Module 3

Question 1

is defined as principles of conduct goveming an individual or a group. Usually profession includes among its distinguishing characteristics a provision for self-regulation and a code of ethics.
Most of the health-related professionals, including medical technology have such codes.

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Ethics

Question 2

This Code of Ethics of the Medical Technologists are read during

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the oath-taking ceremonies of the newly-licensed medical technologists.

Question 3

Six of the values that commonly apply to medical ethics discussions are:

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Autonomy - the patient has the right to refuse or choose their treatment. (Voluntas aegroti suprema lex.)
• Beneficence - a practitioner should act in the best interest of the patient. (Salus aegroti suprema lex.)
• Non-maleficence - “first, do no harm” (primum non nocere).
• Justice - concerns the distribution of scarce health resources, and the decision of who gets what treatment (fairness and equality).
• Dignity - the patient (and the person treating the patient) have the right to dignity.
• Truthfulness and honesty - the concept of informed consent has increased in importance since the historical events of the Doctors’ Trial of the Nuremberg trials and Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

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the patient has the right to refuse or choose their treatment. (Voluntas aegroti suprema lex.)
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Autonomy

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a practitioner should act in the best interest of the patient. (Salus aegroti suprema lex.)
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Beneficence

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“first, do no harm” (primum non nocere).

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non maleficence

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concerns the distribution of scarce health resources, and the decision of who gets what treatment (fairness and equality).

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Justice

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the patient (and the person treating the patient) have the right to dignity.

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Dignity

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the concept of informed consent has increased in importance since the historical events of the Doctors’ Trial of the Nuremberg trials and Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

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Truthfulness and honesty

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The dignity of the human person is a

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transcendent value,

Question 11

There are five different levels in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:

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1. Physiological Needs
   iness include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, such as the need for water, air, food bier sieep. Mastow believed that these needs are the most bost and instine tive needs in the
2. Securily Needs
   hierarchy because all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met.
   These include needs for safety and security. Security needs are important for survival, but they are not as demanding as the physiological needs. Examples of security needs include a desire for
   3.
   steady employment, health insurance, safe neighborhoods and shelter from the ervironment.
   Social Needs
   These include needs for belonging, love and affection. Maslow considered these needs to be less
   basic than physiological and security needs. Relationships such as friendships, romantic
   attachments and families help fulfill this need for companionship and acceptance, as does
   4.
   involvement in social, community or religious groups.
   Esteem Needs
   After the first three needs have been satisfied, esteem needs becomes increasingly important.
   These include the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition and
   5.
   accomplishment.
   Self-actualizing Needs
   This is the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others and interested fulfilling their potential.

Question 12

iness include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, such as the need for water, air, food bier sieep. Mastow believed that these needs are the most bost and instine tive needs in the hierarchy because all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met.

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physiological needs

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These include needs for safety and security. Security needs are important for survival, but they are not as demanding as the physiological needs. Examples of security needs include a desire for
steady employment, health insurance, safe neighborhoods and shelter from the ervironment

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Security Needs

Question 14

These include needs for belonging, love and affection. Maslow considered these needs to be less
basic than physiological and security needs. Relationships such as friendships, romantic
attachments and families help fulfill this need for companionship and acceptance, as does
involvement in social, community or religious groups.

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social needs

Question 15

After the first three needs have been satisfied, esteem needs becomes increasingly important.
These include the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition and
accomplishment.

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Esteem Needs

Question 16

This is the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others and interested fulfilling their potential.

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Self-actualizing Needs

Question 17

which explains the cognitive need of the academic.

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Need to know and understand,

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action that is guided by reasons or actions that can be limited.
example: exercise to be physically fit, etc…

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Human acts-

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instinctive; physiological.
example: crying, falling in love, eating, etc..

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Acts of man-

Question 20

The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one’s conduct ormotives, impelling one toward right action: to follow thedictates of conscience.
2. The complex of ethical and moral principles that controls orinhibits the actions or thoughts of an indivi dual.
3.an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I’d eat another pieceof pie but my conscience would bother m e.

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conscience

Question 21

Kind of conscience

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Correct or true
b. erroneous or true Certain
d. Doubtful
e. lax