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Ethics
Morale is what is right and wrong
Ethics addresses questions about morality
Refers to the rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession
Ethics cannot derive from a single religion butt religion can enhance one's eithical views
Ethical relativism
Each person must decide how to behave whatever decision that person makes is ok
Deontological method
People should just fulfill their duties
Cosequentialism
Actions can be judged good or bad but they can only decide if they're good or bad after the consequences of those actions have been evaluated
Beneficence
Doing good paramedics obligation to patient
Nonmaleficence
Doing no harm paramedic obligated to minimize risk as much as possible
Autonomy
Competent adult patients have the right to determine what happens to their own body
Justice
Paramedics obligation to treat all patients fairly
resolving ethical conflicts
Institutional review boards
Protect rights of subjects in research projects
Impartiality test
Would you be willing to undergo a procedure or action if you were in the patient's place
Universalizability test
Would you want the action performed in all similar circumstances
Interpersonal justifiability test
Can you defend or justify your actions to others
Professional relations
Healthcare professional paramedic answers to patient
Physician extender paramedic answers to physician medical director
As an employee paramedic answers to EMS system
Disagreement in paramedic to physician relationship
Physician order something paramedic believes is contraindicated
Physician order something paramedic believes is medically acceptable but is not in the patient's best interest
Physician order something paramedic believes is medically acceptable but morally wrong
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