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A personal standard or what is right and wrong, good and bad in a situation

Morality

The reasoned analysis and disciplined inquiry of relationships underlying the moral code of a particular group

Ethics

Acting in a manner that is contrary to personal and professional values

Ethical distress

The freedom to make decisions about one's own body without the coercion or interference from others

Autonomy

The obligation to be fair to all people

Justice

"Truth-telling"

Veracity

Doing good will towards another

Beneficence

Protection from harm

Nonmaleficence

Right to be protected against intrusive contact from others

Privacy

Maintaining secrecy of patient information

Confidentiality

Faithfulness or promise-keeping

Fidelity

Requires a decision to be made from a disinterested, dispassionate, consistent viewpoint, with full information available and consideration of future consequences

Ideal observer

Making decisions on patient's behalf based on known wishes

Standard of best interest

Purposes of code of ethics

Inspire members to be ethical


Sensitize members to ethical issues


Enforce rules on group members


To help protect security

The ethical decision making process

1. Clarify the ethical dilemma


2. Gather additional data


3. Identify options


4. Make a decision


5. Act


6. Evaluate

Patient says "yes" or signs their name on the line

Expressed consent

Patient is unable to give consent so health care provider can decide if they would want it done

Implied consent