Ethical Responsibilities
A situation in which there is no clear answer
What is an ethical dilemma?
Money to compensate for an injury or loss.
What are damages?
Patients have a legal right to privacy concerning their medical affairs.
What is confidentiality?
A document that outlines an individual's wishes regarding the type and extent of care to be given.
What is a living will?
Standard methods for performing tasks?
What are protocols?
A system of principles a society develops to guide decisions about what is right and wrong.
What are ethics?
Patients are held against their will, unless they are mentally incompetent or a danger to themselves.
What is false imprisonment?
Either oral or in writing, in which a patient gives permission directly to the provider to receive treatment.
What is express consent?
Someone an individual designates to act on their behalf if they become unable to make health care decisions.
What is a durable power of attorney for health care?
Defamation of character disclosed in written form.
What is libel?
This sets standards of professional conduct that promote the welfare of patients and ensure a high quality of care.
What are codes of ethics?
Requires that all patients, regardless of race, economic status, religion, nationality, or personal characteristics, receive the same level of care and consideration.
Outlines an individual's wishes regarding the type and extent of care to be given.
What is living will?
Failure to meet the standard of care that can be reasonably expected from a person with certain training and experience.
What is negligence?
Involve punctures or incisions of the skin or insertion of instruments or foreign material into the body
What are invasive procedures?
An ethical dilemma involving birth control.
What is access to birth control information and products?
When employers can be held liable for the behavior and actions of their employees.
What is respondeat superior?
Individuals younger than age 18 who are financially independent, married, in the military, or have been emancipated by a court.
Who are emancipated minors?
The term for improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment.
What is malpractice?
A mother is missing a piece of paperwork for her child's surgery.
What are consent forms?
A substance used to relieve nausea and pain but can also be used inappropriately.
What is marijuana?
Cases of suspected abuse with signs that are physical or behavioral.
When does patient confidentiality not exist?
No denial of coverage because of preexisting medical conditions.
What is an example of patient rights?
A woman with AIDS was assisted by firefighters, however, confidentiality laws prevented hospital staff from informing firefighters that they had been exposed to the virus.
What is an incident that conflicted with confidentiality laws?
A child who has a tumor causing her to become blind, deaf, and in pain.
What is a medical scenario where a child can either suffer or die?