Week 1 Flashcards
Rests on the values or beliefs accepted by a particular society or group without systematic reflection or an attempt at justification
Morality
Focuses on the reasons why an action is considered right or wrong. It requires the rational justification of positions and beliefs.
Ethics
Semi-autonomous group of skilled individuals who posses similar credentials, standers of behavior, and motivation to serve. (3 rules of membership)
Profession
Describes the extent to which members of a profession maintain a level of conduct equal or above an ethical threshold determined by the profession and accepted by society
Professionalism
5 Essential attributes of a professional
Equanimity, Accountability, Self-Assurance, Respect, Impartiality
Describes how an individual perceives their own please within the ranks of a profession and publicizes this perception to the outside world
Professional identity
Requirements for formulating an ethical question
Clear, focused, specific, forward-looking, and action-oriented
Formula for ethical question
Given the conflict between consideration 1 and consideration 2, is it ethically permissible to decision or action?
3 categories of ethical action
Obligatory, permissible, prohibited
Problem representation (one sentence) description of a case to guide diagnostic reasoning. Will evolve with additional information.
Problem representation
Principles of health care ethics
Beneficence, respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, justice
Freedom to live according to one’s values
Autonomy
Acting to promote another’s best interest
Beneficence
One ought not to inflict evil or harm
Non-maleficence
Protect patients from discrimination and exploitation
Justice
Two ways population health is being see
Public health perspective, delivery system perspective
Componentes of Three-Legged Stool
Access, cost, and quality
US hospital beds per 1000
2.8
Physicians per 1000
2.6
Primary care physicians in US
43%
GDP spent on healthcare
17.8%
Spending per capita
$9,403
MRIs per 1000 people
118
Spending per person on pharma
$1,143
Amount spent on administration
8%
Average GP salary
$218,000
Life expectancy
78.8
Infant deaths per 1000
5.8
Maternal deaths per 100k
26.4
Smoking rate
11.4%
Obese or overweight percentage
70.1%
Type of US health insurance system
Voluntary, private, employer-based and individual based
Healthcare system in which Government is payer and provider
National Healthcare system
Similar to national healthcare systems but less centralized
Regionally Administered universal Health insurance program
Highly regulated multiple payer healthcare system
Statutory mandatory health insurance systems