Ch 5 Ethical Issues

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

Philosophy of right and wrong, moral duties, responsibility, ideal professional behaviour

Question 2

Morality

Answer 2

Code of conduct defined by society, culture, religion, or another person that affects one’s character and conscience

Question 3

4 principles present in all ethical theories (principilism)

Answer 3

Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmalefeasance
Justice

Question 4

Patient autonomy

Answer 4

Capacity
Consent to treatment
Advance care planning
Power of attorney
Substitute decision maker

Question 5

MAID

Answer 5

Administration or prescription of a substance by a medical practitioner or NP to a person that will cause their death.

Question 6

Bill C-14 criteria for MAID

Answer 6

Eligible for government funded health insurance
18 yo or older
Grievous irremediable condition
Made voluntary request
Informed of alternatives

Question 7

Grievous irremediable medical condition definition in C-14

Answer 7

Serious, incurable illness, disease, or disability
Advanced state of irreversible decline in capacity
Intolerable physical and psychological suffering
Natural death is reasonably foreseeable