Ethics Flashcards
What is beneficence?
Acting in the best interest of the patient by considering all options, weighing the benefits and risks, and providing a outcome in-line with the patient’s expectations of treatment.
What is non-maleficence?
The obligation to do no harm. This can act as a threshold for treatment.
What is autonomy?
The right of patients to make their own decisions
What is justice (in the context of the pillars of ethics)?
Moral obligation to act based on fair adjudication between competing claims. Equality and equity are at the heart of justice.
What is equality?
When individuals/groups are given the same resource or opportunities
What is equity?
When individuals/groups need more resources to get the same outcome
What is bullying?
A pattern of unreasonable and inappropriate behavior that creates a risk to health + safety and is repeated over time. This includes intimidation, humiliation, physical threats, etc
What is discrimination?
Treating a person less favorably based on a legally protected attitude/characteristic. This includes sex, age, gender, religious belief, political belief, disability, marital status sexual orientation, race
What is harassment?
Unwanted, unwelcomed, uninvited behavior that makes a person feel humiliated, intimidated, or offended based on specific attributes or characteristics. Can be a single event.
What is sexual harassment?
Unwanted sexual advances, requests, conduct. Can be a single event and in any environment
What is clinical governance?
A system through which healthcare organizations are accountable for (1) continuously improving the quality of their services and (2) safeguarding high standards of care, thus creating an environment where excellence in clinical care will flourish. Examples include: quality and safety audit, incident reporting systems
What is health inequity?
differences in health status between groups that are unfair and unjust
What is health inequality?
differences in health status between population groups
What is culture?
A common characteristic that identifies a group of people. It is not limited to indigenous state or ethnicity but extends to ideas, customs, and social behaviors such as: age or generation, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religious or spiritual beliefs
