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Ethics Review
Term | Definition |
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Beneficence | Doing what is best for the patient |
Fidelity | Do not lie |
Utilitarianism | Doing the greatest good for greatest number of people |
Laws | Regulations established by government that apply to a country or community |
Nonmaleficence | Do no harm |
Autonomy | The patient gets to decide what is done to them |
Deontology | Obligation to perform duty no matter what the circumstances might be |
Bioethics | Study of ethical dilemmas surrounding advancements in bioscience |
Veracity | The obligation to tell the truth |
Fidelity | Being true to your promises |
Morals | Accepted customs or rituals that guide a society or individual |
Ethics | Science of rightness and wrongness |
Justice | Fair and equitable distribution of healthcare resources. It is ethical or not |