situation requiring moral judgement between 2 or more, equally "right" alternatives.
What is Ethical Dilemma
100
The approximate percentage of all medical negligence claims that are somehow related to diagnostic imaging.
What is 10%
100
Set of standards that establish what is right or good
What is Moral Principles
100
a set of moral principles that govern one's course of action
What is Ethics
100
defines the limits of the radiography practice
What is Scope of Practice
200
this theory evaluates the rightness or wrongness of ethical decisions by assessing the consequences on the patient.
What is Consequentialism
200
Failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent health care professional would use in similar circumstances
What is Medical Negligence
200
Moral Principle: bringing about good
What is Beneficence
200
Degree of skill (proficiency), knowledge, & care ordinarily possessed & employed by members in good standing within a profesion
What is Standard of Care
200
define the activities of the practitioner in the care of patients and the delivery of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures and treatment.
What is Clinical Performance Standards
300
Ethical theory that actions themselves, rather than consequences, determine their worth; actions are right or wrong according to the morality of the acts.
What is Nonconsequentialism
300
Civil wrong committed by one individual against another. May be classified as either intentional or unintentional.
What is Tort
300
Moral Principle: prevent harm; do no harm
What is Nonmaleficence
300
Holding up a person to ridicule, scorn, or contempt in a respectable & considerable part of the community
What is Defamation
300
Define the activities of the practitioner in the technical areas of performance including equipment and material assessment, safety standards, and total quality management.
What is Quality Performance Standards
400
the set of principles that govern the conduct of the professional members.
What is Professional Ethics
400
Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury on a person and any intentional display of force that would give the victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
What is Assault
400
Moral Principle: honesty with patients, coworkers, oneself
What is Veracity
400
Conscious restraint of another without proper authorization, privilege, or consent
What is False Imprisonment
400
Define the activities of the practitioner in the areas of education, interpersonal relationships, personal and professional self-assessment, and ethical behavior.
What is Professional Performance Standards
500
Ethics in the field of health care, established because of the advanced technical methods of prolonging life.
What is Bioethics
500
Unlawful touching of another that is without justification or excuse
What is Battery
500
Moral Principle: keeping promises, stated & implied
What is Fidelity
500
Generally accepted customs, principles, or habits of right living and conduct in a society.
What is Morals
500
Required for: invasive procedures, procedures requiring sedation &/or anesthesia, nonsurgical procedures that may carry risk to the patient, procedures that involve radiation.