Week 2 - Fiduciary Relationships Flashcards
Allowing an act which causes an effect one normally avoids
Principle of Doubling effect
Agreement as to opinion or a course of action
Consent
Consent by a patient to a surgical or medical procedure after achieving an understanding of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved
Informed
Threats, violence, constraints, or overt action(s) used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgment.
Duress
To act otherwise than by their own free will or without adequate attention to the consequence
Undue influence
School of thought that one acts according to one`s duty as the act is intrinsically good
Deontology
The ability to make an informed, reasoned and intentional choice from amongst alternative actions.
Competence
Is a legal or ethical relationship of confidence of trust between two or more parties
Fiduciary duty
Trust or faith in a person or thing.
Confidence
Also known as consequentialism.
Utilitarianism
Situation in which a choice has to be made where thereis clash of principles and/or duties.
Dilemma
Refers to the limits between limits of the relationship between a clinician (nurse/midwife) and their client.
Boundary
Occurs when a clinician (nurse/midwife) exceeds the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship and the resulting actions are not required or relevant to that relationship.
Boundary crossing
Occurs when a clinician (nurse/midwife) abuses their position of trust/power for their own gain.
Boundary violation
Is working without integrity such that the behaviour is dishonest, unreliable, biased, incompetent or lacking diligence.
Misconduct
Euthanasia:
- Latin ‘End of Life’
- Latin ‘assisted death’
- Greek ‘good death’
- Greek ‘good death’
Case law decided in the courts by judges
Common Law
Consequences of ones conduct are the basis for any judgement of right or wrongness
Consequentialism/Utilitarianism
The right of a country to make its own laws
State Sovereignty
Ethical principle that supports informed consent
Autonomy
Intentional interference or touching of a person without their consent
Battery
A civil wrong
Tort
Disinterested or neglectful care standards
Under involvement
Actions are right or wrong
Deontology
The end outcome justifies the actions
Teleology/Utilitarian
The capacity to make informed decisions free from coercion
Autonomy
Doing good acts of kindness that benefit others
Benefience
Doing no harm to others
Non-Maleficence
Being fair and treating people equally
Justice
Often a precursor to serious boundary violations. Eg spending free time with client
Boundary drift
Intentional threat of harm
Assault
Consent by a patient to a surgical/medical procedure after achieving an understanding of the relevant medical facts and risks involved
Informed
Consent form which is so unjust to a party that no reasonable person would agree to
Unconscionable Conduct
A choice by a clinician not to disclose info to a client that they believe will be determined to a clients best interest
Therapeutic Privilege
A document by which a person makes provisions for healthcare decisions that, in the future, they become unable to make
Advanced Directive
