emotional Stability
● Passion for Helping
Others
● Respect the patient’s
TO rights
● Secure confidentiality
CLIENT
 ● Health professionals play a central
and critical role in improving access
and quality health care for the
population.
● health care providers create an
environment that responds to the
health care needs of the
community
● They provide essential services that
promote health, prevent diseases
and deliver health care services to
individuals, families and
TO communities based on the primary
SOCIETY health care approach.
 ● Abide to PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
● Must always shows professionalism
at all times
● Attends trainings and seminars for
self improvement

*** professional ethics is to assure

clients that professional services will be
rendered in accordance with
reasonably high standards and
acceptable moral conduct. This
confidence enables professionals to
TO ITS exercise relatively independent
PROFESSION judgments in decisions affecting clients.
Save one life, you’re a hero. Save
100 lives, you’re a nurse.
- Anonymous -