Clinical ethics

Question 1

What is the formula for medical ethics?

Answer 1

Ethics + Morality

Question 2

Name 4 medical ethics.

Answer 2

• Respect of autonomy
• Justice
• Beneficence
• Non-maleficence

Question 3

Define ‘respect of autonomy’ .

Answer 3

The rational capacity to self-rule:

Letting the patient make the final decision about their treatment after having been given all the necessary and relevant information

Question 4

Define ‘beneficence and non-maleficence’ .

Answer 4

Do good, do no harm
“whenever we try to help others, we inevitably risk harming them”

Question 5

Define ‘justice’ .

Answer 5

Fairness in treatment:

Equal basis for admission and being favoured above other patients for no other reasons than medical need