Ethics Vocab

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

The right of patients to self-determine. The right to make decisions about their healthcare.

Question 2

Professional autonomy

Answer 2

degree to which members of the profession are granted the freedom and ability to make professional judgements

Question 3

beneficence

Answer 3

obligation to promote the good of the patient/client

Question 4

code of ethics

Answer 4

11 basic principles adopted by and revised as needed by the house of delegates to guide the ethical behavior of PT’s in the APTA

Question 5

confidentiality

Answer 5

the obligation not to disclose information about a patient/client to people who are not authorized to know the info

Question 6

ethics

Answer 6

systematic rational on issues of right or wrong or regarding what we “ought to do”

Question 7

Justice

Answer 7

Fairness

Question 8

Distributive justice

Answer 8

fairness in distribution of resources benefits, rights or responsibilities

Question 9

compensatory justice

Answer 9

fairness in compensating those who have been harmed or wronged

Question 10

procedural justice

Answer 10

due process or fair processes

Question 11

legal

Answer 11

relating to local, state, or national laws. Rules, administrative codes, regulations created by administrative agencies to interpret, delineate, or implement legislation.

Question 12

Morality

Answer 12

action based on traditions, laws, values, customs – behavior on autopilot without reflection or analysis that is involved with ethics

Question 13

non-maleficence

Answer 13

the obligation to prevent harm to patient
“do no harm”

Question 14

paternalism

Answer 14

promoting the patient as construed by the heath care practitioner (rather than the patient/client)

Question 15

values

Answer 15

standards of quality, worth, desirability, good vs bad, or right vs wrong