Ethics

Question 1

set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong

Answer 1

ethics

Question 2

what do ethics provide?

Answer 2

a standard of conduct or code of behavior

Question 3

Your own beliefs about right and wrong.

Answer 3

Personal ethics

Question 4

Groups of people who give ethical advice and recommendations

Answer 4

Health Care Ethics Committee

Question 5

Each health care ______________ also has its own unique code of ethics for employees to follow.

Answer 5

organization

Question 6

Each __________ has a code of ethics. You may lose your license/certification if you do something unethical.

Answer 6

profession

Question 7

How do you show respect professionally?

Answer 7

treating others with dignity demonstrating a spirit of service -performing your duties with
excellence
treating others with fairness and
justice.

Question 8

How do you provide dignity to patients?

Answer 8

Active listening, being positive, showing understanding, and respecting all people.

Question 9

How can you show service professionally?

Answer 9

Respond to patients and co-workers with an understanding of their unique needs, show kindness and patience.

Question 10

What does it mean to perform your duties with excellence?

Answer 10

Taking responsibility for yourself, your team’s decisions, and the results.
Accepting and seeking feedback to improve your performance.
Learning new skills, knowledge, and behaviors that encourage continuous improvement.

Question 11

What are the essential values of ethics?

Answer 11

dignity, service, professional excellence

Question 12

How to you exhibit Fairness and Justice?

Answer 12

Treat all people with mutual respect.
Provide the same dignity, service, and performance excellence regardless of the patient’s race, beliefs, ethnic background, or financial resources.
Use supplies and available resources effectively to provide appropriate care and a safe environment for everyone.

Question 13

What should be put above all else in professional health care ethics?

Answer 13

the saving of life and promotion of health

Question 14

The study of moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research.

Answer 14

Medical Bioethics

Question 15

What is the purpose of bioethics?

Answer 15

to ensure the community receives the highest standards of care and to prevent health care providers abusing the trust and power granted to them by the community

Question 16

What is the basic tenet of the Hippocratic Oath?

Answer 16

Do No Harm

Question 17

Response to gross abuses in human experimentation during war crimes trial of World War II.

Answer 17

Nuremberg Code for Research Ethics

Question 18

1932 study of syphilis using black males.
Withholding of treatment (cures) to see how the disease progressed.
Failure to inform men that there was a cure.

Answer 18

Tuskegee Study

Question 19

Capacity to have a “say-so” about your own well-being. Capacity to think, decide, and act freely and independently.

Answer 19

autonomy

Question 20

First do no harm! Refraining from potentially harming myself or another.

Answer 20

Nonmaleficence

Question 21

Be of benefit; prevent harm, bring about positive good.
Obligation to assist others in the furthering of their legitimate interests.

Answer 21

Beneficence

Question 22

What are the four topics of consideration when analyzing complex medical ethical situations?

Answer 22

Medical Indications
Patient Preferences
Quality of Life
Contextual Features