HPCSA - Guidelines for Good Practice Flashcards
How does one solve the issue of competing demands from different core values and standard?
ethical reasoning
What are the 13 core ethical values and standard of the HPCSA?
- Respect for persons (intrinsic worth, dignity, value)
- Best Interest (non-mal)
- Best Interest (benef)
- Human rights
- Autonomy
- Integrity
- Truthfulness
- Confidentiality
- Compassion
- Tolerance
- Justice
- Pro Competence and self-improvement
- Community
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Outline the questions to consider when making a moral assessment
Making a moral assessment
Ask the following questions:
- Likely consequences
- Most NB values, duties and rights?
- Weakness in view of the situation?
- How would you like to be treated were you under said circumstances?
- How do you think the client would want to be treated?
What is a duty?
An obligation to do or refrain from doing something?
What are the different kinds of duties one may have?
- Natural duties (eg don’t do harm, be fair)
- Moral obligations (duties we acquire by being qualified and licensed)
- Institutional duties (specific to institution/employment)
- Legal duties (common and statue law)
*no duties are absolute and without exception, and often conflict with each other (e.g duties to patient vs to employer)
What are the 7 common duties places upon a professional according to the HPCSA?
- Duties to patients
- Duties to colleagues and other HC Pracs
- Duties to patients of other HCPs
- Duties to themselves
- Duties to society
- Duties to the health care profession
- Duties to the environment
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Outline an HCPs duty to their patient (8 points)
- Client’s best interest
- Respect for clients (avoid improper relationships with client or client’s SOs)
- Informed consent (on-going)
- Client confidentiality
- Client part. in own health care (for info, autonomy etc)
- Impartiality and Justice
- Access to care (if one cannot refer, hak in)
- Pot. conflicts of interest (inform clients of financial interests in places of referral, avoid coercion of gifts)
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Outline one’s duties to colleagues and other HCPs (2)
Referrals:
- no incentives and equal treatment
Working:
- respect, accept, admonish
Outline an HCP’s duty to patients of OTHER HCPs (2)
- act to prevent risk to client
- report violations and seek redress
Outline an HCP’s duty to themselves (2 x 3 points)
Knowledge/skills:
- competence,
- acknowledge limits
- know laws
Maintaining professional practice:
- patient records
- impairing activities
- trained staff
Outline an HCP’s duties to society
Avoid wastage of scarce resources
Include ethical/legal/rights issues in policy
Outline a HCP’s duty to the HC Profession
- report violations
- promote access to HC
Outline an HCP’s duties to the environment
- conserve natural resources
- dispose of HC waste
