Ethics
The pursuit of a deeper understanding and the quest for knowledge
What is philosophy?
A wrongful act that results in injury/harm to a person or another person’s property
What is tort?
A specialized care model focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for people with terminal illnesses
What is hospice?
The ethical and legal duty to protect private health information, ensuring it's shared only with the patient's consent or as required by law
What is patient confidentiality?
The obligation to treat all patients fairly and equitably
What is justice?
A branch of philosophy that deals with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong
What is ethics?
Legal documents outlining a patient’s wishes for medical care if they become incapacitated
What is advance directives?
A decision NOT to initiate treatment or medical intervention for the patient
What is withholding of treatment?
Examples include encryption, ID badges, passwords, and multifactor authentication
What are technical safeguards?
A form of beneficence that involves healthcare providers unwittingly making decisions for patients, who are capable of making their own decisions, for their own perceived good
What is medical paternalism?
A positive trait of moral excellence that differentiates good people from bad people
What is virtue?
Branch of US Federal Government responsible for enfording the law
What is the Executive Branch?
The level of care, skill, and treatment which is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by reasonably prudent health care providers in the same field
What is standard of care?
Enforces federal laws that govern employee rights
What is the Department of Labor?
A patient’s right to make decisions for themselves about health care
What is autonomy?
A branch of normative ethics that emphasizes adherence to rules, duties, and obligations
What is Deontological ethics (Duty-based ethics)?
A federal law that requires healthcare facilities receiving Medicare/Medicaid to inform patients of their rights to make medical decisions and use advanced directives
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)?
A patient safety event that results in injury/harm, stemming from medical care rather than the underlying disease
What is an adverse event?
Unwelcome/unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature
What is sexual harassment?
Providers must follow this US federal law designed to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of sensitive patient health information
What is HIPAA?
A branch of consequential ethics that focuses purely on outcomes rather than intentions
What is utilitarian ethics?
A specific and more severe type of medical negligence (tort) caused by a healthcare provider’s reckless disregard or knowing violation of professional standards
What is medical malpractice?
Is supported by a large amount of scientific research and should always be used when diagnosing and treating patients
What is evidence-based medicine?
Was enacted to grant temporary medical leave to employees under certain circumstances
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
Unilateral termination of the provider-patient relationship without providing adequate notice to the patient
What is abandonment?