Ethics

Question 1

patient has the right to refuse or choose treatment

Answer 1

autonomy

Question 2

act in the patients best interest

Answer 2

beneficence

Question 3

do no harm

Answer 3

non-maleficence

Question 4

distribution of scarce health resources

Answer 4

justice

Question 5

greatest good for the greatest number

Answer 5

utilitarianism

Question 6

focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves rather than the consequences

Answer 6

deontology

Question 7

emphasises character rather than the rules or consequences as the key element of ethical thinking

Answer 7

virtue ethics

Question 8

considers the rightness or wrongness of the consequences of an action rather than the action itself

Answer 8

consequentialism

Question 9

considers what one can do to improve society

Answer 9

communitarianism

Question 10

stresses equal access to important social goods

Answer 10

egalitarian

Question 11

everyone given the same opportunity

Answer 11

equality

Question 12

everyone gets the help they need to level the playing field

Answer 12

equity