C426 Healthcare Values and Ethics ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. What are beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice
the principles
of Healthcare
Ethics?
2. Beneficence Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
3. Nonmaleficence duty to do no harm
4. autonomy independence
5. justice fairness; rightfulness
6. ethics committee committee made up of individuals who are involved in a patient's care, including
health care practitioners, family members, clergy, and others, with the purpose of
reviewing ethical issues in diflcult cases
7. What are oth- Contexual (culture, social, economic), Marginalized population-always know to be
er factors influ- successful
ence Healthcare
Ethics?
8. Ethics Committee Policy & procedures; education/promote rights, consultation & conflict resolution
Functions
9. ethical dilemma when 4 basic principles come in conflict with one another
10. Common Law This source of law is the body of principles that has evolved and expanded from
judicial decisions that arise during the trial of court cases. Many decisions in
healthcare ethics are guided by precedents established in court.
11. Statutory Law This source of law emerges from legislative bodies. A great deal of landmark
healthcare legislation has been created in recent years.
, 12. Administrative This source of law originates from the extensive body of public law issued by
Law administration agencies to direct enacted legislation. Numerous governmental
agencies direct the implementation of healthcare legislation.
13. Avoiding negli- Administrators can prevent negligence on an organizational level by ensuring that
gence. ethical policies are institutionalized and enforced.
14. Criminal Law Although breaches of standards and codes are often addressed through civil
law in a healthcare setting, criminal law is an important factor as well. Criminal
negligence is reckless disregard for the safety of another that can be punishable
by law. Criminal law involves a much higher standard of evidence as it concerns
the welfare of all citizens. Laws can be seen as a codification of a society's ethics
and consequently they may vary from region to region. Lawful conduct does not
necessarily result in ethical conduct.
15. malfeasance misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public oflcial
16. Misfeasance improper performance of a lawful act
17. Nonfeasance The failure to act when one should
18. Contract in A contract is composed of an offer, a consideration, and an acceptance. Healthcare
Healthcare organizations often enter into exclusive contracts with physicians and medical
groups, and these exclusive contracts sometimes create conflicts of interest.
19. Privacy Act of a law that gives citizens access to the government's files on them
1974
20. HIPPA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
21. Emergency Med- forbids Medicare-participating hospitals from "dumping" patients out of emer-
ical Treatment gency departments.
and Active Labor
Act 1986
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Answers
1. What are beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice
the principles
of Healthcare
Ethics?
2. Beneficence Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
3. Nonmaleficence duty to do no harm
4. autonomy independence
5. justice fairness; rightfulness
6. ethics committee committee made up of individuals who are involved in a patient's care, including
health care practitioners, family members, clergy, and others, with the purpose of
reviewing ethical issues in diflcult cases
7. What are oth- Contexual (culture, social, economic), Marginalized population-always know to be
er factors influ- successful
ence Healthcare
Ethics?
8. Ethics Committee Policy & procedures; education/promote rights, consultation & conflict resolution
Functions
9. ethical dilemma when 4 basic principles come in conflict with one another
10. Common Law This source of law is the body of principles that has evolved and expanded from
judicial decisions that arise during the trial of court cases. Many decisions in
healthcare ethics are guided by precedents established in court.
11. Statutory Law This source of law emerges from legislative bodies. A great deal of landmark
healthcare legislation has been created in recent years.
, 12. Administrative This source of law originates from the extensive body of public law issued by
Law administration agencies to direct enacted legislation. Numerous governmental
agencies direct the implementation of healthcare legislation.
13. Avoiding negli- Administrators can prevent negligence on an organizational level by ensuring that
gence. ethical policies are institutionalized and enforced.
14. Criminal Law Although breaches of standards and codes are often addressed through civil
law in a healthcare setting, criminal law is an important factor as well. Criminal
negligence is reckless disregard for the safety of another that can be punishable
by law. Criminal law involves a much higher standard of evidence as it concerns
the welfare of all citizens. Laws can be seen as a codification of a society's ethics
and consequently they may vary from region to region. Lawful conduct does not
necessarily result in ethical conduct.
15. malfeasance misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public oflcial
16. Misfeasance improper performance of a lawful act
17. Nonfeasance The failure to act when one should
18. Contract in A contract is composed of an offer, a consideration, and an acceptance. Healthcare
Healthcare organizations often enter into exclusive contracts with physicians and medical
groups, and these exclusive contracts sometimes create conflicts of interest.
19. Privacy Act of a law that gives citizens access to the government's files on them
1974
20. HIPPA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
21. Emergency Med- forbids Medicare-participating hospitals from "dumping" patients out of emer-
ical Treatment gency departments.
and Active Labor
Act 1986
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