1. { Ethics Vocabulary

2.  Beneficence: − Means being beneficial; health care workers have an obligation to benefit the patient through both medical intervention and preventative medicine  Clinical ethics: − Medical ethic which are primarily concerned with the interactions between patients and health care workers  Ethics: − Guidelines for how a person or group should behave; interpret how they should be applied in a given situation

3.  Medical Ethics: − Guided by four primary principles: − Patient freedom of choice − Do not harm − Do good − Fairness & equality  Morality: − System of right or wrong that guides a person’s conduct; morals  Organizational Ethics: − Guide and direct the functions of a facility that do not deal with patient/provider interactions; funding, error correcting; reporting

4.  Patient Relations: − Works to resolve patient issues, answer questions, and direct to needed resources  Professional Ethics: − Written codes of ethics to which members of the profession are expected to adhere (HIPPA)  Quality assurance (QA): − Monitors the quality of health care, identifies area in need of improvement; policies and procedures are being followed  Risk Management: − Seeks to protect the facility from losses; Lawsuits

5.  Common Law  Statutory Law  Criminal Law  Civil Law  Tort  Tort Feasor  Defamation  Slander  Libel  Contract  Expressed Contract  Legal Disability Medical Law

6.  Living Will  Durable Power of Attorney  Patient Self Determination Act  Privileged Communications  EXEMPT Information  Healthcare Records Examples of Contracts:

7.  Euthanasia  Should patient be told if he/she has AIDs?  Should aborted fetuses be used in research?  When should life support be disconnected?  Do parents have religious rights to refuse licensing care for their child?  Can healthcare facility refuse to provide expensive treatment, such as bone marrow transplant, if he cannot afford it?  Who decides who is first for a transplant?  Can people sell organs for use in transplants?  Legalize Marijuana?  Who makes the decision involving abortion? Ethical Dilemmas

8.  Put saving of life and promotion of healthcare above all else  Healthcare worker must keep patient comfortable and preserve life unless patient has living will  Treat all equally without regard to race, religion, social or economic status, sex or nationality  Healthcare workers must maintain competency by pursuing continuing education to stay up to date and skilled  Confidentiality  Health care worker knows the limits of practice for which he/she is competent and stays within those limits  Health care worker practices jurisprudent behavior at all times by avoiding unethical or illegal practices Basic Rules of Ethics