CHAPTER 2.1 Flashcards
idea that we are to respect others for who they are.
AUTONOMY
auto means
SELF
nomos means
RULE/LAW
trying to please someone
COERCION
ability to complete task
COMPETENCE
opposed to general competence
SPECIFIC COMPETENCE
They are unfairly treated
INJUSTICE
can be defined as due process
PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
concerned with allocation resources
-how to divide burdens and benefits
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
means “to do no harm.”
NONMALEFICENCE
prevents the good/leads to less good/utility than other chhoice
CONSEQUENTIALIST
opposed to our rational natures
-limits our potential
NATURAL LAW ETHICIST
harm is that which prevents us
from carrying out our duty or that which is opposed to the formal conditions of the moral law.
DEONTOLOGIST
harm is that which is immoderate, that which leads us away from manifesting our proper ends as humans .
VIRTUE ETHICIST
harm as that which was opposed to his or her self-interest.
ETHICAL EGOIST
Harm in Clinical settings
-PAIN
-DISCOMFORT
-INCONVENIENCE
-EXPENSE
-DISFIGUREMENT
-DISABILITY
justify harm to patient because there is a greater good
NATURAL LAW THEORY OF DOUBLE EFFECT
occurs from accepting the pain of
dismemberment as part of the cost to get the benefit the healthcare procedures promise.
GREATER UTILITY
provide the most appropriate treatment with the least pain and suffering sounds almost like a deontological principle.
DUE CARE STANDARD
when the person has not exercised the due diligence expected of someone in his or her role and level of responsibility.
NEGLIGENCE
negligence also called
OMISSION
The other part of the Hippocratic ethical dictum is “benefit only.”
The ethics principle of having to engage in altruistic or beneficent acts means that we are morally obligated to take positive and direct steps to help others .
BENEFINENCE
bene means
GOOD/WELL
the belief that our primary obligation
is to ourselves and that selfishness is a virtue
ETHICAL EGOISM
involved in the provision of care
-CLINICIANS
-ADMINISTRATORS
-SUPPORT PERSONNEL
part of description of professionalism
-KINDNESS
-COMPASSION
-UNDERSTANDING
requires the ability to see every
patient as a unique person who has worth.
ACTIVE BENEFICENCE
means that one treats the patient as one would treat a child.
PATERNALISM
pater means
FATHER