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Flashcards by Yasir Aziz, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Yasir Aziz
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Principle | General criteria that make human actions morally right or wrong |
| Virtue | Disposition or trait of an individual that is considered praiseworthy |
| Value | A good outcome; things that are considered good or beneficial |
| Ethical Principle of Veracity | The obligation of healthcare providers to tell the truth (be honest) |
| Moral Rule of Confidentiality | The patient has the right to give or refuse consent to release privileged information |
| Moral Principle of Fidelity | Responsibility of the healthcare provider to be trustworthy and to keep promises |
| List the 2 types of Fidelity and define them | Covenantal Fidelity – an intimate and spiritual commitment between individuals Contractual Fidelity – level of commitment does not exceed that which is owed to a partner in a binding agreement |
| Violation of Confidentiality or Privacy: Filling a prescription for a classmate during a shift at Walgreens and then telling another classmate about the prescription/condition | Confidentiality |
| Violation of Confidentiality or Privacy: Searching for prescription information on a colleague or classmate just to see what that individual has filled | Privacy |
| List and Describe the 4 Principles of Medical Ethics | 1. Beneficence – the duty to “do good” 2. Nonmaleficence – the duty to “do no harm” 3. Autonomy – the duty to respect a patients’ choices 4. Justice – the duty to treat patients fairly |
| List the Five-Step Model for resolving an ethical problem | 1. Respond to the “sense” or feeling that something is wrong. 2. Gather information/make an assessment. 3. Identify the ethical problem/consider a moral diagnosis. 4. Seek a resolution. 5. Work with others to determine a course of action. |
| What is the "more precise" definition of rationing? | 1. Limitation of resources ($$) going to medical care such that not all care expected to be beneficial is provided to all patients 2. Distribution of these limited resources is conducted in a fair manner |
| Define the 2 conditions of rationing | Fiscal Scarcity (common) - Saving money by rationing services in one area does not always benefit another area (healthcare funding is not a closed system) Commodity Scarcity (rare) - Hospital beds and physicians are generally plentiful in this country |
| Rationing involves ____ cost control; a reduction in access to effective medical care | painful |
| Cost Containment is... (painful or painless) | it can be either painful or painless. It is painless when it does not reduce the a patients access to effective medical care. |
| Cost Containment or Rationing: Two of the 4 pathology labs could be closed, allowing the remaining 2 labs to reduce overhead and payroll costs overall | Cost Containment - there is no mention of patients receiving reduced quality of care |
| Cost Containment or Rationing: Healthy HMO could stop paying for living donor kidney transplants for patients with ESRD | Rationing (painful) - patients with ESRD are refused care |
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