Ethics Terms
Define: Fiduciary
Someone who holds something in trust for another (finances, custody, guardianship)
allowed to make own treatment decisions under conditions of:
-child is self supporting
-legally married
-pregnant or is a parent
-in military
-court has deemed them to be
Describe Internvention:
direct services provided by CCLS
Define: nonmaleficence
"do no harm"
Avoiding physical corporeal burdens (pain, suffering, etc)
Define: mature minor
at least 15 years old and able to make well-deliberated judgements (varies according to states and laws)
Identify Koshland and Curry's 4 outcomes and benefits of movement and dance applicable to all hospitalized children
1. facilitation of trust
2. improved body comprehension
3. better sensory appreciation and control
4. enhanced expression of burdensome feelings and emotions
Describe: Assessment
information gathering regarding child, family, and healthcare situation
Define: Veracity
truthfulness, telling the truth
3 ethical roles in child life practice
-advocate
-direct service practitioner
-teacher/supervisor/mentor
Discuss drama therapy according to 4 primary ways McKenna and Haste suggest it may assist in recovery and long-term adjustment to dictational life and health changes
1. it enhances feelings of personal space in otherwise impersonal and often formal care environments
2. provides enriched medium of entertainment and diversion
3. produces feelings of efficacy, involvement, and creativity
4. offers up a multitude of metaphors and imagery through which engage and resolve internal fears and challenges
Target specific goals and benefits to child/family
Define: fidelity
"promise keeping" carrying out commitments
define: beneficence
the duty to produce benefit and to act for the good and well-being of another
Well and Arango (1993) 5 key characteristics of collaboration
1. communication
2. dialogue
3. active lsitening
4. awareness and acceptance of difference
5. mutual negotation
Describe: Programming and Practice
involves preemptive planning to address anticipated concerns. prompt activities then remain alert for insights, and understandings that may reveal hidden concerns
requires a person to be fair minded, even-handed, and nondiscriminatory
Describe: Evaluation
way to assess if patient, family, and team members felt their needs were met. shows a respect for views and allows for better future services