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Medical Law & Ethic
Lecture 1-- Medical
Question | Answer |
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Law | Social rules or regulations that are advisable or obligatory to observe |
Rules | |
Regulations | Rules which seldom change unless challenged and examined in courts. |
Laws | The provide a type of yardstick by which to measure our actions |
Enforcement | Made possible by penalties for disobedience dictated by a court of law |
What is Ethics | A branch of phylosophy relating to marals or moral princibles |
What are some uses | Reason and logic to analyze problems and find solutions |
Ethics consit of | The ability to differentiate between what is right or wrong |
The word "ETHICS" was derived from? | A GREEK word "ETHICS" MEANING "CUSTOMS" |
Ethics Refferres to | Traditionally to customers of a particular group of people. |
Ethics is personal and can change ..... | EVERYTIME PERSONAL VALUES ARE CHALLENGED |
Defin Medical Ethics | Set of MORAL STANDARDS and a CODE of behavior that govern an individuals interactions with other individuals and within society |
What ETHICS is not (Unethical) | In general, an illegal act or one that is against the law is always unethical. |
Is being UNETHICAL about FEELINGS or EMOTIONS? | NO |
Is being UNETHICAL about SINCERITY of BELIEVES or RELIGOUS veiw points | NO |
What is RESPECT | The ability to have consideration for and honor anoter persons beliefs and opions. |
What is Integrity? | An UNWAVERING adherence to established principles |
What is HONESTY? | A quality of truthfulness, no matter the situation. |
What is EMPATHY? | The ability to understand the feeling of another without having to experience the situation. |
What is COMPASSION? | The ability to have a gentle caring attitude |
What is LOYALTY? | Having a sence of faithfulness and commitment |
Define Medical Law | Addresses legal rights and obligations that affect patients and protects individual right. |
An understanding of the law will help what? | To protect you and your employer from being sued. |
What does BIOETHICS Refer to? | Bioethics refers to the ETHICAL IMPLICATION of BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY and its practices. |
What does BIO | Refers to LIFE |
What is issues in BIOETHICS | Life and Death issues |
What are some examples of BIOETHICS | Allocation of scarce resources, genetic engineering, AIDS, Death and Dying, Abortion |
Define MORALS | Principal of right conduct based on traditional religeous teachings funding Juedo-Christian, Buddiast, Islamic and others. |
Morals is sometimes referred as | Virtue |
What is IMMORAL? | Behavior that goes AGAINST morals |
What is AMORAL? | Behavior that does not take moral principals into consideration |
Define ETIQUETTE | The socially accepted procedure for interracting in society |
ETIQUETTE does not..... | Require moral understanding or eithcal reasoning |
In Medicine Etiquette Protocal demands what? | That the HEALTH CARE PROVIDER deomstrate politness, proper dress and courtesy. |
When was the HIPPOCRATIC OATH written? | 5th Century A.D. |
It became CHRISTIANIZED in the 10th or 11th Century A.D. ...What change was made | Eliminate the reference to pagan gods |
What did the Hippocratic Oath Do? | It protected the rights of clients and appealed to the inner and finer instincts of the physician withou imposing penalties |
The Geneva Convention Code of Medical Ethics was established when and by whom? | World Medical Association in 1949 |
This code refers to ... | Colleagues as Brothers |
What does the Geneva Convention Code of Medical Ethics State? | The religion, race and other such factors are not a consideration for care of the total person. |
When was the Nuremberg Code Estabilished | Between 1946-1949 |
The Nurember Code was established as a result of what? | The TRIALS of War Criminals after World War II |
This code SUGGESTS guidelines for what? | Human Experimentation and Is directed to the WORLD |
The Declaration of Helsinki was written when? | Between 1964-1975 and was an UPDATE TO HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION |
The Declaration of Helsinki was directed to who? | It was directed more to the MEDICINE WORLD rather than the world at large |
What is UTILITARIANISM? | For the greater good - COST/BENEFIT Analysis-A consequence based theory or a means to an end |
What is RIGHTS-BASED ETHICS | Moral entitlements by virtue of being human |
What is Duty-Based Ethics | Based on absolute moral rules. Universal prinicipals should guide all actions. |
What is VIRTUE-BASED ETHICHS | Based on the prmise that there is an aquired human quality which tends to enable to achieve goods. |
What does the SERPENT represent ? | BAD-EVIL |