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Healthcare Delivery, Chp. 9 - Ethics and Health Care

Healthcare Delivery, Chp. 9 - Ethics and Health Care

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  • Values, duties, morals, religion and law are involved with ethics. True or false?

    False; religion and law are not included.

  • What is ethics?

    It is the study of how a person out to behave based on standards of what is right and wrong.

  • What is morality?

    A belief system encompassing a person's values, beliefs and sense of duty and responsibility.

  • What are morals?

    What a person believes is right and wrong.

  • Ethics can be described as a person's collection of ___.

    Ethics can be described as a person's collection of morals.

  • ___ are obligations a person has in response to another's claims on him or her/

    Duties are obligations a person has in response to another's claims on him or her.

  • Health care providers have a moral and ethical duty to care for their patients in a competent manner. True or false?

    True.

  • Describe the teleological theory.

    An action is determined as right or wrong based on its results. Also known as consequence-based theory. Theoretically the "right" action should bring out the most benefit for the most people.

  • Describe the deontological theory.

    Demands that a moral and honest action is taken, regardless of the outcome. Deontology developed from the word "duty".

  • Describe the virtue ethics.

    Looks at the ethical character of the person making the decision, rather than at their reasoning. It states that a person of moral character will act wisely, fairly, and honestly and will uphold the principles of justice. Unlike teleological and deontological theories, it does not provide guidelines for decision making.

  • Describe the ethical principles relevant to health care.

    Beneficence: the act of doing good and being kind

    Nonmaleficence: causing no harm

    Double effect: choosing the option that causes the greatest good

    Respect: right to autonomy, truthfulness, not withholding info, honoring decisions

    Truthfulness: all patients have a right to the truth

    Fidelity: professionals must adhere to their codes of ethics (to be faithful)

    Justice: distributive, compensatory, procedural

  • What is the purpose of an ethics committee?

    A group of people who evaluate and make recommendations on perceived unethical acts. And provide guidance in making controversial medical decisions.

  • Withdrawing life saving measures is different from a DNR. True or false? Explain.

    True. Withdrawing life saving measures is where interventions the patient already was on is stopped (withdrawn), but a DNR is letting natural death occur without intervening. Usually for those who are critically ill.

  • What are the various categories of euthanasia?

    - Voluntary (MAID)

    - Involuntary (MURDER)- Active (MAID)

    - Passive (removing life support)

    - MAID

  • What are the two categories of MAID?

  • What are advanced directives?

    Instruction on the patient's treatments if they are unable to make these decisions at a later time.