shared decision making

Question 1

what is bioethics

Answer 1

applying ethics to medicine and healthcare

Question 2

what are the 4 principles of beauchamp and childress

Answer 2

• beneficence
• non-maleficence
• autonomy
• justice

Question 3

what is consequentialism

Answer 3

judges whether an action is right based on the consequence it produces

Question 4

utilitarianism

Answer 4

a consequentialist theory and argues the most important good is happiness and pleasure - so we should base our decisions on what gives people the greatest happiness or the most pleasure

Question 5

what is deontology

Answer 5

the actions are good not because of the consequences they bring but because they are good and right in themselves

Question 6

what is virtue ethics

Answer 6

good virtues for those who are morally good

Question 7

what is making every contact count

Answer 7

opportunity in routine interaction with patients to have conversations about how they might make positive improvements to their health or wellbeing