- Evolved to also include preventing and removing harm
- Which component of values and concepts used in ethical decision making?-Being honest and telling the truth-Basis of the trust relationship-Patients: expected to tell the truth about medical history, treatment expectations, etc.-Clinicians: expected to tell the truth about diagnosis, treatment options, advantages and disadvantages, cost of treatment, longevity of treatment options
- Which component of values and concepts used in ethical decision making?-Arises from the Hippocratic tradition-Closely related to the principles of nonmaleficence and beneficence-Attitude or assumption of an attitude of superior authority-The health care professional acts as a parent and makes decisions for the patient
- Which application?-For a dental hygienist, promoting good is a daily purpose and goal-Biomedical research, public health policies and programs, and preventive medicine are the formalized aspects-Community-based activities attempt to meet the needs of the public-Problem: when "good" holds different definitions-Challenge: how to use limited resources to meet the needs of a population
- general normative standard of conduct; a particular decision or action is true or right or good for all people in all times and places
- Guide the conduct of healthcare providers by helping to identify, clarify and justify moral choices
- On what measures of health care does the United States rank last among the countries included in the study?
- Based on the information presented in the Kawachi article, how is the U.S. stacking up when compared to other OECD nations?
- According to the "Mirror, Mirror" report, the country among the eleven surveyed that has the highest overall performance ranking is
- According to Kant what is the only thing that is good without qualification?
- How does the United States compare with Canada on measures of "care process," access, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes?
- Be able to recognize examples of actions that would violate Kant's categorical imperative.
- What are some examples of duties (relevant to bioethics) that can be derived from Kant's categorical imperative?
- Accoriding to Aristotle, what is the only thing that we value for itself and for no other reason?
- When we talk about the right to health care, what kind of right are we talking about?
- according to aristole, we get excellences (or virtues) by
- "not all enhancements will be ethical. the critical issue is that the intervention is expected to bring about more benefits than harms to the individual."
- "but many families seem to be unable to talk about death at all, much less a duty to die."
- annette c. baier says older, religious beliefs about morality and a good society may have more in common with carol gilligan's model of a decent community thana. utilitarianismb. principalismc. natural law theoryd. virtue ethicse. none of the above
- "indeed, gene therapy offers the prospect of enabling the genetically weak to reproduce and give birth to the genetically strong.