Deontological moral systems

Healthcare

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Deontological moral systems are exemplified by a focus on devotion to free moral duties or rules. To make the right moral choice, it is necessary to understand what moral duties are and the correct rules that exist to control those duties by following our duty, we behave morally. When we do not follow our duties, we behave immorally. Naturally in whichever deontological system, our rules, obligations, and duties are always determined by God. Therefore, being moral is a matter that involves obeying God.

Deontological moral systems stress reasons why some events are performed. Basically following the right moral rules is usually not enough; instead, we should have the proper motivations. Deontological ethics are usually concerned with people’s actions, and not concerned with consequences of their actions.

Do right things.

Do them because they are the right things to do.

Do not do a wrong thing.

Avoid it because it is wrong.

In this form of ethics actions cannot be justified by showing that it had a good consequence that is why it is at times referred to ‘non-Consequentiality’. By circumcising newly born babies;

You follow what is right as it is seen to be a religious ritual that started among Jews and later Muslims.

Consequentialism is based on two principles:

Whether the act is wrong or right depends on the outcome of that act only

The more good outcomes an act produces, the more right or better that act is.

By circumcising newly born, there are at times issues of bleeding and infection and therefore endangering the baby’s life.

Risk adjustment can be defined to mean using information from patient-level to clarify variations in the health care’s spending, utilization of resource, and the health outcomes within a fixed time interval, like a year.” It is necessary to have risk adjustment for various reasons but the major use in a lot of countries is on sponsor payments to the health plans.

References

Austin ,C. Deontology and Ethics: What is Deontology, Deontological Ethics? Ethics as

Obedience to Duty and God: Is Being Ethical just Being Obedient?

http://atheism.about.com/od/ethicalsystems/a/Deontological.htm

Randall P. (2007) Risk adjustment in health care markets: concepts and applications

Boston University

http://sws.bu.edu/ellisrp/EllisPapers/2007_Ellis_Riskadjustment25.pdf