Healthcare Ethics, also known as Medical Ethics, refers to the application of certain core principles for making appropriate medical and healthcare decisions. This is a multidisciplinary approach which helps to view complex medical issues and give recommendations for taking further course of action. One of the biggest challenges faced in healthcare is maintaining the increasingly tenuous relationship amongst the primary stakeholders-patients, payers and care providers. Reduced trust amongst the stakeholders impacts the nature of interactions and communications which results in a breakdown. Consumer-driven healthcare calls for increased participation of patients for making care decisions. For this, they need access to transparent and adequate information on costs and quality of care for making ethical decisions while choosing the best options. Healthcare Ethics Principles Autonomy - Autonomy pertains to the patient’s right to retain ...