Liability and Ethics:

Health care workers care for patients according to their professions scope of practice

Fidelity

Health care workers treat patients equally and without discrimination

Justice

Health care workers refrain from harming patients

Nonmaleficence

Health care workers communicate with patients truthfully

Veracity

Personal accounts of events

What are anecdotal records?

Euthanasia- person wants to die, genetic testing, organ donation, xenotransplantation, withdrawing life support, medical marijuana

What are some examples of bioethical dilemmas?

Personal liability, supervisory, liability, employer liability

What are the 3 levels of liability in a health care setting?

Policies are the principles that direct the facilities activities also state what the facility does. Procedures are the methods the facility uses to carry out its policies/ explain how the facility operates

What are the policies and procedures?

Identify the problem, identify the objective that must be achieved, identify the circumstances that affect the problem, name all solutions make and implant the plan, evaluate the results

What are the steps in the problem solving method?

Includes info about the accident or violation from any involved individuals

What information do event reports include?

Refers to being legally responsible for causing harms

What is liability?

Process of identification, evaluation, prevention

What is risk management?

List of written statements describing proper conduct for a group of ppl

What is the code of ethics and what is its purpose?

Ethical dilemmas: occurs when moral beliefs conflict Bioethical dilemmas: involve health care and biological sciences

What is the difference between ethical dilemmas and bioethical dilemmas?

Ethics: rules of proper conduct among a group of ppl such as a religion or profession Morals: personal ethics; individuals personal value

What is the difference between ethics and morals?

Health care workers promote patients health and well being

Beneficence

Health care workers respect patients dignity and rights, including their right to make decisions regarding their health care

Autonomy

Health care workers maintain confidentiality of patients health information

Confidentially