Ethical Responsibilities
Ethics
What is a system of principles (fundamental truths that serve as the foundation for a system of beliefs) a society develops to guide decisions about what is right and wrong?
Protocols
What are standard methods for performing tasks?
Confidentiality
What is a patient’s legal right to privacy concerning their medical affairs?
False imprisonment
What is it when patients are held against their will, unless they are mentally incompetent or a danger to themselves?
Values
What is what we care about most and guide our decisions and behavior
Discreet
What is being careful about what you say, preserving confidences, and respecting privacy?
Express consent
What is a more formal, either oral or in writing, in which a patient gives permission directly to the provider to receive treatment?
Justice
What is fairness?
Fraud
What is a form of dishonesty that involves cheating or trickery?
Slander
What is defamation of character in spoken form?
Euthanasia
What is mercy killing, performing an action that results in the death of a patient to alleviate suffering or when it is believed that there is no hope for recovery?
Express contract
What is created when the parties discuss clearly and in detail what is to take place and agree on specific terms and conditions?
Living will
What are health care instructions, outlines an individual's wishes regarding the type and extent of care to be given?
Libel
What is it when something is disclosed in written form?
Negligence
What is failure to meet the standard of care that can be reasonably expected from a person with certain training and experience?
Principles
What are fundamental truths that serve as the foundation for a system of beliefs?
Implied consent
What is indicated by the patient's actions: showing up for a medical appointment, opening the mouth for the dentist to administer an injection, or participating in therapeutic exercises?
Respondeat superior
What is it when employers can be held liable (legally responsible) for the behavior and actions of their employees?
Malpractice
What is the term for improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity or treatment?
Informed consent
What is the process in which the patient receives information about treatment and gives his or her permission?
Defamation of Character
What is disclosing unauthorized information?
Breach of Contract
What is it when one of the parties fails to fulfill their part of the agreement?
Invasive procedures
What are punctures or incisions of the skin or insertion of instruments or foreign material into the body?
Battery
What is the unauthorized touching of another person?
Contracts
What are formalized promises that are enforceable by law?