2P - Ethics in OB GYN Practice Flashcards

1
Q

This is the basis for informed consent, truthtelling, and confidentiality.

A

Autonomy

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2
Q

covers the study of the
nature of morals and the specific moral choices to be
made

A

Ethics

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3
Q

answer the question, “Which
general moral norms for the guidance and evaluation
of conduct should we accept, and why?

A

Normative ethics

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4
Q

requires that doctors be properly
motivated by love for our patients, to do what is best
for them

A

Respect

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5
Q

involves responding to each patient as

an individual needs and openness

A

Sensitivity

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6
Q

we seek our patient’s permission for

every intervention we undertake

A

Permission

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7
Q

Which two principles implicates to do no hram

A

Beneficence and non maleficence

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8
Q

Demands that health care providers develop and
maintain skills and knowledge, continually update
training, consider individual circumstances of all
patients, and strive for net benefit.

A

beneficience

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9
Q

weigh the benefit against burdens of
all interventions and treatment, to rescue those
inappropriately burdensome, and to choose the
best course of action for the patient

A

non maleficence

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10
Q

the decision-making process must be free

of coercion or coaxing

A

Autonomy

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11
Q

In order for the patient to have autonomy, what should the patient understand?

A

Risk, benefits and likelihood of success of procedures

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12
Q

The idea that the burdens and benefits of new or
experimental treatments must be distributed equally
among all groups in society

A

Justice

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13
Q

our main

areas when evaluating justice

A

Fair distribution of scarce resources
Competing needs
Rights and obligations
Potential conflicts with established legislation

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14
Q

is a self-directed, integrated
organism that possesses the genetic endowment of
the human species Homo sapiens who has the
inherent active biological disposition for ordered
growth and development in a continuous seamless
maturation process

A

Living human being

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15
Q

A human embryo is a potential human being? T or F?

A

False

A human embryo is a HUMAN BEING WITH POTENTIAL

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16
Q

When does life begin?

A

At ferrilization

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17
Q

When does Full embryonic gene expression happen?

A

4th to 8th cellular division

18
Q

one of the concepts that brings anxiety, concerns and fear in many physicians

A

Informed consent

19
Q

informed consent arises from what concept?

A

Autonomy

20
Q

Requirements for Informed Consent

A
  • patient must be competent to understand and decide
  • patient must receive full disclosure comprehend
    the disclosure, act voluntarily, and consent to the proposed action
21
Q

is an important component of an
informed consent. In many instances, a notation in the
patient’s chart is sufficient and appropriate

A

Documentation

22
Q

If the patient refuses treatment, what should the physician document?

A

Informed refusal

  • The patient’s refusal to consent to treatment,
    test or procedure.
  • The reasons stated by the patient for refusal.
  • Documentation that the need for the
    procedure has been explained.
23
Q

A dying patient refuses treatment after explanation and sent home. what is the statement? informed refusal or home with good medical advice?

A

home with good medical advice

informed refusal for curable patients

24
Q

“active total
care of patients whose diseases are not
responsive to curative treatment”.

A

Palliative care

25
Q

Palliative care postpones death? T or F?

A

False

26
Q

implies absolute and incontrovertible
cessation of total brain function, including brain
stem function

A

Brain death

27
Q

implies absolute and incontrovertible
cessation of total brain function, including brain
stem function

A

15 weeks

28
Q

Whose good is considered for the prevention of maternal death in brain death condition assuming there is continuation of pregnancy?

A

Fetus

29
Q

When does pregnancy start and end?

A

Start at implantation and ends with either birth or abortion

30
Q

The partner’s consent must be considered with the patient’s request for sterilization? T or F?

A

False

31
Q

Abortion is a method of family planning? T or F?

A

False

32
Q

What crucial difference draws the line between profession and business?

A

Fiduciary duty

33
Q

This means that professionals have a
particularly stringent duty to assure that their
decisions and actions serve the welfare of their
patients or clients, even at some cost to
themselves.

A

Fiduciary duty

34
Q

a physician is obligated to
attend to the best interest of patients,
rather than self-interest.

A

Altruism

35
Q

Physicians are obligated to

make a commitment to life-long learning

A

Excellence

36
Q

a physician should be available and
responsive when “on call”, accepting a
commitment to service within the
profession and the community

A

Duty

37
Q

physicians should
be committed to being fair, truthful and
straightforward in their interactions with
patients and the profession

A

Honor and integrity

38
Q

Fist clone mammal?

A

Sheep

39
Q

What principles contradict with informed refusal?

A

Beneficence and autonomy

40
Q

Legal age for patient obstetrics?

A

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