MT laws Unit 11 and Unit 12 Flashcards
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Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- includes speaking and listening
- follow directions without problem
- can talk easily to patients and families and understand their
needs
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Effective Communication Skills
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- can handle stress, traumatic situations, suffering, and death
- is able to work without allowing stress to cause serious
personal harm
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Emotion Stability
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- proper regard to the dignity of one’s character or profession
- appreciation of one’s obligation
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Self- Respect
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- willingness to work long periods, overtime, night shifts, and
even on holidays - willingness to accept other responsibilities
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Flexibility
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- understands every step
- careful not to make any error
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Good Attention to Details
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- works well with different people
- works well in a variety of situation
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Good Intrapersonal Skills
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- strong physical endurance
- able to endure long hours of work
- able to perform taxing duties
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Physical Stamina
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- think quickly
- address problems even before they arise
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Probelm Solving Skills
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- always prepared to respond to sudden incidences
- can respond quickly to emergencies
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Ability to Respond Quickly
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- respect people
- respect rules
- heedful of confidentiality requirements
- considerate of other cultures and traditions
- respects wishes and decisions of patients
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Respect To Others
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Q
Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- ability to understand
- ability to identify with another person’s feelings
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Empathy
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Qualities of a Healthcare Provider
- sensitivity
- willingness to assist other people
- promote patient’s well-being
- help improve patients’ health outcomes
- help enhance patients’ well-being
- improve the quality of patients’ relationship
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Compassion
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Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- keeping the promise of being a patient advocate
- provide competent care
- avoid conflicts of interest
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Fidelity
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Q
Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- recognizing one’s capabilities and limitations
- respecting patient’s autonomy
- willingness to accept suggestions from colleagues
A
Humility
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Q
Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- willingness to sacrifice for others
- genuine concern for the sufferings of others
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Compassion
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Q
Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- constant will to give what is due to others
- offering needed treatments/interventions
- fairness
- rightfulness
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Justice
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Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- doing what is right without undue fear
- being true to one’s calling without fear
- willingness to fight for patient’s rights
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Courage
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Q
Virtues of a Healthcare Provider
- inclination to seek God
- prays for encouragement, strength, and consolation
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Prayerfulness
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Moral Excellency / Virtues
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Arête
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- basic individual rights, including the civil, constitutional, and
statutory rights as a person - right to considerate and respectful behavior from the patients and
to be free from harassment and abuse - right to protect ourselves from physical attack
- right to register a complaint about a patient, and to pursue that
complaint through the hospital system or in a court of law without
risk to our employment - right not to be required to put patients’ life, their physical health,
or the health of their families at risk - right to reasonable access to the tools needed to perform the
duties of their position - right to sufficient personal time during the work shift to keep
hydrated and nourished as needed
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Rights of Healthcare Professionals
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Q
- one who suffers
- persons receiving medical care/treatment
- persons under health care
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Patiens
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Q
one who is hospitalized for less than 24 hours
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Out-Patient
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Q
one who is confined overnight or for an indeterminate
time in the hospital
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In-Patient
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Patients’ Rights
- The patient has the moral right to determine what is good for
himself - Right to self-determination
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Under the principle of autonomy
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# Patients’ Rights
* right to informed consent
* right to informed decision
* right to informed choice
* right to refusal of treatment
Under the medical context
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# True to false
Patients’ ownership of their health and
outcomes is essential
True
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# True to false
Personalization does not improves the patient’s
experience and increases patient
engagement
False
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# True to false
Health care workers should treat their
patients as unique individuals ?
True
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Need to motivate patients to become active
participants in their health journeys
True
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*State of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease and infirmity (WHO)
Health
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What are the Concepts of Health ?
*Biomedical Concept
*Ecological Concept
*Psychosocial Concept
*Holistic Concept
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* Merely the absence of disease
* **If** the person is *not sick*, he **is** considered **healthy**
* **Human body = machine**
* This concept has **minimized the role of the environment, social, and cultural determinants of health**
Biomedical Concept
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* Viewed health as a dynamic equilibrium between the human body and the environment
* Disease: maladjustment between the human
body and the environment
Ecological Concept
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* Regard health as both a biological and social phenomenon
* Takes into consideration the following factors:
* Social
* Psychological
* Cultural
* Economic
* Political
Psychosocial Concept
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* Synthesis of all the other concepts
* Recognizes the strength of :
* Social
* Economic
* Political
* Environmental
* Well-being as a whole
* Emphasis is on the promotion and preservation of health
Holistic Concept
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* subjective state of a person who feels not
to be well
* a broad term that defines the poor state of
mind, body, and, spirit.
