Chronic Conditions & Disabilities
This term describes a long‑lasting health issue that may fluctuate over time.
What is a chronic condition?
This type of care focuses on comfort and symptom relief at any stage of illness.
What is palliative care?
This principle means respecting a patient’s right to make their own decisions.
What is autonomy?
This document outlines what treatments a patient wants or refuses.
What is a living will?
A patient refuses pulmonary rehab. The daughter insists he must go. Which principle guides the clinician?
What is autonomy?
This term refers to a limitation in major life activities.
What is a disability?
This type of care is for patients with a 6‑month prognosis who stop curative treatment.
What is hospice care?
This principle means doing good for the patient.
What is beneficence?
This document names someone to make healthcare decisions if the patient cannot.
What is a durable power of attorney for healthcare?
A patient with metastatic cancer wants aggressive treatment with little chance of benefit. What concept helps evaluate the treatment?
What is ordinary vs. extraordinary treatment?
Mislabeling a chronic condition as a disability most directly violates this ethical principle.
What is justice?
Hospice philosophy views death as this.
What is a natural part of life?
This ethical theory focuses on duties and moral rules.
What is deontology?
This term describes who has the legal right to make decisions.
What is locus of authority?
A therapist avoids entering a dying patient’s room due to discomfort. What ethical issue is this?
What is abandonment?
This concept emphasizes that disability is about function, not illness.
What is the distinction between health status and functional limitation?
A clinician feels anxious watching a patient decline. This emotional response is considered what?
What is a normal part of palliative care?
This theory focuses on maximizing benefit for the greatest number.
What is utilitarianism?
A competent patient refuses a feeding tube. Who decides whether the treatment is ordinary or extraordinary?
Who is the patient?
A patient qualifies for hospice, but the family wants curative treatment. What should guide the team?
What are the patient’s documented wishes?
A patient with a chronic illness is denied employment due to assumptions about their ability. This is an example of what?
What is discrimination based on misunderstanding?
This ethical challenge occurs when a provider withdraws emotionally from a dying patient.
What is abandonment?
Giving opioids that may shorten life but relieve pain is justified under this ethical concept.
What is the principle of double effect?
A nurse believes continued aggressive treatment is harming the patient but cannot stop it. This is an example of what?
What is moral distress?
A patient in a state where assisted suicide is legal asks for information. What is the clinician allowed to do?
What is provide information permitted by state law?