To be involved in counselling is to be involved in ethics. Analyse a real-live case study in Singapore to explain the moral justifications and its limitations.
Apply, Using 8-Step ethical decision making model on how the matter may be resolved.
In an essay format, describe counselling interventions to Dr. Susan Lim using the 8-step ethical decision making model. You are expected to identify her moral dilemma(s) as you may perceive as the counsellor and guide her towards making a moral decision. As a medical professional, she was charged by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for excessive charging of professional fees.
Task:
1. Explore the full story of the case relating to Dr. Susan Lim and from any related sources to conceptualise the key issues surrounding this case. Please read the relevant sources in order to have an overview of the case. The immediate stakeholders are Dr. Susan Lim, Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and the Brunei family. You NEED to read the sources related to this case. An example of a source can be taken from: http://johnharding.com/2011/03/dr-susan-lims-threatening-letter-to-foreign-minister-george-yeo/.
2. You may assume that the newspaper reports are factually correct.
3. As the attending counsellor, you are expected to identify the specific moral dilemma(s) Dr. Susan lim may face.
4.Apply, using the 8-step ethical decision model to explain how you can help Dr. susan lim resolve her moral dilemma and to arrive to a moral decision.
5. Defend and critique the moral position of Dr Susan Lim using TWO of the moral theories taught in this module. You are expected to identify the limitations of the theory chosen.
6. Do provide a simple introduction and conclusion for this essay.
7.Do use clear paragraphing to identify and support your answers.
8. Correctly reference all works used in the creations of your essay (minimum 10) and provide in text citation of the location in essay you have use for this work.
Criteria:
Introduction and Background:
Must be clear and succinct conceptualisation of the case study, summarise the case and cite the source.
Applications of theories:
Moral theories are correctly identified. Adequate and correct application of moral theories.
Evaluation of Theories:
Identifies and explains correctly the limitations of moral theories, no need citation for this.
Ethical decision making:
Each step of the model appropriately applied, demonstrates sensitivity to positions of different stakeholders (SMC), family and susan.
Word length:
2000 and not exceeding 2100words
Organisation:
Content must be well organized with clear paragraphing. Each paragraphing support one or two key ideas.
Citation & referencing:
in-text citation done according to APA format with no mistake. Referencing follow APA formats with no mistake as well. Sufficient and authoritative resources referenced.