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| What is the ethical issue concerning "medical futility" |
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| whether extending a patient's life is equivalent to improving their outcome |
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| the purpose of medical ethics |
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| to ask the question of whether we ought to perform a certain intervention, and establish limits for intervention performance |
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| a situation where moral obligations exist on, and ethical reasons support both sides of the argument pertaining to the performance of an intervention |
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| ideals/concepts that give meaning to the individual's life |
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| fundamental standards of right and wrong |
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| declarations of what is right or wrong, and of what ought to be with the purpose of governing conduct to ensure the protection of rights |
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| the informed choices of capable patients which HCPs are obligated to protect and defend |
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| doing no harm/reducing those necessary risks for harm |
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| benefitting patients to further their welfare |
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| application of fairness to decisions about resources & rationing |
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| the protection of personal information |
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| faithfulness, honesty (pt advocacy) |
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| defined by the pumping of the heart, operation of the brain, and respiration; can be artificially continued |
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| the sum of one’s aspirations, decisions, activities, projects, and human relationships |
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| an aspect of quality of life: the ability to choose one's own path (and medical treatment) |
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| Don't forget to review... |
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| ...Dr. Smith's case studies for practice (that's probably how the test questions are going to be). |
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