Chapter 5 - Ethics

Question 1

Code of Ethics

Answer 1

A guide for interactions between members of a specific profession (such as physicians) and the public

Question 2

Ethics

Answer 2

Societal principles of conduct that people or groups of people adopt as guidelines for personal behavior.

Question 3

Medical Ethics

Answer 3

A field of study that evaluates the decisions, conduct, policies, and social concerns of medical activities.

Question 4

Morals

Answer 4

Values that help a person define right (what a person ought to do) versus wrong (what a person ought not to do).

Question 5

Primum Non Nocere

Answer 5

Latin for “first, do no harm.”

Question 6

Unethical

Answer 6

Conduct that does not conform to approved standards of social or professional behavior.