Unit 2 Flashcards
what is paternalism
specific violation of autonomy that overrides it for his/her own good
What is the problem with the nurse as a friend/mother metaphor
cannot view nurses as acting for selfless reasons and ignores the training that they go through
what does having a convenatal relationship mean
it is a promise of their profession
what does it mean for a nurse to be a healer and advocate
healer- can help them heal physically and mentally
advocate- making sure they have a voice
what is cultural ethical relativism
different cultures have different values.
what is agency vs autonomy
agency- whether one is able to make a choice and act on it
autonomy- choices that are not oppressed/under any pressure
what is developmental relational autonomy
persons develop continuously in a network of relationship
what is conceptual relational autonomy
to be autonomous is not to be independent, however to be free of oppression wether internal or externalized
what are the three things that consent must be?
fully informed, voluntary and given to a competent or valid surrogate
not being fully informed is a restriction of ______
autonomy
what is the difference between an interest and a wish
an interest is something that will benefit you, a wish is a decision of what one wants
what is an example of an interest vs a wish
i wish to have another beer, but it is in my best interest not to
what is moral subsistence level
the level of resources, well being etc.
what is incompetence vs idiosyncracy
incompetence is that emre strangeness is not sufficient, idiosyncracy is that patients must generally be allowed wishes that do not make sense to us
what is one slight fix to surrogate consent
a living will
what are the three abilities you must have in order to be labeled “pepper-smith competent”
- able to form accurate beleifs about the situation in question
- ability to deleiberate about concrete options and choose the best based on values
- have intentions that accord to their decisions
what are special moral classes
declaring that certain groups of people will be treated differently than people in general
what is the principle of doubt
when in doubt do what preserves life
what is the principle of autonomy
when in doubt respect autonomy
what is a therapeutic vs nontherapeutic experiment
therapeutic is an experiment that is beleived to have some sort of benefit, whereas nontherapeutic is designed only to advance the knowledge of medicine in general
What are Sreenivasans two rules of informed consent
- duty to obtain voluntary agreement to participate
2. duty to disclose adequate information before they agree, as long as risk-direct-benefit ratio is favorable
what is a slippery slope argument
we should not do what is proposed, because this will lead to a slippery slope of bad concequences
ex. a move from state A to state B will inevitable result in state C.
What is sorites fallacy
little-by-little argument- premise that two things are inevitably the same and should be treated as so
