Autonomy - week 4 Flashcards
1
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Consent and medical ethics
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- patient must consent to be worked on
- heart of medicine
2
Q
word breakdown of autonomy
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auto = self
nomos = law
3
Q
what is autonomy
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their capacity to decide for themselves what is in their best interest
4
Q
Paternalistic or parentalistic
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set aside a patients autonomy
5
Q
Informed consent
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must give to health care provider, IF:
- patient is competent - verbal or written
- patient understands the treatment
- patients consent is not forced
6
Q
Informed consent assumes…
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assumes that patients should be treated autonomously
7
Q
Circumstances we can restrict a person’s autonomy
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- if a person actions would harm another person - HARM PRINCIPLE
- force someone to do what is in the best interest of society - serving in the army
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