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Ethico-Legal Considerations Flashcards

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is a systematic study of right and wrong conduct in situations that involve issues of values and morals

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Ethics

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a formal process for making logical and consistent moral decisions

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Ethics

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consider in a broad, general manner what is good or bad, right or wrong.

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Morals

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In general, it is wrong to kill

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Morals

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Is it wrong to kill if your life is endangered by someone?

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Ethics

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ETHICS USE specific _____________________________ TO inquire into THE justification of ah individual’s action in a PARTICULAR situation

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RULES, THEORIES, principles, and PERSPECTIVES

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reponsible for obtaining informed consent for specific medical and surgical treatment

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Primary care provider, usually the physician

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may obtain informed consent for procedures that he/she will perform as a dependent nursing intervention (e.g. NGT insertion, drug administration); relies on orally expressed consent or implied consent for most nursing interventions

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Nurse

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WHAT INFORMATION MUST THE INFORMED CONSENT CONTAIN?

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The diagnosis or condition that requires treatment
* The purpose of the treatment
* What the client can expect to feel or experience
* The intended benefits of the treatment
* Possible risks or negative outcomes of the treatment
* Advantage and disadvantages of possible alternatives to the treatment (including no treatment)

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ELEMENTS OF AN INFORMED CONSENT

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Completeness (disclosure)
Comprehension
Voluntariness
Competence

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Patients need a great deal of information to make educated decision

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Completeness (disclosure)

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They should be told everything they would consider important in making a treatment decision

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Completeness (disclosure)

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The patient (or his surrogate decision maker) must understand the explanation

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Comprehension

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Ask the patient to describe in his own words the procedure to which he is consenting

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Comprehension

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  • The patient must be free to accept or reject the treatment
  • He must not be pressured or coerced to give consent
  • There must be no actual or implied threat
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Voluntariness

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The person must have the capacity to understand the information and make a choice about his situation

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Competence

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THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT PROVIDE CONSENT

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MINORS
UNCONSCIOUS/INJURED
MENTALLY ILL

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Charting should always be:

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F- factual
A- accurate
C – complete
T- timely

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Done if a standard care is breached or an unusual incident occurs (e.g. a visitor or patient falls or is somehow injured)

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INCIDENT REPORT

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PATIENT’S BILL Of RIGHTS
Magna Carta of Patient’s Rights and Obligations

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  1. Right to Appropriate Medical Care and Humane Treatment
  2. Right to Informed Consent
  3. Right to Privacy and Confidentiality
  4. Right to Information
  5. Right to Choose Health Care Provider and Facility
  6. Right to Self-Determination
  7. Right to Religious Belief
  8. Right to Medical Records
  9. Right to Leave
  10. Right to Refuse Participation in Medical Research
  11. Right to Corresponence and to Receive Visitors
  12. Right to Express Grievances
  13. Right to be Informed of His Rights and Obligations as a Patient
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is a law that seeks to protect all forms of information, be it private, personal, or sensitive. It meant to cover both natural and juridical persons involved in the processing of personal information

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DATA PRIVACY ACT - Republic Act 10173

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Any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

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SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

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  1. race, ethnic origin, marital status, age, color, and religious, philosophical or political affiliations;
  2. health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person;
  3. civil, criminal or administrative proceedings
  4. unique identifiers issued by government agencies peculiar to an individual;
  5. specifically established by law as classified
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Any operation or any set of operations performed upon personal information including, but not limited to, the collection, recording, organization, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, consultation, use, consolidation, blocking, erasure or destruction of data

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PROCESSING

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a person or organization who controls the collection, holding, processing or use of personal information, including a person or organization who instructs another person or organization to collect, hold, process, use, transfer or disclose personal information on his or her behalf.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION CONTROLLER

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An individual whose personal information is processed

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DATA SUBJECT

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DATA PRIVACY PRINCIPLES

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TRANSPARENCY
LEGITIMATE PURPOSE
PROPORTIONALITY

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A data subject must be aware of the nature,
purpose, and extent of the processing of his or her
personal data, including the risks and safeguards
involved, the identity of personal information
controller, his or her rights as a data subject, and
how these can be exercised. Any information and
communication relating to the processing of
personal data should be easy to access and
understand, using clear and plain language

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TRANSPARENCY

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The processing of information shall be compatible
with a declared and specified purpose, which must
not be contrary to law, morals, or public policy

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LEGITIMATE PURPOSE

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The processing of information shall be adequate,
relevant, suitable, necessary, and not excessive in
relation to a declared and specified purpose.
Personal data shall be processed only if the
purpose of the processing could not reasonably be
fulfilled by other means

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PROPORTIONALITY

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