ETHICS - CORRECT ANS✔✔A PROCESS OF SYSTEMATICALLY
EX AND CORRECT ANSWERS
,amining varying viewpoints related to moral questions of right and wrong
Bioethics - CORRECT ANS✔✔The study and formulation of healthcare ethics. Takes on relevant ethical
problems experienced by healthcare providers in the provision of care to individuals and groups.
Ethical Dilemma - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arises when moral issues raise questions that cannot be
answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact, or authoritative view
Morals - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refer to social conventions about right and wrong human conduct that are
so widely shared that they form a stable (although usually incomplete) communal consensus
Moral Dilemmas - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arise with uncertainty, as is the case when a person is confronted
with evidence that indicates an action is morally right and other evidence that indicates the same action
is morally wrong.
Ethical Decision Making - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to the process of making informed choices about
ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from wrong.
Non-maleficence - CORRECT ANS✔✔"do not harm". Asserts an obligation not to inflict harm
intentionally and forms the framework for the standard of due care to be met by any professional. Not
inflicting harm and not imposing risks of harm.
E-Health Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANS✔✔(1) candor, (2) honesty, (3) quality, (4) informed consent,
(5) privacy, (6) professionalism, (7) responsible partnering, and (8) accountability.
Hippocratic Tradition - CORRECT ANS✔✔Emerged from relatively homogeneous societies in which
beliefs were similar and most societal members shared common values. The emphasis was on duty,
virtue, and gentlemanly conduct.
, Principalsim - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arose as societies became more heterogeneous and members began
experiencing a diversity of incompatible beliefs and values; it emerged as a foundation for ethical
decision-making. Principles were expansive enough to be shared by all rational individuals, regardless of
their backgrounds and individual beliefs. Four guiding principles: (1) respect for autonomy, ( 2) non-
maleficence, (3) beneficence, and (4) justice.
Autonomy - CORRECT ANS✔✔refers to an individual's freedom from controlling interferences by
others and from personal limitations that prevent meaningful choices, such as inadequate
understanding. Two conditions are essential:
liberty, meaning independence from controlling influences, and an individual's capacity for int entional
action.
Negligence - CORRECT ANS✔✔A departure from the standard of due care toward others. Includes
intentionally imposing risks that are unreasonable and unintentionally but carelessly imposing risks.
Beneficence - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others.
Two principles underlie: positive requires the provision of benefits, and utility requires that benefits and
drawbacks be balanced. One must avoid negative, which occurs when constraints are placed on
activities that, even though they might not be unjust, could in some situations cause detriment or harm
to others.
Justice - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due
or owed to a person.
Distributive Justice - CORRECT ANS✔✔refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution in society
as determined by justified norms that structure the terms of social cooperation.
Substantive Rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔Rules of truth telling, confidentiality, privacy, and fidelity and
those pertaining to the allocation and rationing of health care, omitting treatment, physician-assisted
suicide, and informed consent
Authority Rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔Indicate who may and should perform actions.
Procedural rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔establish the procedures to be followed.
EX AND CORRECT ANSWERS
,amining varying viewpoints related to moral questions of right and wrong
Bioethics - CORRECT ANS✔✔The study and formulation of healthcare ethics. Takes on relevant ethical
problems experienced by healthcare providers in the provision of care to individuals and groups.
Ethical Dilemma - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arises when moral issues raise questions that cannot be
answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact, or authoritative view
Morals - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refer to social conventions about right and wrong human conduct that are
so widely shared that they form a stable (although usually incomplete) communal consensus
Moral Dilemmas - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arise with uncertainty, as is the case when a person is confronted
with evidence that indicates an action is morally right and other evidence that indicates the same action
is morally wrong.
Ethical Decision Making - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to the process of making informed choices about
ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating right from wrong.
Non-maleficence - CORRECT ANS✔✔"do not harm". Asserts an obligation not to inflict harm
intentionally and forms the framework for the standard of due care to be met by any professional. Not
inflicting harm and not imposing risks of harm.
E-Health Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANS✔✔(1) candor, (2) honesty, (3) quality, (4) informed consent,
(5) privacy, (6) professionalism, (7) responsible partnering, and (8) accountability.
Hippocratic Tradition - CORRECT ANS✔✔Emerged from relatively homogeneous societies in which
beliefs were similar and most societal members shared common values. The emphasis was on duty,
virtue, and gentlemanly conduct.
, Principalsim - CORRECT ANS✔✔Arose as societies became more heterogeneous and members began
experiencing a diversity of incompatible beliefs and values; it emerged as a foundation for ethical
decision-making. Principles were expansive enough to be shared by all rational individuals, regardless of
their backgrounds and individual beliefs. Four guiding principles: (1) respect for autonomy, ( 2) non-
maleficence, (3) beneficence, and (4) justice.
Autonomy - CORRECT ANS✔✔refers to an individual's freedom from controlling interferences by
others and from personal limitations that prevent meaningful choices, such as inadequate
understanding. Two conditions are essential:
liberty, meaning independence from controlling influences, and an individual's capacity for int entional
action.
Negligence - CORRECT ANS✔✔A departure from the standard of due care toward others. Includes
intentionally imposing risks that are unreasonable and unintentionally but carelessly imposing risks.
Beneficence - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others.
Two principles underlie: positive requires the provision of benefits, and utility requires that benefits and
drawbacks be balanced. One must avoid negative, which occurs when constraints are placed on
activities that, even though they might not be unjust, could in some situations cause detriment or harm
to others.
Justice - CORRECT ANS✔✔Refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due
or owed to a person.
Distributive Justice - CORRECT ANS✔✔refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution in society
as determined by justified norms that structure the terms of social cooperation.
Substantive Rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔Rules of truth telling, confidentiality, privacy, and fidelity and
those pertaining to the allocation and rationing of health care, omitting treatment, physician-assisted
suicide, and informed consent
Authority Rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔Indicate who may and should perform actions.
Procedural rules - CORRECT ANS✔✔establish the procedures to be followed.
