Ethics Principles

Question 1

Beneficience

Answer 1

Promoting a person’s well-being; doing what is best for one’s patients

Question 2

Nonmaleficence

Answer 2

To do no harm

Question 3

Distributive Justice

Answer 3

Promote a fair allocation of goods, benefits and services

Question 4

Autonomy/Self Determination

Answer 4

Prescribes that a person acts to foster personal responsibility and plan her life to develop her abilities and opportunities to flourish

Question 5

Veracity

Answer 5

Telling the Truth

Question 6

Fidelity

Answer 6

Keeping promises

Question 7

Justice

Answer 7

providing service in a fair manner without bias

Question 8

Consent

Answer 8

Give assent, approval or agree. Acknowledges that patient or parent has adequate information to make informed decision for patient care or procedure

Question 9

Assent

Answer 9

Assisting the patient achieve a developmentally appropriate awareness of the nature of his or her condition. Telling the patient what he or she can expect with tests and treatments. Making a clinical assessment of the patient’s understanding of the situation and factors influencing how he or she is responding. Soliciting an expression of the patient’s willingness to accent the proposed care.