Justice in Healthcare
What does equitable healthcare mean?
Giving patients what they need, not necessarily treating everyone the same.
Who gave the TED Talk discussed in the presentation?
Sridhar Venkatapuram.
This population was specifically targeted in the study.
Poor African-American men.
According to Ross, what two duties were in conflict in the Tuskegee Study?
Justice and beneficence.
A nurse gives a patient experimental treatment without their knowledge to "save time." What principle is violated?
Informed consent.
What basic duty do the authors of the article use to support their argument for Medical Cosmopolitanism?
The duty of justice
These groups now exist to protect research participants in studies
IRBs (Institutional Review Board) and/or The National Research Act of 1974
Which duty involves promoting the well-being of others?
Justice
What is the name of the concept that refers to the unequal distribution of healthcare resources between wealthy and low-income countries?
Health Disparity
What global region has only 4% of the world’s healthcare workers but 25% of the disease burden?
Sub-Saharan Africa.
What major treatment was withheld from participants?
Pencillin
According to Ross, the idea that certain duties can override other obligations given the circumstance is called?
"Prima Facie" Duties
What is the global ethical issue highlighted in the TED Talk?
The unequal distribution of healthcare workers and resources.
What is the idea of Medical Cosmopolitanism?
Healthcare workers in high income countries have a moral duty to work in low and middle income countries to address healthcare worker distribution inequality
What year did the study end?
1972
True or False: Ross believed there is a fixed hierarchy of moral duties.
False—duties are weighed based on the context.
Who said these famous words? ""Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane."
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is cosmopolitanism?
A philosophy that emphasizes the idea that all humans are a part of a singular community
What document was created in response to the outrage from Tuskegee?
The Belmont Report (1979).
A student volunteers at a free clinic instead of attending a family event. What Rossian duty are they prioritizing?
The duty of beneficience.