Question

What is the "whistle blowers" law? How does it apply to Health care ethics?

Answer 1

.Whistle blowers law

Whistle blowers protection act of 1989 is a united states federal law that protects federal whistle blowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law,rules,or regulations,or mismanagement,gross wastes of funds,abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety,A federal agency violates the whistle blowers protection act if agency authorities take retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant.

.When it apply to health care ethics

The whistle blowing stems from the moral motive of preventing unnecessary harm to others.it is an ethical activity that tries to end wrongdoing.wrongdoing in health care varies from inappropriate behaviour to illegal action.whistle blowing can have negative consequences for the whistle blower,often in the form of bullying or retribution.Despite the wrong doing and negative tone of whistle blowing there is limited literature exploring them in healthcare.with increased attention being given to ethical issues throughout the healthcare organisation,it can be expected that, in the future the examples of potentially justified whistle blowing in healthcare will be focussed nearly as frequently on the business side of the organisation as on the clinical side.