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Bioethics
Bioethics
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09/14/2009

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Term
4 professional competancies
Definition
  1. Cognitive
  2. Integrative
  3. Relational
  4. Moral
Term
Bioethics
Definition
Application of ethics to medicine and life sciences
Term
Professionalism
Definition
Publically profess expertise and commitment to a particular area
Term
Ethics
Definition
Science of morals in human conduct
Term
Morals/Morality
Definition
in accord with accepted rules of what is right
Term
Bioethics Principles
Definition
  • Respect for persons
  • Beneficence
  • Nonmaleficence
  • Utility
  • Justice
Term
Bioethical Theories
Definition
  • Deontological
  • Consequential
  • Virtue
Term
Duties of Medical Students
Definition
  • Learn
  • Speak up (NARC)
  • Ask questions
  • All others required of doctors
Term
Duties of Doctors
Definition
  • Exercise independent professional judgement (Independence)
  • Maintain the highest standards of professional conduct (Virtue)
  • Deal honestly with patients and colleages (Honesty)
  • Report to authorities physicians who practice unethically, incompetently, or engage in fraud or deception (Vigilance)
  • Certify only that which he/she has personally verified (Veracity)
  • Give patients complete loyalty and all the scientific resources available (Loyalty)
Term
Medical Informatics
Definition
Scientific field that deals with resources, devices, and formalized methods for optimizing the storage, retrieval, and management of biomedical information for problem solving and decision making
Term
Elements of informed consent
Definition
  • Decision making capacity
  • Disclosure
  • Understanding
  • Voluntariness
  • Authorization
Term
Barriers to pain relief
Definition
  • Misinformation about opioids
  • Cultural stereotypes
  • Lack of regulatory practices
  • Differing responses to pain
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Methods used to manage uncertainty or controversy
Definition
  • Analyze problems in light of bioethical principles
  • Reflection
  • Mediate/conflict resolution
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Ethical Requirements for Research
Definition
  • Provide accurate and meaningful data (scientific validity)
  • Utilize fair subject selection
  • Maintain a favorable benefit to harm ratio for participants
  • Uphold respect for persons (dignity)
  • Obtain each element of informed consent
  • Ensure voluntariness of participants
  • Undergo ethical review and receive approval by an IRB before starting
Term
Goals of medicine
Definition
  • Prevent disease and injury
  • Promote and maintain health
  • Relieve pain and suffering
  • Care for and about patients, including those one can't cure
  • Avoid premature death
  • Pursue a peaceful death for patients
Term
Ethical Arguments For/Against PAS
Definition

For:

  • Beneficence requires doctors to relieve suffering
  • Respect for persons honoring patient's informed wishes

Against:

  • PAS violates sanctity of life/respect for persons
  • PAS may lead to acceptance of euthanasia and the devaluing of human life
  • Most patients requesting PAS change their mind once pain, symptoms, disabilities, and/or depression are controlled
Term
History of Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Definition
  • Phase I (1932-1936): Philanthropic project to diagnose/treat AA w/syphilis; observation while withholding treatment (no abx at the time)
  • Phase II (1936-1965): PHS promises treatment but instead withholds penicillin, performs spinal taps
  • Phase III (1965-1972): CDC notified, project continued, abx withheld
Term
Respect for Persons
Definition
  • Veracity
  • Dignity
  • Fidelity
  • Avoid killing
  • Communication
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Virtues
Definition
  • Prudence
  • Fidelity
  • Benevolence
  • Effacement
  • Caring
  • Intellectual honesty
  • Self knowledge
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