Formative PPVE Flashcards
(15 cards)
Coercion
Person intentinally uses a credible & severe threat of harm/force to control another
Removes autonomy
Persuasion
Making someone believe something
Hidden Curriculum
Unintentional lessons acquired from experiences/observations in the medical setting
Can conflict w/ formal curriculum
Can build up poor habits
Whistleblowing
Doctors have a professional responsibility to report colleagues suspected of unfit practice
What are whistleblowers protected by?
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
-ves for whistleblowers
Damages career prospects
Mental health
Disliked by colleagues
Therapeutic Privilege Def
Health professional decides if it’s in Pt’s best interest to not know certain info
This is if there’s justifiable belief that the ifo could cause mental/physical harm.
Truth-telling def
Practice of being open & forthright w/ Pts
Right to know: Pt has the right to know/choose not to know info
Withholding Info
Law:
Provide what a reasonable Pt would expect to be told
Duty of Candour:
- In response to Mid-Staffordshire
- Originates from Health & Social Care Act 2008
Complementary Medicine Def
Non-mainstream WITH conventional
Alternative Medicine Def
Non-mainstream INSTEAD OF conventional
Medical Dominance Def
Power of medical profession over the content of medical work
Medical Dominance Concept
Exclusion = taking away legitimacy of other professions
Incorporation = integration of other health territories
Limitation = Restricting other health territories
Profession
Occupation whose core element is work based on mastery of complex knowledge/skills
Paternalism
Acting in best interests against someone’s will so they are protected from harm
