Lecture 4-theory cont.

Question 1

Respect for autonomy

Answer 1

Allowing others to make choices and take actions based on their views, beliefs, goals, and desires, without coercion or restraint

Question 2

The most important way we respect autonomy of patients in medicine is through (from lecture 6)?
-Especially in?

Answer 2

Informed consent

-Especially in research

Question 3

Informed

Answer 3

• Competent to understand what they are told about their conditions
• Provided with relevant information about their illness and treatment options including refusal of treatment
• Provided all information in an understandable format
• Allowed an opportunity to ask questions
• Free from deception

Question 4

Consent

Answer 4

• Capable of exercising judgement
• Allowed the freedom to make a decision about their treatment
• Free from force, coercion, and manipulation
• As free as possible from internally constraining factors (e.g. symptoms/pain controlled as best as possible)
• Persuasion, as an appeal to patient’s reasoning is okay

Question 5

Beneficence

Answer 5

Actively do good for others

Work toward providing good for the patient

Question 6

Non-maleficence

Answer 6

Do not harm the patient

Protect the patient from unnecessary harm

Question 7

Beneficence/non-maleficence in healthcare

Answer 7

Providers should work to minimize harm and maximize benefit for the patient

Question 8

Justice

Answer 8

-Treating like patients/cases alike

Question 9

Justice-possible candidates?

Answer 9

• Equal shares
• According to need
• According to acquisition in a free market
• According to individual effort
• According to social contribution
• According to merit

Question 10

Define autonomy

Answer 10

Making choices and taking action free from restraint or coercion from others