Poly Med Ethics Review Question Back of Chap 1

Protect you and employer from being sued.
a. Illegal is almost always unethical. For ex: although marches during the Civil Rights movement were illegal, they were certainly not unethical.
b. Basic understanding of law as it applies to medical practice is essential
Helps to protect patients from poor medial care.
c. Helps to protect patients from poor medical care.
d. Helps protect employee and employer from law suits
e. Assists medical professional in making decisions based on reason and logic rather than on just emotion

A. Regulate how medicine is practiced in each state
b. Provide legal definition for the practice of medicine in that state.
c. List requirements and methods for licensure
d. Define what constitutes unprofessional conduct.

1. Duty based Ethics
2. Justice based Ethics
3. Right based Ethics
4. Utilitarianism based Ethics
5. Virtue based Ethics

1. Beneficence
2. Fidelity
3. Gentleness
4. Humility
5. Justice
6. Perseverance
7. Righteousness
8. Sanctity of Life
9. Tolerance
10. Work

1. Is it legal?
2. Is it balanced? (Example, does one person or group benefit or suffer more than another?
3. How does it make me feel? (i.e.,embarrassed, proud)?

Also, know as biomedical Ethics
* Moral dilemmas and issues resulting from advanced medicine and medical research relating to life
* Ex: cloning, stem cell research, and gene therapy
* Bioethicists: specialists in the field of bioethics

A. Examine ethical issues relating to patient car
b. Contain a variety of members from many health care disciplines
c. Can serve in advisory capacity to patients, families, and staff for case review of difficult ethical issues
d. Develop and review health policies and guideline regarding ethical issues.

Standards of professional behavior
* Certain rules, or standards of professional behavior, that physicians practice in their relationships or conduct with other physicians
* For Ex: telephone calls from one MD to another should be taken promptly.

*Branch of philosophy related to morals, moral principles, and moral judgement
* Morality is being virtuous; practicing right conduct
* Uses reason and logic to analyze problems and find solutions,
* Concerned with actions and practices that improve welfare of people in a moral way.

Practical application of moral standards

Binding rules determined by an authority

Moral conduct to regulate behavior of medical professionals
* Concerns issues related to practice of medicine
* Explores and promotes principles guiding conduct of health care professionals
* Involves the welfare and consideration of others in deciding how to act.

Principle of doing good

Justice-based

Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent-Peale's approach to Ethics.