Cultural, Legal, and Ethical Considerations (Chapter 4) Flashcards
Bias
Any systematic error in a measurement process.
Black box warning
A types of warning that appears in a drug’s prescribing information and is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alert prescribers of serious adverse events that have occurred with the given drug.
Blind investigational drug study
A research design in which the subjects are purposely unaware of whether the substance they are administered is the drug under study or a placebo. This method serves to minimize bias on the part of research subjects in reporting their body’s responses to investigational drugs.
Controlled substances
Any drugs listed on one of the “schedules” of the Controlled Substance Act (also called scheduled drugs)
Culture
The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.
Double-blind investigational drug study
A research design in which both the investigator(s) and the subjects are purposely unaware of whether the substance is administered to a given subject is the drug under study or a placebo. This method minimizes bias on the part of both the investigator and the subject.
Drug polymorphism
Variation in response to a drug because of a patient’s age, gender, size, and/or body composition.
Ethics
The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class or group of human actions
Ethnicity
Relating to or characteristic of a human group having racial, religious, language, and other traits in common
Ethnopharmacology
(Ethan-o-pharm-a-cology)
The study of the effect of ethnicity on drug responses, specially drug absorption, metabolism, distribution, and excretion as well as the study of genetic variations to drugs (i.e. pharmacogenetics)
Expedited drug approval
Acceleration of the usual investigational new drug approval process by the FDA, usually for drugs used to treat life-threatening diseases.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
An act that protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change jobs. It also protects patient information. If confidentiality of a patient is breached, severe fines may be imposed.
Informed consent
Written permission obtained from a patient consenting to a specific procedure.
Investigational new drug (IND)
A drug not yet approved for marketing by the FDA but available for use in experiments to determine its safety and efficacy.
Investigational new drug application
An application that must be submitted to the FDA before a drug can be studied in humans.
Legend drugs
Another name for prescription drugs
Malpractice
A special type of negligence or the failure of a professional and/or individuals with specialized education and training to act in a reasonable and prudent way
Narcotic
A legal term established under the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914. The term is currently used in clinical settings to refer to a medically administered controlled substance and in legal settings to refer to any illicit or “street” drug; also referred to as an opioid.
Negligence
The failure to act in a reasonable and prudent manner of failure of the nurse to give the care that a reasonably prudent (cautious) nurse would render or use under similar circumstances.
Orphan drugs
A special category of drugs that have been identified to help patients with rare diseases
Over-The-Counter drugs (OTC)
Drugs available to consumers without a prescription. Also called nonprescription drugs