Bioethics reviewer Flashcards
What is Health?
The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health is made of?
Happiness
sleep
exercise
clean food
water
what is ethics
principle of right conduct, eanble us to make correct judgement.
what is health care ethics?
division of ethics that relates to human health
what is bioethics?
living study of the conduct of human life
ethical theory (formal statements) D, T, U
-Deontology
-Teleology
-Utilitarianism
what is deontology?
deon-duty
logos-science
focus on the act itself
what is teleology?
telos-end
looks at consequences and result of action
what is utilitarianism?
maximize utility or hapiness
the right thing to do
Virtue ethics(defines good actions)
-virtue ethics in nursing
-core values of a professional nurse
what is virtue ethics?
refer to specific character traits(kind, honest, respectful, truth-telling)
core values of a professional nurse? A,A,H,I,H,S
-Altruism
-Autonomy
-Human Dignity
-Integrity
-Honesty
-Social Justice
what is altruism?
unselfish behaviour
what is autonomy?
autos-self, nomos-rule
right to self determination
what is human dignity?
recognition that human beings posses
what is integrity?
quality of being fair and honest
what is honesty?
being truthful
what is social justice?
being an advocate to patients
Ethical Principles(justifies and defend moral rules) A,B,N,J,V,F
-Autonomy (rights)
-benificience (do good)
-non-maleficence (no harm)
-justice (treat equally)
-veracity (tell truth, no lies, or not to deceive)
fidelity (faithful to commitments)
other relevant ethical principles
-principle of double effect
-principle of legitimate cooperation
-principle of common good and subsidiarity in nursing
what is principle of double effect?
provides justification
what is principle of legitimate cooperation?
never do what is not morally permissible
what is principle of common good and subsidiarity in nursing?
work together in coordination to community
principle of bioethic (principle of stewardship and role of nurses as stewards) P,S,E,B
-personal
-social
-ecological
-biomedical
Principle of totality and its integrity? E,SP,F,I
-ethico-moral responsibility of nurses in surgery
-sterelizarion/mutilation
-preservation of bodily
-functional integrity
-issues on organ donation
principle of ordinary and extraordinary means?
good of saving life is obligatory
principle of personalized sexuality?
sexuality is defined by sexual thoughts, desires, longing, turn ons and experiences.
