Liability and ethics
Employer liability
Employers being responsible for workers causing harm
Personel liability
Health care workers being responsible for causing harm
Fidelity
Health care workers care for patients according to their profressions scope of practice
Veracity
Health care workers communicate with patients truthfully
Confidentiality
Health care workers maintain confidentiality of patients health information
Beneficence
Health care workers promote patients health and well being
Nonmalefiance
Health care workers refrain from harming patients
Autonomy
Health care workers respect patients dignity and rights, including their right to make decisions regarding their health care
Justice
Health care workers treat patients equally and without discrimination
Procedures
Methods the facility uses to carry out its polices
Ethical dilemmas
Occur when moral beliefs conflict
Anecdotal records
Personel accounts of events
Policies
Principles that direct a facilities activities and state what the facility does
Supervisory liability
supervisors being responsible for workers causing harm
Code of ethics
A list of written statements describing proper conduct for a group of people
Risk management
A process of identification, evaluation, and prevention
Events reports
Any information about the accident or violation from any involved individuals
Morals
Are personal ethics that are based on an individual's personel values
Ethics
Are rules of proper conduct among a group of people
Liability
Being legally responsible for causing harm
Bioethical dilemmas
Dilemmas that involve healthcare and biological sciences