Chapter 22 Flashcards
Ethics
The science or study of moral values or principles, including ideals or autonomy, beneficence, and justice.
Bioethics
Obligations of a moral nature relating to biologic research and its applications.
Autonomy
The quality or tendency to function independently.
Beneficence
Doing good or active promotion of doing good. One of the four principles of the ethical theory of denontology.
Nonmaleficence
The fundamental ethical agreement to do no harm. Closely related to the ethical standard of beneficence.
Justice
The treatment of people in a nonjudgmental manner.
Fidelity
The agreement to keep a promise.
Code of Ethics
A statement encompassing the set of rules based on values, the standards of conduct to which practitioners of a profession are expected to conform.
Advocacy
The process whereby a nurse or other health care professional provides a patient with the information to make certain decisions, usually related to some aspect of the patient’s health care.
Morals
Personal convictions that something is absolutely right or wrong in all situations.
Accountability
Accountability or responsibility for the moral and legal requirement for proper patient care.
Confidentiality
The nondisclosure of information except to another authorized person.
Utilitarianism
A doctrine of ethics that the purpose of all action should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people and that the value of anything is determined by its utility.
Feminist Ethics
Ethical approach that focuses on relationships of those involved in an ethical dilemma rather than traditional abstract principles of denontrology.
Ethics of Care
Delivery of health care based on ethical principles and standards of care.
