medical ethics

Question 1

4 principles of medical ethics:

• ….
• …
• …
• …

Answer 1

beneficence;

non-maleficience;

justice;

autonomy

Question 2

4 principles of medical ethics:

• beneficence
  
  • doctor should be trying to …
• non-maleficience
  
  • doctors are not …
• justice
  
  • making sure that we allocate …
• autonomy
  
  • patients are … and should be allowed to …

Answer 2

help patients;

doing any harm;

treatments fairly;

people in their own right;

make their own decisions

Question 3

AMA principles of medical ethics:

• a physician shall be dedicated to providing competent medical care, with compassion and respect for … and …
• uphold standards of …, be … in all professional interactions, and … physicians deficient in character/competence, engaging in fraud/deception, to appropriate entities

Answer 3

human dignity; rights;

professionalism;

honest;

strive to report

Question 4

AMA principles of medical ethics:

• respect the … and recognize a responsibility to seek changes in those requirements which are contrary to the … of the patient
• shall respect the rights of patients, colleagues and health professionals and shall safeguard patient … and … within constraints of the law

Answer 4

law;

best interests;

confidences;

privacy

Question 5

AMA principles of medical ethics:

• shall continue to study, apply and advance scientific knowledge, maintain a commitment to medical education, make relevant info …, colleagues and the public, obtain …, and use the talents of other health professionals when indicated
• a physician shall in the provision of appropriate patient care, except in emergencies, be free to choose …, with whom to associate and the environment in which to provide medical care

Answer 5

available to patients;

consultation;

whom to serve

Question 6

AMA principles of medical ethics:

• physician shall recognize a responsibility to participate in activities contributing to the improvement of the … and the betterment of …
• a physician shall, while caring for a patient, regard responsibility to the patient as …
• a physician shall support … for all people

Answer 6

community;

public health;

paramount;

access to medical care

Question 7

examples of ethical dilemmas

• cultures where family doesn’t want you to tell the patient that they are …
• thinking that it’s time to take off life support but family insists that you do everything possible. doing everything, though, may cause the patient … and … without offering any …

Answer 7

dying;

pain;

discomfort;

benefit

Question 8

another ethical dilemma:

balancing the patient’s health care needs with …

Answer 8

financial management