PPVE Flashcards

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Prima facie

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Fidelity
Justice
Beneficence
Non-maleficence
Self-improvement

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GMC 4 Domains of Good Med Practice

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Knowledge/skills
Comms/teamwork
Safety and quality
Maintaining trust

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Absolute duties examples

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Do not lie
Do not kill innocents
Respect otherw

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Absolute duties def

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MORAL OBLIGATIONS which must always be fulfilled

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Prima facie def

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Moral obligations that are binding but may be overridden by pressing duties

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Deontology

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Follow rules

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Utilitarianism/consequentialism

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Focuses on result of an action

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4 quadrant approach

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Medical indications
Patient preferences
QOL
Contextual features

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Valid consent

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Informed
Pt has capacity
Voluntary
Ongoing

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Acts that allow access to med records

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Data protection act
Freedom of info
Access to medical records act

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Data protection act 1998

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Legal responsibility to keep med records confidential
Sharing is permissible for med purposes
Data anonymous unless consent given

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Freedom of information act

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NHS must provide info to public about itself and respond appropriately to requests of info

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Access to medical records act

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Allows individual to access medical records for employment or insurance purposes

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Access to health records 1990

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Provides some individuals with a statutory right to access medical records of deceased

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15
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Caldecott guardian

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Person responsible for protecting confidentiality and ensuring proper storage of info

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Formal curriculum

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Intended, offered and endorsed by institution

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Hidden curriculum

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Unintended learning experiences within medical education

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18
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+ves for having access to Pts as learning resource

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Entitled
Central to med education
Helps students engage in their own healthcare

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-ves to having access to Pts as learning resource

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Pts are at their most vulnerable
Higher risk of harm
Staff conflict
Informed and valid consent hard to elicit

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Whistleblowing def

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Drs have a professional duty to report colleagues suspected of unfit practice to the GMC

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Public interest disclosure act 1998

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Protects whistleblowers against detriment from their employer

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Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal

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A decreased budget and institutional pressure caused an increase in the number of Pt deaths

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Francis report recommendations

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Pt put first
Pt protected from avoidable harm
Complaints must be handled effectively
Must be open and transparent when things go wrong

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Duty of Candour

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Positive legal obligation under health and social care act 2008

Duty of staff to tell Pts about safety incidents

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Truth telling

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Being open and forthright w Pts

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Lying

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Making a deliberate false statement

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Deceptions

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Causing someone to believe something that is false

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Evasion

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Deception through irrelevant true statements w the goal of avoiding upset

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Euphemism

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Word or phrase used to avoid saying something potentially upsetting or offensive

30
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Therapeutic privilege

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Entitlement to withhold info from a Pt when it is feared that disclosure would cause immediate or serious harm

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Autonomous right not to know

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Pt have an autonomous right to request not to know information about their health. if they have capacity

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Mental state

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Wellbeing defined in terms of how we’re feeling mentally

33
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Desire-fulfillment

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Wellbeing consists of desires being fulfilled and desires restricted

Ones revolving around life take priority in best interests

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-ves of best interests

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Can be very vague and subjective

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Complications def

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Undesirable and unintended direct result if surgery which wouldn’t have happened had the surgery gone as well as hoped

36
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Error def

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Event that would t have happened if all procedures were followed

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Never events

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Events that can cause serious harm or death that are entirely preventable

38
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Near misses

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Adverse events that had potential to cause harm but didn’t

39
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Negligence causes

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Judgement errors rather than honest mistakes

40
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Negligence criteria

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Practitioner owed a duty of care

Duty of care breached

Breach of care caused the harm

41
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Criteria when gaining consent for surgical procedures

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Warn Pts of risk
Detail common consequences
Mention surgical risks
Tell the truth

42
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Bristol Heart Scandal

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Higher death rates amongst babies requiring cardiac surgery

Lifted lid on “old boys culture”

43
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Recommendations following Bristol Heart Scandal

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Involve pts/public more
External monitoring of services
Root out unsafe practices and learn from errors

44
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Clinical governance

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Framework used in NHS for improving quality of services & ensuring high standard of care

45
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Elements of clinical governance

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Education/training
Clinical audit
Research and development
Risk management
Info management

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Health and social care act

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Legislated a reorganisation of the NHS
Clinicians put commissioning
Aim to empower Pts
Need for improvements

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Commissioning cycle

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Evaluate
Initiate
INVx
Collaborate
Incubate
Negotiate
Activate
Consolidate
Restart

48
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What did Harry Shipman do?

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Forged wills of several Pts and then killed the Pts w/ morphine

49
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What happened after Harry Shipman?

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Reform of death certificates

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Genetic counselling def

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Process of providing info to families affected by genetic disorders so they can understand their available options

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Genetic counselling +ves

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Increases Pt autonomy
Non-judgemental
Potential to reduce. Occurrence of serious genetic conditions

52
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Genetic counselling -ves

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Difficult process
New area of medicine
Conflict
Impact on insurance

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Cultural relativism

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Idea that there are no absolute morals or truth

54
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Descriptive relativism

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Account of differences in moral standards and beliefs

55
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Cultural imperialism

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Culture of one community pushed onto another

56
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What does NICE do?

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Produces guidance for England and Wales on technology appraisals, clinical guidance, and interventional procedures