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Evolved to also include preventing and removing harm
Which component of values and concepts used in ethical decision making?-Being honest and telling the truth-Basis of the trust relationship-Patients: expected to tell the truth about medical history, treatment expectations, etc.-Clinicians: expected to tell the truth about diagnosis, treatment options, advantages and disadvantages, cost of treatment, longevity of treatment options
Which component of values and concepts used in ethical decision making?-Arises from the Hippocratic tradition-Closely related to the principles of nonmaleficence and beneficence-Attitude or assumption of an attitude of superior authority-The health care professional acts as a parent and makes decisions for the patient
Which application?-For a dental hygienist, promoting good is a daily purpose and goal-Biomedical research, public health policies and programs, and preventive medicine are the formalized aspects-Community-based activities attempt to meet the needs of the public-Problem: when "good" holds different definitions-Challenge: how to use limited resources to meet the needs of a population
general normative standard of conduct; a particular decision or action is true or right or good for all people in all times and places
Guide the conduct of healthcare providers by helping to identify, clarify and justify moral choices
On what measures of health care does the United States rank last among the countries included in the study?
Based on the information presented in the Kawachi article, how is the U.S. stacking up when compared to other OECD nations?
According to the "Mirror, Mirror" report, the country among the eleven surveyed that has the highest overall performance ranking is
According to Kant what is the only thing that is good without qualification?
How does the United States compare with Canada on measures of "care process," access, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes?
Be able to recognize examples of actions that would violate Kant's categorical imperative.
What are some examples of duties (relevant to bioethics) that can be derived from Kant's categorical imperative?
Accoriding to Aristotle, what is the only thing that we value for itself and for no other reason?
When we talk about the right to health care, what kind of right are we talking about?
according to aristole, we get excellences (or virtues) by
"not all enhancements will be ethical. the critical issue is that the intervention is expected to bring about more benefits than harms to the individual."
"but many families seem to be unable to talk about death at all, much less a duty to die."
annette c. baier says older, religious beliefs about morality and a good society may have more in common with carol gilligan's model of a decent community thana. utilitarianismb. principalismc. natural law theoryd. virtue ethicse. none of the above
"indeed, gene therapy offers the prospect of enabling the genetically weak to reproduce and give birth to the genetically strong.