A practical application of ethics is:
Applied Ethics
A problem that occurs when using a duty-based approach to ethics is:
The conflicting opinions regarding what our responsibility is
A utilitarian approach to solving ethical dilemmas might be used when:
Allocationg a limited supply of donor organs.
An illegal act is almost always:
Unethical
Laws that effect the medical profession:
Often overlap with ethics, have a binding force, are determined by a government authority.
Moral issues that occur as a result of modern medical technology are covered under what specific discipline?
Bioethics
Principles or Values:
Drive Ethical Behavior
The role of the Ethics Committees:
Group of people Dr., nursed, lawyers, clergy, community people, psychologists, administrators who review patients cases to make certain ethical decisions.
What are the three-step ethics model:
Is it legal? Is it balanced? How does it make me feel?
What are the seven-step model:
The 7-step model decision, forces us to closely examine the facts before we make an ethical decision
When trying to solve an ethical dilemma, it is necessary to:
Use logic to determine the solution
When would you use the clinical model:
When we are focusing on patient care, patient wishes, when it involves patient/family, and end of life decisions.
When would you use the seven-step model:
When we need to gather facts to make a decision, what, who, where, when. List our alternatives and values to see what the possible outcome would be.
When would you use the three-step ethics model:
When you already know what you wanna do. Use this when you want to make sure your decision is an ethical one.
Why do we study ethics?
Ethics should be based on common framework, ethics helps make ethical deicsions underpressure and if there is a grey area what to do to determine a decison