3. Human Rights & Dignity (do) Flashcards
What is dignity?
Human dignity is the basic value of human beings entitling them to respect
Who is Josef Mengele?
- Assigned to Auschwitz
- performed research protocols using twins as test subjects throughout the
1930s. - performed a broad range of agonizing and often lethal experiments
mostly with children twins
What was the outcome of world wars?
The human being needs to be protected.
Explain dignity fully.
A state, quality or manner worthy of esteem and respect; and (by extension) self-respect
* Dignity in care means the kind of care that supports and promotes, and does not undermine, a
person’s self-respect regardless of any difference
* “being treated like I am somebody”
This includes:
* Respect
* Privacy
* Autonomy
* Self-worth
What are the principles of dignity?
- Dignity in care is inseparable from the wider context of dignity as a
whole - Dignity is about treating people as individuals
- Dignity is not just about physical care
- Dignity thrives in the context of equal power relationships
When is human dignity at risk?
- In sickness
- Decline /towards death
- Childhood
- Elderly
- In prison
- People with disabilities
- People lacking capacity
Why does dignity become at risk?
When individuals become more vulnerable and their rights get compromised.
What is the aim of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Aims to militate against oppression of people (especially minorities)
What do human rights do?
place a duty on the state & healthcare providers to
comply with minimum standards.
* Rights impose moral and legal constraints on collective social goals
(Savulescu et al, 2020)
* Claims for state provisions; Healthcare as major ethical duty
What is the aim of medical ethics?
- Focus on doctor-patient relationship
- Doctor’s duties of care
What are legal rights?
Human rights in national legal frameworks.
What is civil law?
Civil law concerns dealings between private individuals or groups
What is criminal law?
concerns matters serious enough to be considered
offences against the whole community
What is the entitlement of the patient?
- The Doctor treats a Patient
- A Patient is a Person
- Each Person is entitled to enjoy all HUMAN RIGHTS
- Respect and give recognition - HUMAN DIGNITY
- In one word-BENEFICENCE meaning to do the good for his or her patient
Examples of patient rights being compromised.
- Leaving a patient in soiled sheets
- Leaving trays of food when the patient needs help to eat
- Using excessive force to restrain someone in care
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