ETHICS 2 Flashcards
a type of applied ethics
Healthcare ethics
in health care ethics, what should be observed and safeguarded
duties and rights
the moral obligation of a healthcare professional
duty
the moral and power vested in a person to do, hold, or exact something as one’s own
right
a fundamental right and obligation of the society to …
health
why is there a need for healthcare ethics
- to observe duty-right principle
- compassion and connection between the professional and patient
binds both the health practitioner and patient in an association of truth
veracity
the practice of doing acts of kindness, goodness, and charity
beneficence
a form of personal liberty where the individual is free to choose and implement one’s own decisions
autonomy
3 elements in autonomy
- the ability to decide
- the power to act in one’s decision
- respect for personal autonomy of other
rendering what ever is due or merited
justice
the concept of fairness, rewards, and entitlements
justice
determined by the rule of policy, not by need
noncomparative justice
relevantly-similar cases be treated similarly and that relevantly-dissimilar cases be treated differently
comparative justice