Analysis of the Scenario "The Decision Point"

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noun-attention-4961796 Spoiler Alert — This page provides an analysis of the scenario. It shall help players or educators who have found an own approach to the scenario's problem and now want to compare it to a broader picture. It should not be read before playing the scenario.

Reference solution

Info This section repeats the proposed solution provided with the game (i.e. on the game cards).

Moral Questions

  1. From an ethical perspective, should the
physician accept the specialty fellowship?
  2. Is it ethical for the patients to demand that
their treatment be continued in this context?

Final Actions

Prohibited

  • It is not ethical to withdraw completely from providing mental health care, knowing that no one else will fill your role.

Maybe allowed

  • It may be ethically permissible to seek means to substitute for the physician's role in the care of the patient population so that the physician can accept the specialization grant.
  • It may be ethically permissible to seek means to facilitate structural educational change independent of the physician's specialization.

Permissible

  • It is ethically permissible to continue treatment of the patients.

Further reflections

Info This section provides further reflections on aspects of the problem that are not discussed in the short solution provided with the game. This shall help players to think further or to understand how their own solutions fit within a larger picture.

noun-traffic-cone-736151 This page is still work in progress. We will add the missing content as fast as possible, but we prefer to produce a useful analysis before we publish it.
 

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