Medical Law and Ethics 1 2024/2025
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law - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The law is a set of rules prescribed by a governing
body that are enforced through a binding legal force and are thus
enforceable.
ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethics have a moral component and, unless linked
to a law, are not necessarily punishable.
When it comes to the health care field, ethics have an impact on actions
that affect life, quality of life, and death. Illegal action is most likely
unethical, but unethical actions are not always illegal.
Balancing Laws and Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Major organizations, such as
the American Medical Association and the American Psychological
Association, have studied the impact of medical actions, the laws, and
employment in the medical industry.
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,These studies have born codes or standards of practice, and these codes
are often used to justify decisions made and actions taken by medical
personnel. To balance medical laws and ethical dilemmas, health care
practitioners must take these codes and standards into consideration as
they care for and treat people. The standards that apply to most
practitioners are patient rights, patient choice, confidentiality, and physician
responsibilities.
Legal Issues in the Medical Field - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔violations of
confidentiality
medication errors
practicing outside one's licensure/certification
and negligence causing harm
Overlap of Medical Ethics and Laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being aware of the
ladder of responsibility
Differentiating between ethics and morals
Knowing the basic principles of medical ethics
ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethics are related to morals and moral judgments;
however, ethics force people to use reason and logic to make a decision.
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, Morals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Morals are standards that people choose to make
and involve personal decisions that may or may not include a system of
reason or logic.
Differentiating between ethics and morals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To differentiate
ethics from moral judgments, look at the history of the process in
developing a code of ethics. The first medical ethics document was
published in 1847 by the American Medical Association (AMA). This
document served to set uniform standards for training, education, and
conduct of physicians. Similar to development of new laws, the AMA
updates the code of ethics as new technology and inevitable ethical issues
arise.The most current change in the Code of Medical Ethics by the AMA
was in 2001. The first new article, Principle VIII, states that physicians will
consider their responsibility to patients of paramount importance while they
are in charge of the patients. The second new article, Principle IX, states
that physicians will support access to health care for all people.
Principles of Medical Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔I-A physician shall, while
caring for a patient, regard responsibility to the patient as paramount.
II-A physician shall uphold the standards of professionalism, be honest in
all professional interactions, and strive to report physicians deficient in
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law - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The law is a set of rules prescribed by a governing
body that are enforced through a binding legal force and are thus
enforceable.
ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethics have a moral component and, unless linked
to a law, are not necessarily punishable.
When it comes to the health care field, ethics have an impact on actions
that affect life, quality of life, and death. Illegal action is most likely
unethical, but unethical actions are not always illegal.
Balancing Laws and Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Major organizations, such as
the American Medical Association and the American Psychological
Association, have studied the impact of medical actions, the laws, and
employment in the medical industry.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,These studies have born codes or standards of practice, and these codes
are often used to justify decisions made and actions taken by medical
personnel. To balance medical laws and ethical dilemmas, health care
practitioners must take these codes and standards into consideration as
they care for and treat people. The standards that apply to most
practitioners are patient rights, patient choice, confidentiality, and physician
responsibilities.
Legal Issues in the Medical Field - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔violations of
confidentiality
medication errors
practicing outside one's licensure/certification
and negligence causing harm
Overlap of Medical Ethics and Laws - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Being aware of the
ladder of responsibility
Differentiating between ethics and morals
Knowing the basic principles of medical ethics
ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ethics are related to morals and moral judgments;
however, ethics force people to use reason and logic to make a decision.
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, Morals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Morals are standards that people choose to make
and involve personal decisions that may or may not include a system of
reason or logic.
Differentiating between ethics and morals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To differentiate
ethics from moral judgments, look at the history of the process in
developing a code of ethics. The first medical ethics document was
published in 1847 by the American Medical Association (AMA). This
document served to set uniform standards for training, education, and
conduct of physicians. Similar to development of new laws, the AMA
updates the code of ethics as new technology and inevitable ethical issues
arise.The most current change in the Code of Medical Ethics by the AMA
was in 2001. The first new article, Principle VIII, states that physicians will
consider their responsibility to patients of paramount importance while they
are in charge of the patients. The second new article, Principle IX, states
that physicians will support access to health care for all people.
Principles of Medical Ethics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔I-A physician shall, while
caring for a patient, regard responsibility to the patient as paramount.
II-A physician shall uphold the standards of professionalism, be honest in
all professional interactions, and strive to report physicians deficient in
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