* the general feeling of being sick or unwell
* ambiguous symptoms
Illness
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* Condition of being ill
* Sickness is related to a different phenomenon which the social role a person with illness or sickness takes or is given in society, in different arenas of life
Sickness
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* Cuffering
* Curse
* Punishment for sins
* A channel to better understand the human body’s capabilities, interactions, and limitations
Disease
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Means "Without Ease"
Disease
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* protects a patient’s integrity
* recognizes that a person is responsible
for his own body
* enhances the patient’s active role in
caring for his own health
Free and Informed Consent
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Purpose of Informed Consent
* Protective
- Safeguards against intrusion of integrity
* Participative
- Allows for patient’s involvement in decision-making
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# Elements of Informed Consent
* disclosure of all information to the patient by the health
care giver which includes:
* truth of the proposed action
* nature of the proposed action
* probable benefits
* possible risks
* All information relevant to meaningful decision-making
processes
Knowledge
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# Elements of Informed Consent
* information given in a manner that is easily
understood
* use of familiar language and suitable
information
* must enable the patient to truly appreciate the
information
Comprehension by the patient
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# Elements of Informed Consent
* decision/s made based on sound reasons
* absence of undue pressure:
* time constraint
* persuasion, threat, coercion
* deception, manipulation
* fear
* other forms of control
Patient’s Consent
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Who gives the Informed Consent ?
Patient
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If the patient cannot give informed consent ?
* patient’s nearest of kin
* patient’s guardian
* patient’s representative
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At the end of life, health care providers
should be able to:
* communicate compassionately with the dying
patients
* use technology prudently
* recognize and accept medical futility
* avoid disproportionate means to maintain life
at all cost
* relieve pain effectively
* give physical, psychological , mental,
* emotional, moral, and emotional support to
* dying patient
* provide palliative or comfort care
* minimize patient’s symptoms
* maximize interaction with others
* serve as the patient’s companion in his final journey
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# Suffering
a health care provider must understand
that suffering is:
* inevitable
* is more than physical pain or sickness
* more complex
* deeply rooted in humanity
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# Suffering
a health care provider must:
* emphatize with the patient’s sufferings
* make suffering meaningful
* enable the patient to see that suffering has
supernatural benefits
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# Health Professional Relationships
Health Care Professionals must:
* **work to uplift** the standards of his profession
* work towards the creation of a safe environment
* implement just health care program
* work to discover truth through research
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Professional Conduct and Professional Ethics
* Involves ethics, morals, and standards of behavior
* Ethical behavior
* Good professional conduct
* All standards of behavior in one’s personal life and in the workplace
* Values and guiding principles established by organizations
* Guide professionals in performing their job unctions based on sound moral and ethical principles
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# Professional Code of Conduct
Benefits:
* **Build confidence** in the profession’s
trustworthiness
* Provide **greater transparency** and certainty
about how client’s affairs will be handled
* **Provide a supporting framework** to the
members of the profession to resist pressure
of acting inappropriately and making
acceptable decisions
* **Provide a common understanding** of
acceptable practice which builds collegiality
and allows for fairer disciplinary procedures
within the profession
* For others dealing with the professional, as
the profession will be seen to be more
reliable
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
the Professional Regulati
* protect life, property, public
welfare
* heroic sacrifice
* genuine selflessness
Service to others
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
* Practice honesty and reliability at
all times
* Practice objectivity
* Be free from conflicts of interest
* Refrain from unethical practices
Integrity and Objectivity
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
* Knowledge, technical skills, attitude,
and experience
* Keep up with new knowledge in the
field
* Upgrade level of competence
* Engage in life-long learning
Professional Competence
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
* Cohesive professional organization
* Prioritize broader interest of the
profession
* Observe ethical practices
* Deepen one’s social and civic
responsibility
Solidarity and Teamwork
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
* Carry out professional duties with
due consideration to public interest
* Serve patients and the public with
due professional concern
* Contribute to the attainment of
national objectives
Social and Civic Responsibility
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
* Open to challenges of a more
dynamic and interconnected world
* Rise above global standards
* Maintain levels of professional
practices fully aligned with global
best practices
Global Competitiveness
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
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# General Principle of Professional Conduct
*Treat colleagues with respect
and fairness
*Be fair in all dealings
Equality of All Professions
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# Professional Code of Ethics
make a public Declaration or
commitment for a good end
Profess
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* Principles that govern a person’s behavior in the
workplace
* Set of rules on how professionals should act
* Basis for society’s expectations of the professional
Professional Ethics
