FOM 1.3.3

Question 1

What are morals?

Answer 1

Rules - right vs wrong makes laws
Values - good vs bad
virtue, mission, and goals

Question 2

What is method?

Answer 2

Rule based reasoning (deontological)
and
value based reasoning (teleological)

Question 3

How are ethics distinguished from laws?

Answer 3

Ethics are the umbrella of which laws reside under

Question 4

What are the four branches of the physician-patient relationship?

Answer 4

Professional, voluntary, social binding, and moral

Question 5

Explain the professional power in relation to patients vulnerability.

Answer 5

Physician has the most power. Patients instill trust in the physician

Question 6

What are the 4 basic principles of biomedical ethics?

Answer 6

Beneficence, nonmalficence, Respect autonomy, and Justice

Question 7

How are morals of medicine applied methodically to ethical issues?

Answer 7

Hippocratic oath, KU oath of commitment, AMA and AOA code of ethics

Question 8

What is termination vs abandoment?

Answer 8

Termination is the refusal to provide medical care for a patient in a non emergency situation. Should provide transparent reasons for why it happened.

Abandoment should never happen. The unilateral withdrawl of care from a patient without notice