ETHICAL PRINCIPLES Flashcards
These are the basic and obvious moral
truths that guide deliberation and action.
Ethical Principle
It implies that one considers others to be worthy of high regard.
Respect for persons
This relates to the practice of telling the truth.
Veracity
It is the widely accepted as a universal virtue
Truthfulness
These philosophers agree in favor of telling the truth
Immanuel Kant & John Stuart Mill
It promotes honesty as virtue and turth telling as an important function of nurses.
Nursing Literature
These disagree on the absolute necessary of truth telling in all instances
Bioethicists
This engenders respect, open communication, trust, and shared responsibility. It is promoted in all professional codes of nursing ethics.
Truth Telling
Suggests that true communication between people can take place only when there are no barriers between them.
Martin Buber, 1965
This creates barrier between people and prohibits both meaningful communication and building relationships.
Lying or deception
It suggests that manipulating information for
the purpose of controlling others is like using coercion to control them.
Jameton, 1984
Used to benefit the patient
Parentalism
Used against the patient
Fraud
It suggests that deceiving others may
constitute an unnecessary assumption of responsibility. When unfortunate consequences occur, the one responsible for the deception can also be assumed to be
responsible for consequences.
Jameton, 1984
Veracity has been described as desirable by
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Argues that physicians should deceive their patients or withhold information from them
Lipkin, 1991
Discusses special considerations that have been posed by the medical profession in relation to the truth-telling. He draws the distinction between lying and deception.
Joseph Ellin, 1991
It is purposely telling untruths
Lying
It is usually accomplished through nondisclosure.
Deception