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VOP Lecture 8
Ethics and the Veterinary Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ethics | principles dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation |
| challenges of ethics | cultural, legal, economic, financial, background |
| code of ethics | set of principles adopted by a profession to include morals, mission, and conduct; adhered to by the professional in order to act ethically with all decisions |
| benefits of code of ethics | promote workplace responsibility, provides a clear idea of what is wrong and what is right, promotes respect and welfare of those in practice |
| Veterinary Technician Code of Ethics | NAVTA (North American Veterinary Technician Association); code expresses ideals of the profession, leads LVTs towards ethical decision making, provides acceptable conducts and sanctions for wrong doings |
| ideals of our profession | concepts geared towards excellence, improvements in our profession, working on laws surrounding vet techs, betterment of education, work on the human-animal bond |
| patient first means | right to choose client and patients, emergency care, health decisions |
| obey the law | jurisdiction in which they/you practice veterinary medicine, misrepresentation, products, job duties |
| responsibility to the profession | veterinary image, professional colleagues, improve veterinary knowledge and skills |
| ethical challenges | surgeries like ear cropping, tail docking, declawing, debarking, individual surgery packs for each animal, euthanasia, animals hospitalized overnight w/out supervision |
| confidentiality | ALL staff need to follow, do NOT release any client information for any reason as you could be in violation of the law; if not followed, a lawsuit and/or loss of job could occur |
| Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship | interaction among a veterinarian and client regarding a patient (animal) |
| VCPR | veterinarian and hospital will provide adequate health care, and the client agrees to follow the vet's instructions; the staff will aid the vet and provide service under their direction |
| VCPR cont'd | vet examines the patient and has sufficient knowledge to diagnose medical conditions, vet is readily available or had made arrangements for emergency care/follow-up evals |
| VCPR and Medical Records | vets must keep medical records (confidential until release form is signed), VETS CANNOT DISPENSE/PRESCRIBE MEDS WITHOUT VCPR |
| terminating a VCPR | if no ongoing medical condition, vet must notify the client that they no longer wish to serve them; if ongoing medical condition, patient must be referred to another vet; CLIENT CAN TERMINATE VCPR AT ANY TIME |
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