G&d(Ost528)-Ethics And Advocacy-Dr.williams(Scribe27)

Front 1

What are the 4 fundamental ethical principles?

Back 1

1.avoid harm (malefolence)
2.do good (beneficience)
3.respect personal choice (autonomy)
4.seek fairness (justice)

Front 2

What do the following describe?
1.Prevention of disease and injury and the promotion & maintenance of health
2.Relief of pain and suffering caused by maladies
3.Care and cure of those with a malady, and care of those who cannot be cured
4.Avoidance of premature death and the pursuit of a peaceful death

Back 2

Proper goals of medicine

Front 3

Why is the court as a means of solving ethical dilemma like a rolling cannon on a loose ship?

Back 3

B/c should use committes instead

Front 4

Treatment is not mandated under what 3 conditions?

Back 4

1.Infant is dying and treatment will not significantly prolong life
2.Infant is totally unresponsive to its environment and will remain so in spite of treatment
3.Infant is critically ill and treatment is unlikely to be beneficial

Front 5

What is ethics?

Back 5

Search for common ground, peaceful means for settling differences

Front 6

All of the following are what?
1.Omnicient
2.Omnipercipient
3.Dispassionate
4.Disinterested
5.Consistent

Back 6

The qualities of an ideal ethical decision maker

Front 7

What are the qualities of personhood?

Back 7

1.Awareness of self
2.Ability to interact with others
3.Recognition of preferences
4.Capability for choice

Front 8

Consciousness maintained by a connection btwn reticular activating system and cortex. Resp. system and motor function fully functional. What type of brain does this refer to?

Back 8

Healthy brain

Front 9

Apnea, all reflexes absent. What type of brain does this refer to?

Back 9

Dead brain

Front 10

-Cough, gag, swallow impaired; short survival--measured in weeks or months, can become normal, die, veggie state, or locked-in syndrome
What type of brain does this refer to?

Back 10

Comatose brain

Front 11

Cough, gag, swalllow preserved; survival measure in years--awake but unaware--must wait a year for diagnosis--about 10,000 in US at this time--wake but unaware
What type of brain does this refer to?

Back 11

Persistently vegetative brain (PVS)

Front 12

Conscious, but nearly completely paralyzed.
What type of brain?

Back 12

Locked in brain

Front 13

Cognitive function and social interaction severly impaired. Motor intact. What type of brain?

Back 13

Demented brain

Front 14

In summary, what do we need?

Back 14

Good facts, a clear process, and a decision on who should make decisions. In most cases, parents make good decisions for their children.