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