A baby is born with anencephaly What are the ethical issues are involved? How do the principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmalfeasance, and justice manifest themselves? If you were called as an ethical consultant, what would you do/recommend?

The ethical issue that come into play pis to ensure patient's health should be given utmost priority void of providing any form of discomfort to patient

In principle of autonomy,F a patient or patient's parents/family member should be well aware of the fact pertaining to the decision(s) they are taking for the patient and also, the potential risks involve with decision

In principle of beneficence,F the health care member should take care of all procedures that is involved in order to provide better health for the patient with anencephaly.

In principle of , ensure the patient does not sustain any kind of harm during the entire procedure.

In principle of justice, issue the new technology or ideas that are going to benefit patients (incliding those with anencephaly and society at large) equally.

Explanation:

Anencephaly is a condition that is present at birth (birth defect). It affects the brain and skull bones. With this condition, the brain is not fully formed. It often lacks part or all of the cerebrum. The cerebrum is the area of the brain used for thinking, seeing, hearing, touch, and movement. There is also no bone on the back of the head. Bones may also be missing on the front and sides of the head. There might be absence of entire brain above the brainstem. .

The ethical issues that can come into play in this scenario is the respect of autonomy of your patient rights for the purpose of providing good treatment to the patient. Such that the patient's health should be given utmost priority void of providing any form of discomfort to patient. Also, the facilities which ate provided should be equal for all group of patient.

For autonomy, a patient or patient's parents/family member should be well aware of the fact pertaining to the decision(s) they are taking for the patient and also, the potential risks involve with decision. In this case, the child cannot take any decision. Decision will be done solely by parents, therefore they must be aware.

For beneficence, the health care member should take care of all procedures that is involved in order to provide better health for the patient with anencephaly.

For nonmalfeasance, ensure the patient does not sustain any kind of harm during the entire procedure.

Under justice, issue the new technology or idea that is going to benefit the patient with anencephaly and society at large. It should be equally given to patients with similar issues. According to this, all medical benefits that can aid anencephaly in this case should be given to all patients.