Consent/Ethics/Medical Directives

Question 1

Implied Consent

Answer 1

Inferred consent based on signs, actions, or conduct of the patient rather than oral communication

Question 2

Expressed consent

Answer 2

Consent that is either given by oral or written words

Question 3

Informed Consent

Answer 3

Consent that ensures the patient or guardian of the patients knows, understands, and accepts the treatment that has been explained.

Question 4

Autonomy

Answer 4

Capacity to think, decide, and act on one’s own free will and initiative

Question 5

Justice

Answer 5

The principle that ethics should be based on what is consistent and fair to all involved

Question 6

Beneficence

Answer 6

The general moral principle of doing the “most good” or doing what is best for patients

Question 7

Nonmaleficence

Answer 7

Principle of “do no harm” to the patient or to the fewest number of people in society

Question 8

What are ethics?

Answer 8

The rules, standards, and moral principles that govern a person’s behavior and on which the person bases decisions

Question 9

What are common ethics?

Answer 9

Also known as group ethics, is a system of principles and rules of conduct accepted by a group based on ethnicity, political affiliation, or cultural identity

Question 10

What are professional ethics?

Answer 10

Type of ethics that aims to define, clarify, and criticize professional work and its typical values

Question 11

Advance Directive

Answer 11

A set of requests that patients put in writing for their health care provider, family, and other health care professionals to carry out in the case the patient is incapacitated/unable for themselves

Question 12

Living Will

Answer 12

Legal document stating what procedures patient would want, which ones they would not want, and under what conditions these decisions would apply

Question 13

Durable Power of Attorney

Answer 13

Legal document that names a health care agent or proxy to make medical decisions for patients when they are not able to do so in the case they become incapacitated/unable to communicate

Question 14

What are some examples of people who can become durable power of attorney? (5)

Answer 14

• adult child
• adult sibling
• nearest living relative
• spouse or domestic partner
• court appointed guardian or conservator

Question 15

Do Not Resuscitate

Answer 15

Legal order written either in the hospital or on a legal form to communicate the wishes of a patient to not undergo CPR or advanced cardiac life support if patient stops living

Question 16

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

Answer 16

Life sustaining treatment form that contains a set of medical orders completed by the health care provider detailing the patient’s end of life care