Ethical Responsibilities
Set standards of professional conduct that promote the welfare of patients adn ensure a high quality of care.
What are codes of ethics?
Mercy killing.
What is euthanasia?
Any threatened or implied act.
What is assault?
Written instructions that outline individual’s desires regarding care should they become unable as a result of illness of injury, to make these decisions.
What are advance directives?
An individual of 18 years of age
What is an adult?
A situatoion in which ther is no clear answer.
What is ethical dilemma?
Required for many procedures.
What is express consent?
Self-determination.
When one party fails to fufill his part of the contract.
Someone who has the authority to represent another person.
What is an agent?
A system of principles a society develops to guide decisions about what is right and wrong.
Indicated by the patient’s actions.
What is implied consent?
The unauthorized touching of another person.
What is battery?
Formalized promises that are enforceable by law.
What are contracts?
Finacial responsibility.
What are damages?
Refers to fairness.
What is justice?
Created when the parties discuss clearly and in detail what is to take place and they agree on certain terms and conditions.
What is express contract?
When a patient has a legal right to privacy concering their medical affairs.
Disclosing unauthorized information, resulting in being charged with harming the reputation of another.
Being carful about what you say, preserving confidences, and respecting privacy.
What is being discreet?
The improvement of the health care system and not result in the unintended consequence of long waits for service.
What is legislation?
They are is created by the actions of the party.
What are implied contracts?
Permission.
What is consent?
Designation of health care surrogate, or representative.
What is the durable power of attorney for health care?
Individuals younger than 18 who are financially independent, married, in the military, or have been emancipated by a court.
What are emancipated minors?