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20 Cards in this Set
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autonomy
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commitment to include clients in decisions about all aspects of care
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advocacy
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supporting a cause
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accountability
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ability to answer for one's actions
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beneficence
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taking positive actions to help others
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code of ethics
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set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
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confidentiality
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protecting privacy
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consequentialism
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utilitarian system of ethics that proposes that value is determined by usefulness
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deontology
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actions are either right or wrong
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ethics
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study of conduct and character
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fidelity
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refers to the agreement to keep promises
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justice
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being fair
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nonmaleficence
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avoidance of harm or hurt
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responsibility
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willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises
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teleology
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the study of ends or final causes
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value
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a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behaviour
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values clarification
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need to tolerate differences, which sometimes become the key in the search for resolution of ethical dilemas
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Discuss the role values in the study of ethics
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with difference of opinion and value it is important to have clarity on your own values: what you value, why, and how you respect your own values as you try to respect the values of others.
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Explain major ethical philosophies and theories
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Deontology refers to right or wrong while utilitarianism proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness; femenist ethices looks to the nature of relationships for guidance in ethical dilemas
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Describe the process used to resolve ethical problems
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1. Ask if this is an ethical dilema
2. gather all relivant information 3. clarify values 4. verbilize the problem 5. identify possible courses of action 6. negotiate a plan 7. evaluate the plan |
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Describe issues of health care ethics today.
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Quality of life: central to discussion about futile care, cancer therapy, physician-assisted suicide, and DNR.
Allocating scarce resources: A key issue in discussions about access to care Futile Care: interventions unlikely to produce benefit for the client Nursing Shortage: produces difficult working conditions and affects client outcome. |