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16 Cards in this Set
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Autonomy |
Person's self-reliance, independence, liberty, rights, privacy, individual choice, freedom of will, and self-contained ability to decide. |
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Beneficence |
Doing of good; active promotion of goodness, kindness, and charity. |
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Confidentiality |
Belief that health related information about individual patients should not be revealed to others; maintenance of privacy. |
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Ethical Dilemmas |
Situations requiring moral judgement between two or more equally problem-fraught alternatives; two or more competing moral norms are present, creating a challenge about what to do. |
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Ethics |
Systematic study of rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character as known by natural reason. |
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Fidelity |
Strict observance of promises or duties; loyalty and faithfulness to others. |
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Justice |
Equitable, fair or just conduct in dealing with others. |
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Morals |
Generally accepted customs, principles, or habits of right living and conduct in a society and the individuals practice in relation to these. |
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Nonmaleficence |
Ethical principle that places high value on avoiding harm to others. |
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Values |
Ideals and customs of a society toward which the members of a group have an affective regard; a value may be a quality desirable as an end in itself. |
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Veracity |
Duty to tell the truth and avoid deception. |
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Assault |
Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on the person of another, when coupled with the apparent present ability to do so,and any intentional display of force such as would give the victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm. |
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Battery |
Any unlawful touching of another that is without justification or excuse. |
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Defamation |
Holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respectable and considerable part of the community. |
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False Imprisonment |
Conscious restraint of the freedom of a person without proper authorization, privilege, or consent. |
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Fraud |
Intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing a person to rely on false information to his or her detriment. |
