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Bioethics Flashcards

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focuses more on the consequences of the actions.
- does not focus on the actions itself

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Teleology

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Kantian Ethics” - whole act itself
- focus on the act itself
- expected to do it
- right thing to do
- things that we try to justify because we believe that is the right thing to do

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Deontology

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assume that everything goes as planned.

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Hypothetical Imperative

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Ist stage: “universality” try to assess if everyone will do the action what will be the result. Not everyone has the same condition with the hypothetical. 2nd stage: “human dignity”

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Categorical Imperative

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greater good
- if it does benefit the many, it is good.
- win should always be greater than loss

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Utilitarianism

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-choose to do the action because it leads to the desired outcome.
- action is good as it leads to the desired result

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Pragmatism

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is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture

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Ethical Relativism

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(in Kantian moral philosophy) the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires.
- rights
- “informed consent”
- capability to make decision
- elements
- disclose the information to the client
- competency
- documentation

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Autonomy

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truth telling”
- “I-thou” relationship

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Veracity

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  • the state of keeping or being kept secret or private.”
    • the lead bank’s duty of confidentiality to the borrower”
    • do not share information
    • Not absolute
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Confidentiality

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Breach of Confidentiality

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Threat of Harm
Legal Requirement/court order
Patient Consent
Member of the healthcare team

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-Confidentiality
-Veracity (truth telling and right to information)

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Ethical principles

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-Considers the patient as a person with a problem
-The patient is a person with feelings of and despair, with purpose and defeat. As such, one has the right to know the nature of one’s disease

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Person-centered Approach

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Stresses the nature of the problem or the degree and severity of the patient’s illness
Considers the patient’s problem, illness or condition

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Problem-centered Approach

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Describes a person’s relationship with things, objects or “its”. man – object or subject-object relationship

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“I – It” Relationship

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Relationship with other persons – ourselves and other people.

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I – Thou” Relationship

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Refers to the medical or professional secrecy in which certain information is committed to a physician or health care provider in an official capacity for the sake of medical assistance

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CONFIDENTIALITY

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From the latin “confidere”

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to trust

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arises if and when there is a conflict between individual interest (patient’s interest) and the interest of the society (common good).

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moral issue of confidentiality

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If the physician acts to protect the patient’s trust, then he is violating the law If the physician acts according to the law, then he violates the confidence of his patient

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Dilemma

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The word autonomy comes from the Greek ‘auto-nomos’

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‘self-rule’ or ‘self-determination’

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is based on the human capacity to direct one’s life according to rational principles.

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autonomy

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are considered as being ends in themselves in that they have the capacity to determine their own destiny, and as such must be respected.

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Autonomous people

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is the basis for the practice of “informed consent” in the transaction regarding health care.

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The principle of AUTONOMY

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-is based on the moral and legal premise of patient autonomy
-is the process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention.

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Informed consent

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Informed consent carries two main functions:

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Protective and participative

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You must have the capacity (or ability) to make the decision.

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Informed Consent

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There is disclosure or full information of the matter
• health care provider must give (or disclose) to you all relevant
information so that you can make an informed decision

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Disclosure

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• consent form should be signed and dated both by the
healthcare provider and patient
• parents would sign for their child
• copy can be requested by the patient

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Documentation of Consent

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is a legal term used to indicate that a person has
the ability to make and be held accountable for their
decisions.

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Competency

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The term is often used loosely in medicine to indicate whether
a person has decision-making capacity, as described previously.

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Competency

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positive pole of nonmaleficence
It means to do good , to provide a benefit
hinges on the other duties such as fair play, keeping promises, role commitments ,reciprocity

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Beneficence

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evil or harm should not be inflicted either on oneself or on others

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Nonmaleficence

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It implies a sense of duty to treat all people without bias to age, socio-economic status, race, or gender.

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Justice

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is an excellent trait of character
are attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to be and to act in ways that develop this potential.
Possessing a virtue is a matter of degree

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VIRTUE

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Focuses on the person rather than the action
Character-based ethics
not only deals with the rightness or wrongness of individual actions
Moreover, it provides guidance as to the sort of characteristics and behaviors a good person will seek to achieve

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VIRTUE ETHICS

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is the ability of oneself to identify in the situation of others.
is a trait of active regard for others welfare with imaginative awareness and emotional response of deep sympathy, tenderness, and discomfort at another person’s suffering.

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Compassion

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is confident belief in and reliance upon the ability and moral character of another person.
It entails a confidence that another will act with right motives in accord with moral norms.
It is measured by recognition of nurse’s consistency and predictability in following morals. norms

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Trustworthiness

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means soundness, reliability, wholeness and integration of moral character.
A person with—- has consistency of convictions, actions, and emotions and is trustworthy.
-is compromised when a nurse acts inconsistently or in a way not supported by moral beliefs.

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Integrity

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To treat situations of human activity within which one is forced to deal with the occurrence of both good and evil as results of a moral decision and subsequent action.

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PRINCIPLE OF DOUBLE EFFECT

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PRINCIPLE OF LEGITIMATE COOPERATION
WHAT IT SAYS
TWO THINGS:

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FORMAL COOPERATION
MATERIAL COOPERATION

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WHEN YOU SHARE THE OTHER PERSON’S EVIL INTENT
COULD INVOLVE APPROVING OR TAKING PART IN IT
‘IT’S NEVER MORALLY PERMISSIBLE, ACCORDING TO CHURCH (YOUR INTENT/OBJECT IS BAD)

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FORMAL COOPERATION

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YOU DO NOT SHARE THE OTHER PERSON’S EVIL INTENT, BUT YOU STILL COOPERATE.

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MATERIAL COOPERATION

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WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN A WAY THAT’S ESSENTIAL TO THE COMMISSION (COMPLETION) OF THE EVIL ACT
NEVER MORALLY PERMISSIBLE (YOU AND THE OTHER PERSON SHARE THE SAME OBJECT)

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IMMEDIATE MATERIAL COOPERATION

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WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN A WAY THAT’S NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE COMMISSION (COMPLETION) OF THE EVIL ACT.

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MEDIATE MATERIAL COOPERATION

46
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Refers to the expression of one’s responsibility to take care of, nurture and cultivate what has been entrusted to him.

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PRINCIPLE OF STEWARDSHIP

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