Nature Of Nursing-ch5: Values, Ethics, And Advocacy

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Actions that directly bring about the clients death with or without consent

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Active euthanasia

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Individual who pleads the cause of another or argues our pleas for a cause or proposal

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Advocate

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A form of active euthanasia in which clients are given the means to kill themselves

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Assisted suicide

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Mental stance that is composed of many different beliefs; usually involving a positive or negative judgment toward a person, object, or idea

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Attitudes

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Interpretations are conclusions that one accepts as true

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Beliefs

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The moral obligation to do good or to implement actions that benefit clients and their support person’s

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Beneficence

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Ethical rules or principles that govern right contact concerning my

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Bioethics

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The formal statement of the groups ideals and values; a set of ethical principles shared by members of a group, reflecting their moral judgments and serving as a standard for professional actions

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Code of ethics

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The ethics of judging whether an action is moral

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Consequence-based (teleological) theories

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The rules or principles that govern right conduct

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Ethics

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A moral principle that obligates the individual to be faithful to agreements and responsibilities one has undertaken

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Fidelity

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Fairness

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Justice

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Process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of learning what ought and ought not to be done

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Moral development

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Specific prescriptions for actions

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Moral rules

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A doctrine or system denoting what is right and wrong in conduct, character, or attitude

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Morality

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The duty to do no harm

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Non-Maleficent

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Ethical issues that occur in nursing practice

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Nursing ethics

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Allowing a person to die by withholding or withdrawing measures to maintain life

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Passive euthanasia

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Values internalize from the society or culture in which one lives

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Personal values

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Emphasize individual rights, duties, and obligations

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Principles-based (deontological) theories

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Values acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nursing experiences, teachers, and peers

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Professional values

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Stress courage, generosity, commitment, and the need to nurture and maintain relationships

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Relationship-based (caring) theories

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The specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role

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Responsibility

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A specific, consequence-based, ethical theory that judges as right the action that does the most good and least amount of harm for the greatest number of persons; often used in making decisions about the funding and delivery of healthcare

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Utilitarianism

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The organization of a person’s values along a continuum of relative importance

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Value system

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Something of worth; a belief held dearly by a person

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Values

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Process by which individuals define their own values

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Values clarification

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A moral principle that holds that one should tell the truth and not lie

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Veracity

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The ability and willingness to assume responsibility for one’s actions and to accept the consequences of one’s behavior

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Accountability