Ethics

While volunteering at a hospital, you see a resident physician take some medications and medical devices from the storage room and put them into a gym bag. What would you do?

Main Idea

The main idea here is to not jump to any conclusions but to remain professional and discuss the different sides of the issue.

In this scenario, I would be sure to not jump to any conclusions. The resident physician is likely taking those materials to help treat patients. However, the nature of the scenario is quite unusual. For instance, I would be concerned about how sanitary something like a gym bag might be. It may harbor germs that may contaminate the medical devices which may cause problems for patients, especially immuno-suppressed. Furthermore, the nature of some... (+ 116 words)

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Do not rapidly jump to the conclusion that the physician is stealing.