Other approaches to medical ethics Flashcards
What are the 3 moral theories?
- consequentialism
- deontology
- virtue ethics
What is the basis of consequentialism?
What is its weakness?
- promotes best consequences
- sometimes actions leading to the best consequence seem wrong in themselves
What is the basis of deontology?
What is its weakness?
-it is in accord with moral principle and guidelines
-consequences matter.
how do we decide the moral rule and duties?
What is the basis of virtue ethics?
What is its weakness?
-what a virtuous agent would do in the circumstance
-How do you decide on the virtues?
may be culturally specific
What are the 4 moral principles?
What is the basis of each?
- beneficence- doing whats best for the patient
- non-malificeince- not doing what is harmful to the patient
- respect for autonomy- help patient come to their own decisions about care, help them meet these
- Justice- patients in similar situations should receive the same healthcare
What are the 4 components of the quadrant approach?
- medical indications
- patient preferences
- quality of life
- contextual features
Explain medical indications. What 3 questions are posed when thinking of medical indications?
consider each medical condition and its proposed treatments:
- does it fulfil the goals of medicine?
- with what likelihood?
- if not is the proposed treatment futile?
What questions are posed by patient preferences?
what does the patient want?
does the patient have the capacity to decide?, if not can anyone advocate for the patient?
do the patients wishes reflect a process that is: informed?, understood?, voluntary? and continuing?
Explain the topic of quadrant theory: quality of life.
Explain the patients quality of life in the patients terms and from the care providers perspective
What is contextual features?
circumstances that can either influence the decision or be influenced by the decision
