Unit 2 Flashcards
Define beneficence
Action doing something for the benefit of others
Active : doing something
Non malfeasance
The avoidance of harm
Passive : not doing n something harmful
Discuss individual rights vs. societal safeguards
Everyone has right ti medical care
Define autonomy
The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision for oneself
Define paternalism
Limiting a persons autonomy for their own good “father knows best”
Define Race
1 race, human race
Define ethnicity
An individuals identity with a particular cultural group into which they are biologically related
What act was put in place to help with ability to pay
Emergency medical treatment and active labor act
EMTALA
How many deaths occur in a hospital
1/3
Define a advanced directive ( living will)
Allows competent patient to guide future health care decisions
What is medical futility
Not doing everything when there is no reasonable hope of success
What is a DNR
No code
Do not resuscitate
What is euthanasia
Deliberately ending life
Passive : doing nothing is legal
Active : taking action (pulling the plug) illegal
What is physician assisted suicide
Physician provides lethal drug that patient must take indenpendently
In 1968 how was death defined
Irreversible coma
What was formed in 1981
The uniform determination of Death Act
UDAA
Irreversible circulatory and respiratory cessation or total brain dead
When was the birth of medical ethics
1947
What are the 2 types of research today
Observational and clinical
What is the primary purpose of the IRB ( institution review board )
Protect the rights and welfare of human subjects
Discuss cropping and masking according to ASRT
Image should not be cropped or masked
It is out of scope of practice
Does cropping / masking equal altering medical record s
Yes
What is dose creep
When technologist use more then ideal exposure
Using more than 2x the ideal exposure is?
An ALARA violation and UNETHICAL
