Ética Flashcards
Acronym for law that protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information
ACP August 2017
HIPAA
Name for federal regulations providing research subject protections
ACP August 2017
Common Rule
Medical ethics principle that obliges the physician to act in the patient’s best interests
ACP August 2017
Beneficence
Name for decision making for a patient whose preferences are not known that is based on the best evidence of what the patient would have wanted
ACP August 2017
Substituted judgment
Statement of medical professionalism by ABIM Foundation, ACP Foundation and European Federation of Internal Medicine
ACP August 2017
Physician Charter
Professional title derived from the Latin word docere
ACP August 2018
Doctor
Name for comfort care with attention to patient psychological, social, and spiritual issues
ACP August 2018
Palliative care
Process by which a patient can express future wishes regarding treatment or designate a surrogate decision maker
ACP August 2018
Advance care planning
Name for financial relationship that can inappropriately influence a physician’s judgment or actions
ACP August 2018
Conflict of interest
Name of the code of ethics manual of the American College of Physicians
ACP August 2018
ACP Ethics Manual
English translation of ‘Primum non nocere’
ACP May 2023
First, do no harm
Federal database containing physician malpractice payment and adverse action information
ACP May 2023
National Practitioner Data Bank
Legislative act requiring pharmaceutical companies to publicly report payments to physicians
ACP May 2023
hysician Payments Sunshine Act (accept Sunshine Act or Sunshine Law)
Term for a patient’s ability to comprehend, evaluate, and choose among realistic medical options
ACP May 2023
Capacity (accept decision-making capacity)
Term for withholding relevant information from a patient if disclosure is believed to be medically contraindicated
ACP May 2023
Therapeutic privilege (accept therapeutic non-disclosure; therapeutic exception)
