Ethics 1 - Further Approaches in Ethics

Question 1

Name the 4 principles.

Answer 1

Autonomy
Beneficence
Non-maleficience
Justice

Question 2

Name the 3 main approaches in medical ethics.

Answer 2

Consequentialism
Deontology
Virtue Ethics

Question 3

What is deontology?

Answer 3

In accord with moral rule/principle

Question 4

What is virtue ethics?

Answer 4

What a virtuous agent would do in given circumstances

Question 5

What is consequentialism?

Answer 5

Promotes best consequences

Question 6

List the 3 branches of justice.

Answer 6

Distributive justice
Rights based justice
Legal justice

Question 7

Name the 4 quadrants.

Answer 7

Medical Indications
Patient Preferences
Quality of Life
Contextual Features

Question 8

How would you structurally analyse an ethical case (5 steps)

Answer 8

1. Summarise case/problem
2. State moral dilemma
3. State assumptions being made
4. Analyse the case
5. Acknowledge other approaches and state preferred approach with reasoning

Question 9

What does ‘medical indications’ incorporate?

Answer 9

Consider each medical condition and its proposed treatment

Question 10

What 4 elements must a patient fulfil in order to be said that they have capacity?

Answer 10

Informed
Understood
Voluntary
Continuing

Question 11

What does ‘patient preferences’ incorporate?

Answer 11

What does the patient want? Does the patient have the capacity to decide?

Question 12

What does quality of life incorporate?

Answer 12

Describe the patient’s quality of life in the patient’s terms and from the care providers’ perspectives

Question 13

What does ‘contextual features’ incorporate?

Answer 13

Circumstances that can either influence the decision or be influenced by the decision