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How do Edmund Pellegrino and Farr Curlin and Christopher Tollefsen compare medicine to Alasdair MacIntyre's definition of a practice with medicine? correct answers All three explain that medicine is a kind of practice and they compare this to moral philosopher Alasdair Macintyre's definition of "pursuit of good, growth in excellence, sharing wisdom". Pellegrino thinks that the practice is a socially generated form of human activity with certain goods internal to that activity. What is the...

ethics correct answers sustained and internal reflection on morality/moral life w/ analysis, reasoning, and argument bioethics correct answers interdisciplinary fiend of applied ethics that engages complex moral problems stemming from medical sciences, biotech, ad health care utilitarianism correct answers -focuses on outcomes/consequences of decisions -maximize outcomes of "utility" -greatest good for greatest # of people deontological (Kantian) correct answers -morality of actions...

-is a moral excellence -It is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good. -It comes from the Roman word vir which means "man" . is understood as the module of the human individual to take what is good against what is deemed to be bad or evil. correct answers VIRTUES is derived from the Latin word fidelitas which means "faithfulness" * It besides means fidelity to one's duties. responsibilities. and duties. correct answers FIDELITY is derived from the Latin word honestus ...

What is bioethics? correct answers The application of principles, rules, and values to science, medicine, and health care, whether directly or through public policy Five Narrative Features of Medicine correct answers Temporality, Singularity, Causality/Contingency, Intersubjectivity, Ethicality Temporality correct answers Taking stock of passage of time through narrative, Marking passage of time allows for meaning-making in our lives Singularity correct answers "Don't treat me like a ...

eugenics movement correct answers movement prominent in that aimed to enhance human evolution by selecting for "good" traits and removing "defects" from the population tried to apply theories of evolution, natural selection, and genetics to human society involved encouraging breeding of people who were "genetically superior", used various methods to prevent breeding of people with "genetic defects" the "eugenic metaphor" correct answers connected political, economic, scientific,...

Roe v. Wade & Justice White's dissent (1973) correct answers Constitutional basis for extension of privacy is highly ambiguous W/o precedent matter should be decided by states through legislation Even in the first trimester should this right to abort be absolute for any reason whatsoever? personhood correct answers the condition of being a person, roe v. Wade criticized to confining personhood to only post-birth, in general when personhood begins is highly contested in abortion conversatio...

Roe v. Wade and Justice White's dissent (1973)correct answers casuistic response (legal parameters doesn't exhaust factors, parameters thought about in legal basis); many people feel strongly about the case, but don't actually read it -7 to 2 decision -strikes down any categorical abortion restriction laws passed by states -women have a right to decide for themselves in the first trimester: state laws restricting this overturned; majority of US states; why weighty decision -based on prote...

What are the three abrahamic religions? correct answers Judaism, Christianity, Islam What are 2 great scholars that influenced Christianity correct answers Maimonides and Ibn Sina All three religions were influenced by what type of thought correct answers Greek thought (Aristotle, Plato, Galen) Who is Elliot Dorff correct answers Conservative Rabbi, Professor and bioethicist. Created a list of fundamental Jewish themes/beliefs regarding health care Covenant correct answers An agreeme...

Roe v Wade correct answers (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy Personhood correct answers -the quality or condition of being an individual person -specify a cut-off point after which the unborn becomes a person and has rights, acquired gradually during the course of the pregnancy, something that is conferred upon the fetus rather than something intrinsic to it Right of Life correct answers -the most basic human right -unborn individual is a person and th...

Alien dignity correct answers -Human dignity as alien dignity -Does not mean human dignity is fiction -The alien nature of human dignity means that our dignity is established by God -We are worth, and the worth is from God -Human worth, human dignity is not intrinsic to ourselves, but is given from God Autonomy correct answers self-governance, a self chosen path self-rule that is free from both controlling interference by others and limitations that prevent meaningful choice, such as i...

B+C's Definition of Justice correct answers Fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons *Treatment is FORMAL and not Specific* Distributive Justice correct answers Fair, equitable, and appropriate DISTRIBUTION of benefits and burdens determined by norms that structure the terms of social cooperation Focuses on the MEANS in which treatment is given to individuals in society Principle of Formal Equality (Aristotle) correct answers Equals are t...

Buck v. Bell (1927) correct answers upheld Virginia statute allowing for forced sterilization of those "unfit" for society; in this case it was being used on a woman with a low IQ score - "three generations of imbeciles are enough" Carrie Buck correct answers the plaintiff in Buck v. Bell; had been ordered to undergo forced sterilization after being institutionalized for having a child out of wedlock eugenics at UVA correct answers several leading faculty at UVA and UVA hospital believ...

bioethics correct answers The study of ethics related to issues that arise in health care. ethics correct answers sustained and intentional reflection on morality and the moral life with analysis, discontent, reasoning, and arguments moral rules or principles of behavior that should guide members of a profession or organization and make them deal honestly and fairly with each other and with their custom utilitarianism correct answers 1 fundamental moral good-to maximize outcomes of "ut...

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Primary prevention correct answers preventing the occurrence of infectious disease educate about immunization counsel clients traveling about protection of infection secondary prevention correct answers increase early detection through screening refer suspected cases of communicable disease provide exposure prophylaxis herd immunity correct answers protection due to the immunity of most community members making exposure unlikely natural immunity correct answers Natural defense me...

Left Brain correct answers _____ brain: process information in a sequential, linear manner Left Brain correct answers _____ brain: wants to know the rules and play by them Left Brain correct answers _____ brain: structured, methodical, organized, goal oriented, time limits, prefers routines Right Brain correct answers _____ brain: resists rules + schedules; fails to meet deadlines --> causes guilt Right Brain correct answers _____ brain: creative, flexible, relaxed, opened to chan...

organophosphonates correct answers common class of insecticides, but large doses can harm people and animals - poisoning can occur when you're exposed to them for too long or at high levels - typically colorless-to-brown liquids at room temperature (some may be unscented, while others have a fruit-like smell) Who is at the highest risk for developing organophosphate poisoning? correct answers families who work on/near farms - seen with more frequency in areas where there is limited access...

Private vs Public Health Care correct answers The Health Care System Federal Level correct answers The Health Care System State Level correct answers The Health Care System Local Level correct answers The Health Care System current HHS Strategic Plan correct answers The Health Care System Health Care Providers: - Provider Org - health care professional - Nontraditional health care providers correct answers The Health Care System To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health syste...

Family Nursing correct answers Consists of nurses and families working collaboratively and with other members of health, educational, and social service teams to ensure the success of the family and its members in adapting to responses to health and illness -public health nurses need skills that enable them to --move between working with individual families --bridge relationships between family and the community --advocate for family and community legislation --influence policies that pr...

Assess: Family Structure correct answers Community health components correct answers health wellness disease prevention health promotion awareness of influential factors health indicators care across the lifespan interdisciplinary intimate settings community population health correct answers state of well being wellness correct answers active process of health striving towards optimal level of functioning Examples of influential factors correct ...