Unit 2

Question 1

what is paternalism

Answer 1

specific violation of autonomy that overrides it for his/her own good

Question 2

What is the problem with the nurse as a friend/mother metaphor

Answer 2

cannot view nurses as acting for selfless reasons and ignores the training that they go through

Question 3

what does having a convenatal relationship mean

Answer 3

it is a promise of their profession

Question 4

what does it mean for a nurse to be a healer and advocate

Answer 4

healer- can help them heal physically and mentally

advocate- making sure they have a voice

Question 5

what is cultural ethical relativism

Answer 5

different cultures have different values.

Question 6

what is agency vs autonomy

Answer 6

agency- whether one is able to make a choice and act on it

autonomy- choices that are not oppressed/under any pressure

Question 7

what is developmental relational autonomy

Answer 7

persons develop continuously in a network of relationship

Question 8

what is conceptual relational autonomy

Answer 8

to be autonomous is not to be independent, however to be free of oppression wether internal or externalized

Question 9

what are the three things that consent must be?

Answer 9

fully informed, voluntary and given to a competent or valid surrogate

Question 10

not being fully informed is a restriction of ______

Answer 10

autonomy

Question 11

what is the difference between an interest and a wish

Answer 11

an interest is something that will benefit you, a wish is a decision of what one wants

Question 12

what is an example of an interest vs a wish

Answer 12

i wish to have another beer, but it is in my best interest not to

Question 13

what is moral subsistence level

Answer 13

the level of resources, well being etc.

Question 14

what is incompetence vs idiosyncracy

Answer 14

incompetence is that emre strangeness is not sufficient, idiosyncracy is that patients must generally be allowed wishes that do not make sense to us

Question 15

what is one slight fix to surrogate consent

Answer 15

a living will

Question 16

what are the three abilities you must have in order to be labeled “pepper-smith competent”

Answer 16

1. able to form accurate beleifs about the situation in question
2. ability to deleiberate about concrete options and choose the best based on values
3. have intentions that accord to their decisions

Question 17

what are special moral classes

Answer 17

declaring that certain groups of people will be treated differently than people in general

Question 18

what is the principle of doubt

Answer 18

when in doubt do what preserves life

Question 19

what is the principle of autonomy

Answer 19

when in doubt respect autonomy

Question 20

what is a therapeutic vs nontherapeutic experiment

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What are Sreenivasans two rules of informed consent

Answer 21

1. 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

Question 22

what is a slippery slope argument

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

What is sorites fallacy

Answer 23

little-by-little argument- premise that two things are inevitably the same and should be treated as so