Exam 1 – Ethics in Respiratory Care – Flashcards

______ under girds all aspects of our enterprise of health care, the financing of it, the education of its practitioners, the growth and development of its knowledge and how it is to be adjudicated.

Code of Ethics is an important component of any __________.

What is Ethics is defined as?

What are the Guiding Principles of Ethical decision-making?

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -"The right to choose" -Acknowledges patient's personal liberty and their right to decide their own course of treatment. -Provides the basis for the Patient's Bill of Rights. -Informed Consent.

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -"Be truthful" -Binds the Healthcare provider and the patient to tell the truth. -Benevolent Deception: Withholding truth from the patient for his/her good. (In cases where truth can lead to harm for the patient)

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -Obligates the healthcare provider to avoid harming the patient. -Actively prevent harm where possible. (ex. Being cognizant of potential adverse effects of therapeutic drugs) -Double Effect (If the first intent is good then the harmful effect is viewed as unintended)

What is "Double Effect"?

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -Requires the healthcare provider to go beyond doing no harm and actively contribute to the well-being of their patients. -Implies that the healthcare provider must do everything to promote a patient's life. -Advanced Directives- Allow the patient to determine the extent of care.

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -"Respect the Secrets" -HIPAA- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -Patient information should be discussed only in private and with persons who have a legitimate reason and need to know -Harm Principle- requires that confidentiality be broken when the welfare of the community is at risk -There is a legal requirement to such things as: child abuse, poisonings, industrial accidents, communicable diseases, blood transfusion reactions, narcotic use, and injuries caused by knives or guns

The following are a part of which Guiding Principle of Ethical decision-making? -Fair distribution of healthcare -Distributive Justice- balance between healthcare expenses and the revenue available to pay for them -Compensatory Justice- recovery of damages that were incurred as a result of medical malpractice or negligence -Has led to increasing costs of healthcare due to cost of malpractice insurance and practice of defensive medicine

-Practitioners have a duty to understand the limits of their role -The RT and RN typically work together as part of a team but both have different duties as defined by their licensure law

What are the components of the Ethical Decision-Making Model?

A Tort is a _____ _____ _____

When a practitioner intentionally engages in non-criminal behavior prohibited by law and injury or harm occurs to the patient, this is considered what?

Failure to perform duties competently, is considered what?

Negligence involving professional misconduct, is called what?

The following help define what term? -Is the failure of a professional to perform a duty in a competent manner -Must be clear that the practitioner failed to perform at an acceptable level of competency -Must be clear that failure to perform at the acceptable level was the direct cause of damages suffered by the patient

The following help define what term? -Is negligence in which it is alleged that a professional has failed to provide the care expected of that type of professional and that the substandard care resulted in harm to someone -Performing procedures beyond the scope of one's training and education -Attempting to treat too many patients simultaneously resulting with harm to one or more patients

The following help define what term? -Prevention is the best treatment for professional malpractice -Maintain an appropriate standard of care -Following policies and procedures -Adheres to quality assurance standards -Complies with any risk management recommendations

The following are part of what? -Demonstrate behavior that reflects integrity, supports objectivity, and fosters trust in the profession and its professionals. Actively maintain and continually improve their professional competence and represent it accurately. -Perform only those procedures or functions in which they are individually competent and which are within the scope of accepted and responsible practice. -Respect and protect the legal and personal rights of patients they treat, including the right to informed consent and refusal of treatment. -Divulge no confidential information regarding any patient or family unless disclosure is required for responsible performance of duty, or required by law. -Provide care without discrimination on any basis, with respect for the rights and dignity of all individuals. -Promote disease prevention and wellness. -Refuse to participate in illegal or unethical acts, and shall refuse to conceal illegal, unethical or incompetent acts of others. -Follow sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research. -Comply with state or federal laws which govern and relate to their practice.