LECTURE II Flashcards
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Most states in the US forbid doctors from assisting in patient suicide, reasoning that it is not a doctors job to hasten death but to prolong life, what type of reasoning would this be from the three types of ethical theories we have learned?
Kant
Some states like New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Montana, California, and Washington allow aid in dying. Proponents of the legislation that made this legal argued that allowing people to choose to die when they are terminally ill and suffering respects their dignity and shows compassion for human suffering, what type of reasoning would this be from the three types of ethical theories we have learned?
Aristotle
Some states like New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Montana, California, and Washington allow aid in dying. Proponents of the legislation that made this legal argued that allowing people to choose to die when they are terminally ill and suffering costs less, frees up resources for others and gives relief to both patients and their families, what type of reasoning would this be from the three types of ethical theories we have learned?
Mill
what are the four models discussed in the doctor patient relationships?
engineering model
priestly model
collegial model
contractual model
which of the doctor patient relationship models treats the person as someone you are going to fix?
engineering model
which of the doctor patient relationship models is the one in which the patient does everything the doctor tells them, sees them as knowledgeable on everything?
priestly model
which of the doctor patient relationship models values the relationship between patient and doctor?
collegial model
which of the doctor patient relationship models is viewed as an obligation of the doctor to the patient and the doctor does only what needs to be done?
contractual model
what are the elements of informed consent?
disclosure understandable information voluntariness competence consent
what is this element of consent?
nature of condition, options, risks, recommendations and nature of consent as authorization
disclosure
what is this element of consent?
doctor must provide info that a hypothetical reasonable person would understand
understandable info
what is this element of consent?
no coercion, manipulation or constraint; patient must be able to self determine
voluntariness
what is this element of consent?
patient must show an understanding of the information given; may take into account experience, maturity, age, responsibility, judgement, and mental health
competence
what is this element of consent?
patient must give autonomous authorization of the medical intervention
consent
a rare neurological disorder in which there is complete paralysis of all voluntary muscles except for the ones that control the movements of the eyes.
locked in syndrome
