MEDICAL ETHICS

Ethics is said to ____

• Give us clear answers as to what is right

• Give us clear answers as to what is wrong

• Encourage us to explore different perspectives

Why Ethics is so important? Check all that apply.

• To help resolve disputes between family, patients, physicians, or other parties.

• To maintain a clear conscience.

• To maintain the respect of your patients.

• To maintain respectful relationships

Match the following ethical principle with their definition.

• No Maleficence

• Treat and provide care fairly

• Justice

• Do no harm

• Autonomy

• Doing good

• Beneficence

• Respect one's freedom

Autonomy is concerned with ______.

• Respecting people’s right to be self-determining

• Stopping people making their own decisions

• Making sure that people make the right decisions

Justice is concerned with ______.

• The law

• Equality and fairness

• Our duty

• Our conscience

Ethical decision making frameworks provide us with different frameworks to help us identify key issues and arrive a plan of action with a clear rationale

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