1.4 Ethical and Legal Issues Flashcards
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Legislation
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- Determines what is right and good in society
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Bioethics
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- Ethics in the scope of medicine, nursing, and allied health
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Ethics
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- Philosophy that deals with systemic approaches to distinguish right and wrong behaviors
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Moral Behavior
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- Critical thinking on how an individual should treat others
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Values
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- Personal beliefs about what is important and desirable
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Values Clarification
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- Self-exploration where people rank their own personal values
- Important for nurses to explore to evaluate their own decisions
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Right
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- Legally recognized claim or entitlement that includes freedom from government and interference or discriminatory treatment.
- Entitlement to a benefit or service
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Absolute Right
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- An absolute right when there are no restrictions on the individuals entitlement
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Legal Right
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- A right that has been formerly agreed upon by Law
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Utilitarianism
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- Theory that promotes actions based on end results that produce the most good (happiness) for most people.
- GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE
- Promoting happiness is right and promoting unhappiness is wrong
- Ethical decisions should be based on the end result
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Kantianism
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- Decisions and actions are bound by a sense of duty
- Sense of duty determines right and wrong (instead of end result like utilitarianism)
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Christian Ethics
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- Do to others as you would have them done to you
- Focused on love and forgiveness
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Natural Law theories
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- Do good and avoid evil
- Human nature and knowledge determine right and wrong
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Ethical Egoism
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- Decisions are based on what is best for the individual making that decision
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Ethical Dilemma
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- Requires individual to make a choice between 2 unfavorable options
- Arises when there is no clear reason to choose one option over the other
- TAKING NO ACTION IS CONSIDERED TAKING AN ACTION