FINAL Flashcards
The principle of fairness that is served when an individual is given that which he or she is due, owed, deserves, or can legitimately claim.
Justice
The duty to do good to others and to maintain a balance between benefits and harms.
Beneficence
The principle of doing no harm.
Non-maleficence
Failure to provide the care a reasonable person would ordinarily provide in a similar situation.
Negligence
A professional’s wrongful conduct in discharge of professional duties or failure to meet standards of care for the profession, which results in harm to an individual entrusted to the professional’s care.
Malpractice
An individual’s right to self determination and individual liberty.
Autonomy
The process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare interventions on a person. A health care provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy before providing it, or a clinical researcher may ask a research participant before enrolling that person into a clinical trial.
Informed Consent
A legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make discussions for themselves.
Advance Directives
Is a written advance directive voluntarily signed by the patient that specifies the type of care desired if and when the patient is in a terminal state and cannot sign a consent form or convey this information verbally.
Living Will
Is a legal document executed by an individual granting another person the right to perform certain activities in the principal’s name.
Durable Power of Attorney
The branch of philosophy that concerns the distinction between right from wrong on the basis of a body of knowledge, not just on the basis of opinions.
Ethics
A strategy to improve patient care and reduce hospital costs through coordination
Case Management
Workers can say whatever they want without judgement. What is said does not leave the room, it should be a safe place.
Critical Incident Debriefing
An inspection approach to quality used to ensure that health care institutions maintained minimum standards of care. Consists primarily of chart audits of various patient diagnoses and procedures.
Quality Assurance
A management philosophy to improve the organizational structure and the level of performance of key processes in the organization to achieve high quality outcomes.
Quality Improvement
