Ethics and Professionalism Flashcards
Ethics
System of moral principles
Medical Ethics
System of principles governing medical conduct
Medical Law
Establishment of social rules for conduct.
Ethics don’t always break
The law
Abiding
Law is law can’t break the law.
Beneficence
Ethical principle that emphasizes doing the best for the patient.
Non-maleficence
Ethical principles that exhorts practitioners to not do anything that causes harm to the patient.
Justice
A health care provider distributes fair and equal treatment to every patient
Veracity
Bind the health care provider and the patient in a relationship to tell the truth.
Confidentiality
Requires a health care provider to maintain privacy by not sharing or divulging to a third party privileged patient information. Written authorization for release of information
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Transference
Shifting your feeling about a person in your past to another person
Detrimental Dependence
A patient who enters the health care world with a desperate need for dependence on someone else becomes a challenge
Constructive Dependence
When the health professional and patient come together acknowledging that the health professional want to find satisfaction in applying professional skills, and the patient requires the services of a skilled professional.
Sexual Harassment
Unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct including activity that creates a hostile or unwelcome work environment for the person who feels “harassed”.
