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13 Cards in this Set
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BENEFICENCE |
Means charity and imposes the responsibility to seek good for the patient under all circumstances. |
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CAPACITY |
Is the determination that the patient is capable of making a sound decision to accept or to withhold care. |
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NONMALEFICENCE |
Is the principle that requires therapists to avoid or refrain from harm and is often viewed as the opposite of beneficence. |
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VERACITY |
Means truth. This principle implies that practitioners should tell patients the truth at all times. |
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AUTONOMY |
Is the right and the ability to govern one's self. It allows patients to make decisions about the medical treatment they will receive and decide which treatments they do not wish to receive. |
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CONFIDENTIALITY |
Ensures that the information entrusted to healthcare professionals in the line of duty is not revealed to others except when necessary to carry out their duties. ***Confidentiality is the most violated of the ethical principles and has become more difficult to maintain due to technologic advances. *** |
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DOUBLE EFFECT |
the difference between beneficence and nonmaleficence. Means doing something that may hurt the patient now, but will make them better in the long run. ex. surgery, drawing blood gasses, getting a flu shot. |
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PATIENT CARE PARTNERSHIP |
outlines the rights and responsibilities of patients regarding their medical care. |
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JUSTICE |
Deals with fairness and equity in the distribution of scarce resources, such as time, services, equipment, and money.
(affordable healthcare act has attempted to do this...) |
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THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE |
States that the individual most needing the resources should be helped, even if others are not helped.
** As managed care grows, so will the ethical dilemmas associated with justice.** |
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ROLE FIDELITY |
Implies an obligation or faithfulness to duty.
*** Each practitioner has a duty to practice within a scope of practice, that is usually set by tradition or by the state legislature that regulates healthcare practice. |
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WHAT ARE THE 8 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE?... |
* Beneficence * Capacity * Nonmaleficence * Veracity * Autonomy * Confidentiality * Justice * Role fidelity |
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What is ethics? |
A decision making process, and in that process societies and individuals make decisions regarding what is right and wrong |
