Question 2 Flashcards
1
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What are the two ethical issues of drug therapy
A
- the use of placebo
- patient information
2
Q
What is drug therapy
A
using physical help for a mental illness like you would a physical injury
3
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Why is it wrong to use a placebo
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- a fundamental research ethic if not to give a patient treatment that is known to be inferior
- if needed for an experiment as a control condition to test an effecting treatment then okay but placebos do not satisfy this
4
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What is meant by patient information?
A
valid consent
5
Q
Why in this particular case should the patient not be tested on ?
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due to the patients state of mind they may not be fit to digest and remember all the information about the side effects
6
Q
What might medical professionals do when issuing drug therapy ?
A
- withhold information so they take it
- exaggerate benefits so they take jt
- withholding information about other treatments as drug therapy is an easy fix
