HCR 210 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The obligation to keep private (not to disclose) any information about a patient; information is to be shared only with those who need to know in order to provide care to that patient - Answer-Confidentiality Based upon the rationalist view that the rightness or wrongness of an act depends upon the nature of the act, rather than its consequences. - Answer-Deontology Ethical theory that deals with the greater good - Answer-Teleology holds that the right action is that which has the greatest utility or usefulness, and that no action is in itself either good or bad. - Answer-Utilitarianism represents the idea that individuals' actions are based upon innate moral virtue. - Answer-Virtue ethics the freedom to make choices about issues that affect one's life, free from lies, restraint, or coercion. - Answer-Autonomy a term used to describe the process by which com- petent patients give voluntary consent for medical or surgical treatments or biomedical research after receiving disclosure about potential risks and benefits. - Answer-Informed consent A gender-biased term that literally means acting in a fa- therly manner. - Answer-Paternalism the act of speaking or pleading on another's behalf. - Answer-Advocacy generally thought of as denoting an unwilling- ness of the patient to participate in health care activities. - Answer-Noncompliance Telling the truth - Answer-Veracity refers to the right of an individual to control the personal information or secrets that are disclosed to others. - Answer-Privacy the ethical principle that relates to fair, equitable, and appro- priate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons, recognizing that giving things to some will deny receipt to others who might otherwise have received those things. - Answer-Justice relates to the concept of faithfulness and the practice of keeping promises - Answer-Fidelit