Week 9 Flashcards
Define ethics?
Ethics is the analysis of rational processes to decide a course of action where conflicting options exist
What are values?
Values come from an individuals beliefs and attitudes that influence actions and decisions.
List the principles of moral reasoning.
- autonomy
- non-maleficence
- beneficence
- justice
- veracity and fidelity
What is autonomy?
The capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, in-coerced decision.
What is beneficence?
The act of doing good.
-to act on the benefit of others
What is non-maleficence?
To do no harm
Define justice?
A fair, equitable and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to an individual.
List the types of consent
- implied
- spoken
- written
What are the requirements of consent?
- valid consent
- freely and voluntarily given
- person has legal capacity to give consent
- person in informed of procedure
What is patient advocacy?
A person chosen by an individual to make medical decisions on behalf of that person n the situation where the individual becomes incompetent.
What is medical futility?
A rationale for why treatment, including life saving or sustaining treatment is not considered to be in the patients best interest.
What is conscientious objection?
A refusal to participate in any procedure that would violate their reasoned moral conscious.
How is brain death determined?
Determined by:
- unresponsive coma
- absence of brainstem reflexes
- absence of respiratory centre function
Must be certified by two medical practitioners
What is eschar?
When the skin has been severely burned. It has a leathery appearance consistent with the coagulated dead skin of a full thickness burn.
What is an escharotomy?
When the burned skin is incised down to the subcutaneous fat with a scalpel. They should be deep enough for obvious separation of the wound edges to occur.
