(BIOETHICS) THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH ETHICS Flashcards
is the branch of philosophical study that investigates moral duties, values, andideal human character. It involved explanation into the nature of right andwrong, good and evil, promises, and moral duties
Ethics
duty-focused normative approach centered on rules from which all action isderived.
Deontological
outcome focused approach that places emphasis on results and protects theinterest of the majority.
Teleological
the guiding principle for all conduct should be to achieve the greatesthappiness for the greatest number and that the criterion of the rightness orwrongness of an action is whether it is useful in furthering this goal
Utilitarianism
a person’s standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is notacceptable for them to do
Morals
an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
Beliefs
a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what isimportant in life.
Values
a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system ofbelief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
Principles
philosophy is ‘the intense and critical examination of beliefs and assumptions’.(Burkhardt and Nathaniel (2002).
Philosophy
is ‘considered a character trait that is morally valued and that stems from themotivation to do right or good’. (Fry and -Johnstone,2002)
Virtues
a person’s outward bearing or way of behaving toward others.
Manners
seems to mean an ability to feel what is right and wrong in a given situation.
Conscience
defined as a “calling requiring specialized knowledge” and “a principle calling,vocation, or employment”
Profession
is a document that provides patients with information on how theycan reasonably expect to be treated during the course of theirhospital stay
Patient’s bill of rights
The term refers to every individual’s right of self-determination, independenceand freedom to make their own choices
Autonomy
is defined as: ‘…a voluntary, uncoerced decision, made by a sufficientlycompetent or autonomous person, on the basis of adequate informationand deliberation, to accept or reject some proposed course of actionwhich will affect him/her’ (Gillon 1986: 113).
Informed consent
is a moral power of performing, possessing, or of requiring something which is due.
Right
defined as making a choice between two or more equally undesirablealternatives
Ethical Dilemma
is defined as a moral obligation incumbent upon a person of doing or omitting (avoiding)something
Duty
an action is the objective goal of the action. It is the goodthat you are trying to attain through the action, and how well the action isordered toward that good
Moral Object
is the reasons why you choose to act. It may coincidewith your choice of the moral object, or you may have intentions beyond the simple object
Intention
refers to moral acceptability, not the legal meaning of conforming to a set ofstandards and requirements to be acceptable.
Legitimate
when your actions or words create a temptation to sin for others.
Scandal
refers to each individuals duty to “preserve a view of the whole human person inwhich the values of the intellect, will, conscience and fraternity are pre-eminent”.
Integrity
refers to the expression of one’s responsibility to take care, nurture andcultivate what has been entrusted to him.
Stewardship
refers to the duty to preserve intact the physical component of the integrated bodilyand spiritual nature of human life, whereby every part of the human body “ exist forthe sake of the whole as the imperfect for the sake of the perfect”.
Totality
Ethical theories that are associated with duties and rights and thatencourage judgements on the rightness of actions based on the duty of thoseinvolved, irrespective of any real or predicted consequences or outcomes.
Deontological theories
ethical theory that are much more concerned with the goals andconsequences of actions when making judgements on their appropriateness
Teleological Theory:
was developed by Jeremy Bentham(1748-1832) and John StuartMill(1806-1873).This ethical doctrines states that the rightness or wrongness of actionsis determined by the goodness and badness for their consequences.
Utilitarianism
state that consequentialism is ‘a label fixed to theoriesholding that actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good or badconsequences’. They also state, ‘The right act in any circumstance is the one that produces thebest overall result, as determined from an impersonal perspective that gives equal weight to theinterests of each affected party’ (2009: 337).
Beauchamp and Childress (2009: 336)
is an approach that focuses on character with the assumption that a personof good character will tend to behave in ways that are consistent with their character.
Virtue ethics
“characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards ofa profession” (Webster’s 1991)
professional
is a criterion for a profession
code of ethics
stresses the nurse’s obligation to the patient, and theresponsibility to be accountable to self and to the profession.
The American Nurses Association’s(ANA) Code of Ethics
ncludes statements on the responsibility of the professionalnurse regarding respect for human dignity, confidentiality, incompetent and unethicalpractice of peers, accountability for personal nursing judgments and decisions, andmaintenance of personal competence
The ANA’s Code of Ethics