Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority.
What is a law?
100
The capacity to be one's own person and make one's own decisions without being manipulated by external forces.
What is autonomy?
100
The ability to think analytically, using fewer emotions and more rationality.
What is critical thinking?
100
The practice of good manners.
What is courtesy?
200
Legally responsible or obligated
What is liable?
200
One's personal concept of right and wrong, formed through the influence of the family, culture, and society.
What are moral values?
200
Acts performed by a health care practitioner to help people stay healthy or recover from illness.
What is beneficence?
200
The first step in Critical Thinking.
What is identify and clarify the problem?
200
The identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.
What is compassion?
300
The person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit.
What is a defendant?
300
A list of principles intended to govern behavior - here, the behavior of those entrusted with providing care to the sick.
What is the code of ethics?
300
Keeping medical information strictly private.
What is confidentiality?
300
The second step in Critical Thinking.
What is gather information?
300
Sound, practical judgment.
What is common sense?
400
Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights.
What is fraud?
400
Publications that detail a wide variety of ethical situations that professionals might face in their work and offer principles for dealing with the situations in a ethical manner.
What are ethical guidelines?
400
To do no harm.
What is non-maleficence?
400
The third step in Critical Thinking.
What is evaluate the evidence?
400
Traits and capabilities that allow you to get along well with others and to relate well to patients or clients in a health care setting.
What are people skills?
500
A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial.
What is a summary judgment?
500
Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one's concept of right and wrong.
What is ethics?
500
Providing to an individual what is his or her due.
What is justice?
500
The fourth step in Critical Thinking.
What is consider the alternatives and implications?
500
Those abilities you have acquired in your course of study.