Module 1B: Professional Issues Flashcards
right to make decisions from external pressure
Autonomy
All acts be meant to attain good/beneficial
Beneficence
Privacy. Right to have information on their status.
Confidentiality
Some actions produce both good and bad effects
Double effect
Duty to fulfill one’s commitment
Fidelity
Equal treatment to all
Justice
Abstain from inflicting harm/ prevent home
Nonmaleficence
making decisions regarding a patient care without consulting them
Paternalism
Life is the highest good. Nobody has the right to judge another person’s quality of life.
Sanctity of life
Honest in all aspects
Veracity
keeping the patient’s belonging, safe and taking care not to intentionally damage
Respect for property
A radiographer must be
reliable
On time
Corporative
Articulate
Impartial
binding custom, or practice of a community; a rules of conduct or action, prescribed, or formally, recognized, as binding or enforced by controlling authority
Law
defines the limits of the Radiography practice
The scope of practice
defined the activities of the practitioner in the areas of education, interpersonal relationships, personal and professional, self assessment, and ethical behavior
The professional performance standards
defines the activities of the practitioner in the care of patients and delivery of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures and treatment
Dissection incorporates, patient assessment and management with procedural analysis and performance evaluation
The clinical performance standards
defined the activities of the practitioner and a technical areas of performance including equipment and materials, assessment, safety standards, and total quality management
The quality performance standards
derived from the legislative enactments
Statutory law
usually results from judicial decisions
Common law
exists to protect the violator of love, from being sued for an act of vengeance, to determine fault, and to compensate injured party
Tort law
involves personal injury or damage, resulting in civil action, or a litigation to obtain reparation for damages incurred
Could be intentional or unintentional
TORT
