Ethics Flashcards
Places where euthanasia is legal
Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Canada, Columbia , Japan, and India
Ability to perform well
Competence
Informed consent
Communication between professional and a subject gives permission for procedure to occur
Persons right to keep personal information out of public view
Privacy
Capacity to keep information restricted only to those who have permission to view it
Confidentiality
Integrity
Adherence to ethical principles; honest behaviors
Ethical issues in healthcare
Patient privacy and confidentiality
Transmission of diseases
Relationships
End of life issues
Elderly patients
Aggressive marketing practices
Legal and ethical euthanasia
Passive
Indirect
Passive
Withholding life sustaining medical interventions
Indirect
Increasing narcotics to ease patient pain which kills them
Unethical
Voluntary/ active
Involuntary
(Nonvoluntary active euthanasia idk)
Physician assisted suicide
Voluntary active euthanasia
Intentionally administering medications or other interventions to cause the patients death with consent
Involuntary active
Administering meds to kill the patient without their consent although they are competent
Non voluntary active euthanasia
Meds for the patient’s death without their consent but they are mentally incapable to consent
Physician assisted suicide
Physician provides medication and other interventions knowing that the patient will use it to commit suicide