Legal & Ethical issues in Midwifery

Legal & Ethical issues in Midwifery4 Domains of Code of Conduct - correct answer Practice Legally Practice Safely, effectively and collaboratively Act with professional integrity Promote health and wellbeing Principles of Code of Conduct - correct answer Principle 1: legal compliance Principle 2: women-centred practice Principle 3: cultural practice and respectful relationship Principle 4: professional behaviour Principle 5: Teaching, supervising and assessing Principle 6: Research in health Principle 7: Health and wellbeing Midwife standards for practice - correct answer 1. Promotes health and wellbeing through evidence-based midwifery practice 2. Engages in professional relationships and respectful partnerships 3. Demonstrates the capability and accountability for midwifery practice 4. Undertakes comprehensive assessments 5. Develops a plan for midwifery practice 6. Provides safety and quality in midwifery practice 7. Evaluates outcomes to improve midwifery practice International code of ethics for midwives aims to: - correct answer Improve the standard of care provided to women, babies and families throughout the world through the development, education and appropriate utilization of the professional midwife. International code of ethics for midwives - correct answer 1. Midwifery relationships 2. Practice of midwifery 3. The professional responsibilities of midwives 4. Advancement of midwifery knowledge and practice law governing midwifery practice - correct answer common law -civil dispute -can be resolved before hearing if both parties agree health professional was negligent -can be heard by a judge who can decide if health professional is negligent and award monetary compensation what is ethics according to Kerridge, Lowe & Stewart? - correct answer Kerridge, Lowe and Stewart state that: 'ethics is the study of what we ought to do. Or if we restate this in the way of the Ancient Greeks, ethics asks each of us "How should I live". what is ethics? - correct answer Ethics is a systematic approach that uses reason to define what we should do or should not have done. ethical framework most commonly used in healthcare? - correct answer bioethics