Medicalization
Human social conditions becoming medical diagnoses so physicians can decide on treatments and measures for care.
What is medicalization?
a long lasting course of illness with no cure, but it can be manageable
What is a chronic disease?
Number of people who die daily while waiting for an organ
What does the term "21 people" mean?
The perceived good of organ donation.
What it is an unresolved ethical issue of organ donation?
Justice and Medical Utility
What are two factors that ensure a balanced decision?
The extent to which a person takes on the physical and social environment they are in.
What is adaptation theory?
In connection with how people’s lifestyle choices like smoking, abuse of alcohol and drugs, unhealthy diet, and lack of exercise
What is lifestyle disease?
Legal document used in organ donation process
What is donor card?
A person’s life and care must never be compromised in favor of potential organ recipients.
What is one of the moral principals of the Dead Donor Rule?
Performed first human heart transplant
Who is Christiaan Barnard?
A partnership created between both provider and patient when deciding plan of treatment.
What is concordance?
patient’s feeling a lack of control
patient suffering
difficulty in accessing services
What is ONE out of three of the ethical concerns pertaining to when caring for a patient with chronic disease and illness?
People automatically consent to donating organs unless they specifically indicate otherwise
What is presumed consent?
ANA Code of Ethics
What is a handle tool of guidance in ensuring that nurses are promoting human good, preserving patient dignity, and maintaining a caring environment.
Advocacy
What is the one ethical competency that is the most important when dealing with patients with chronic disease/illness?