ESSENTIALS Flashcards
4 ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROFESSION
Competence in a specialized body of knowledge and skill
Provision of a particular service to society
Standard of education and practice
Self-regulation
2 Commitments
committed to excellence to clinical practice
committed to legal, ethical, and professional etiquette
Judgement and Sanction
Ethical
Legal Requirements
Professional Etiquette
ethical
J: Right or wrong
S: Loss of reputation and Loss of Professional Affliations
Legal Requirements
J: Legal or Illegal
S: Punishment as prescribed by law or imprisonment
Professional etiquette
J: Proper or Improper
S: Loss of Professional Respect and Fellowship
Immanuel Kant
- It is based on Human Freedom
- Immortality of Soul
- God is a Divine Being of Intelligence who created an order off design
6 Liberty-Limiting Principles
- Harm Principle
- Offense Principle
- Paternalism
- Legal moralism
- Extreme paternalism
- social welfare principle
It refers to the principle that the government has a responsibility to act as a guardian for individuals who are unable to take care of themselves, such as minors or individuals with mental disabilities. This concept allows the government to intervene in situations where it is deemed necessary to protect the welfare and interests of vulnerable individuals.
parens patriae
Duly Justified Principles of Distributive Justice
- to each person an equal share
- to each person according to individual need
- to each person according to acquisition in a free market
- to each person according to individual effort
- to each person according to societal contribution
- to each person according to merit
Case-based reasoning that uses precedent cases and analogy to resolve new cases in healthcare.
casuistry
Prioritizes communal good over individual good, and requires communal deliberation and understanding in decision making
communitarianism
applying fairness and justice when the strict interpretation of the law leads to unfair or impractical results.
principle of epikia
3 conditions that make the Agent Responsible for the evil effect of an act
- if the agent foresees the evil effect at least in a general way
- if the agent is free to refrain from doing that which is the cause of the evil effect
- if the agent knows that he is morally bound not to do that which is the cause of the evil effect
4 conditions for the agent to be allowed to perform double effect act
- the action must be morally good in itself
- the good effect of the act must precede the evil effect which is morally allowed to happen as a regrettable consequence
- there must be a grave or sufficient reason in doing the act
- the evil effect should not outweigh the good effect
the interference with, limitation of, or usurpation of individual autonomy justified by reasons referring exclusively to the welfare or needs of the person whose autonomy is being interfered with, limited, or usurped
paternalism
refers to actions intended to keep individuals from harm
principles of paternalism
refers to actions intended to benefit the doer of the action
extreme paternalism
4 elements of Principle of Beneficence
(William Frankena)
- one ought not to inflict evil or harm
- one ought to prevent evil or harm
- one ought to remove evil or harm
- one ought to promote good
non hurting of all forms of life
ahimsa
rendering what is due or merited
justice
client’s right to have control their personal information and be free from being observed by others not involved in such care
privacy
client’s right to have their information kept secret
confidentiality