2P - Ethics in OB GYN Practice Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
Q

This is the basis for informed consent, truthtelling, and confidentiality.

A

Autonomy

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2
Q

covers the study of the
nature of morals and the specific moral choices to be
made

A

Ethics

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3
Q

answer the question, “Which
general moral norms for the guidance and evaluation
of conduct should we accept, and why?

A

Normative ethics

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4
Q

requires that doctors be properly
motivated by love for our patients, to do what is best
for them

A

Respect

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5
Q

involves responding to each patient as

an individual needs and openness

A

Sensitivity

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6
Q

we seek our patient’s permission for

every intervention we undertake

A

Permission

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7
Q

Which two principles implicates to do no hram

A

Beneficence and non maleficence

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8
Q

Demands that health care providers develop and
maintain skills and knowledge, continually update
training, consider individual circumstances of all
patients, and strive for net benefit.

A

beneficience

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9
Q

weigh the benefit against burdens of
all interventions and treatment, to rescue those
inappropriately burdensome, and to choose the
best course of action for the patient

A

non maleficence

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10
Q

the decision-making process must be free

of coercion or coaxing

A

Autonomy

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11
Q

In order for the patient to have autonomy, what should the patient understand?

A

Risk, benefits and likelihood of success of procedures

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12
Q

The idea that the burdens and benefits of new or
experimental treatments must be distributed equally
among all groups in society

A

Justice

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13
Q

our main

areas when evaluating justice

A

Fair distribution of scarce resources
Competing needs
Rights and obligations
Potential conflicts with established legislation

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14
Q

is a self-directed, integrated
organism that possesses the genetic endowment of
the human species Homo sapiens who has the
inherent active biological disposition for ordered
growth and development in a continuous seamless
maturation process

A

Living human being

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15
Q

A human embryo is a potential human being? T or F?

A

False

A human embryo is a HUMAN BEING WITH POTENTIAL

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16
Q

When does life begin?

A

At ferrilization

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17
Q

When does Full embryonic gene expression happen?

A

4th to 8th cellular division

18
Q

one of the concepts that brings anxiety, concerns and fear in many physicians

A

Informed consent

19
Q

informed consent arises from what concept?

20
Q

Requirements for Informed Consent

A
  • patient must be competent to understand and decide
  • patient must receive full disclosure comprehend
    the disclosure, act voluntarily, and consent to the proposed action
21
Q

is an important component of an
informed consent. In many instances, a notation in the
patient’s chart is sufficient and appropriate

A

Documentation

22
Q

If the patient refuses treatment, what should the physician document?

A

Informed refusal

  • The patient’s refusal to consent to treatment,
    test or procedure.
  • The reasons stated by the patient for refusal.
  • Documentation that the need for the
    procedure has been explained.
23
Q

A dying patient refuses treatment after explanation and sent home. what is the statement? informed refusal or home with good medical advice?

A

home with good medical advice

informed refusal for curable patients

24
Q

“active total
care of patients whose diseases are not
responsive to curative treatment”.

A

Palliative care

25
Palliative care postpones death? T or F?
False
26
implies absolute and incontrovertible cessation of total brain function, including brain stem function
Brain death
27
implies absolute and incontrovertible cessation of total brain function, including brain stem function
15 weeks
28
Whose good is considered for the prevention of maternal death in brain death condition assuming there is continuation of pregnancy?
Fetus
29
When does pregnancy start and end?
Start at implantation and ends with either birth or abortion
30
The partner's consent must be considered with the patient's request for sterilization? T or F?
False
31
Abortion is a method of family planning? T or F?
False
32
What crucial difference draws the line between profession and business?
Fiduciary duty
33
This means that professionals have a particularly stringent duty to assure that their decisions and actions serve the welfare of their patients or clients, even at some cost to themselves.
Fiduciary duty
34
a physician is obligated to attend to the best interest of patients, rather than self-interest.
Altruism
35
Physicians are obligated to | make a commitment to life-long learning
Excellence
36
a physician should be available and responsive when “on call”, accepting a commitment to service within the profession and the community
Duty
37
physicians should be committed to being fair, truthful and straightforward in their interactions with patients and the profession
Honor and integrity
38
Fist clone mammal?
Sheep
39
What principles contradict with informed refusal?
Beneficence and autonomy
40
Legal age for patient obstetrics?
21