Professionalism & Ethics

Question 1

The ethical principle of administering deserved rewards or penalties that are aligned with legal and moral standards

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Justice

Question 2

The duty of healthcare management consultants to avoid conflicts of interest and self-dealing

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Good faith duty

Question 3

The duty of an individual or a group to act in the best interest of another individual or group

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Fiduciary duty

Question 4

Good stewardship as demonstrated by keeping confidences and avoiding conflict of interest

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Fidelity

Question 5

Uniform set of regulations on the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects established by the federal agencies that fund such research; formally federal policy for the protection of human subjects

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Common Rule

Question 6

A written, binding, formal commitment by an institution to comply with applicable regulations on research using human subjects

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Federal wide assurance of compliance

Question 7

The ethically questionable practice of controlling who reproduces those with desirable genetic make up and who should be sterilized those with hereditary defects in an attempt to breed a superior human population

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Eugenics

Question 8

Healthcare that is aware, considerate, and respectful of patients cultural and ethnic backgrounds and practices

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Culturally competent and sensitive care

Question 9

An ethical decision making approach that relies on a case is fax, complexity, relevant laws, and unusual circumstances to determine a judgment on that case

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Casuistry

Question 10

The institutional ethics committee process of hearing in reviewing an ethical conflict and then advising all the parties involved on the next most appropriate steps to take

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Case consultation

Question 11

Hey standard whereby a patient surrogate makes healthcare decisions based on the patient’s best interests

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Best interest standard

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The ethical principle of acting to help or benefit others

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Beneficence

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An ethical theory that maximizes the benefit to oneself and minimize harm to others

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Enlightened self-interest

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Ethical foundation for biomedical and behavioral research in the United States; published in 1979 under the formal title ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research

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Belmont report

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The consideration of others emotions and situation is that allows one to feel the same way

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Empathy

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A responsibility under fiduciary duty that requires an individual or a group to act with the same care and prudence that any reasonable entity would exercise

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Duty of care

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The ethical principle of refraining from actions that could harm others

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Nonmaleficence

Question 18

International ethics guide for physicians conducting research using human subjects; developed by the world medical association and originally adopted in Helinski Finland

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Declaration of Helinski

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Insensitivity to or ignorance of the ethical implications of an action, whether one’s own or a lot of others; the Tuskegee study is one example

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Moral blindness

Question 20

The ethical principle of making decisions independently or for oneself

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Autonomy

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The professional opinion that continuing Medical treatment is no longer a viable option for a patient

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Medical futility

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A risk management program for disclosing errors that was instituted in Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center following a patient’s death. The joint commission requires accredited healthcare organizations to have a process for disclosing unanticipated outcomes of care.

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Lexington model

Question 23

Individuals who need to access a patient’s record to fulfill their official job related duties and responsibilities

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Authorized users

Question 24

The erroneous assumption that when healthcare managers are acting legally they are acting ethically

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Law fallacy

Question 25

A legal document that specifies a persons preferences for treatments, life-sustaining technology, and other medical care; written before and used after the person is incapacitated

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Advance care directive

Question 26

A 40 year long syphilis study on 600 African-American men in Macon County, Alabama, that misinformed subjects and preventive treatment for the syphilitic men in the group

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Tuskegee study

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Hey discredited attribute that may lead to segregation and social disdain

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Stigma

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The act of putting the best interest of stakeholders first, which leads to building and maintaining trust

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Stewardship

Question 29

The use of managerial, personnel, operational, and technical controls to ensure that information systems and applications run effectively and support the confidentialities, integrity and availability of data and information

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Information security

Question 30

Three ethical principles of the Belmont report referring to informed consent, assessment of risks and benefits to research participants, and the fair and unbiased selection of research participants

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Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice in research

Question 31

The right of individuals to limit others access to their body, thoughts, and feelings

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Privacy

Question 32

A set of 10 statements requiring that human participation in research be voluntary and informed; established after the Nuremberg military tribunals doctors trial, in which Nazi doctors were tried for performing torturous medical experiments on civilian Prisoners during World War II

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Nuremberg code

Question 33

Ethically neutral factors in a decision, such as religious doctrine, personal faith, laws and regulations, self interest, and situational context

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Nonmoral concerns