Ethics in Health Science

Patient’s right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

• Code of Ethics

• Autonomy

• Confidentiality

• Ethics

Description of activities a licensed, practicing health science professional is permitted to perform

• Scope of practice

• Negligence

• Ethics

• Liability

healthcare professional’s duty to refrain from maltreatment, minimize harm, and promote good care toward patients

• Ethics

• Liability

• Beneficence

• Privacy Act

federal agency which regulates laws pertaining to workplace hazards

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Justice Department

• FMLA

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

patient’s right to not be harmed during care

• Non-maleficence

• Malpractice

• Informed Consent

• OSHA

principles to guide professional conduct and identify the responsibilities of health science professionals

• Morals

• Liability

• Ethics

• Code of Ethics

failure to rightfully treat a patient and provide proper care for a patient’s condition

• Justice

• Negligence

• Malpractice

• Autonomy

requires emergency medical facilities to provide care to all individuals who enter the emergency department

• Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

• Health Insurance Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

• Justice

• Confidentiality

• Code of Ethics

• Liability

negligence or void in the care of a patient by a health science professional or organization which causes injury to a patient

• Negligence

• Malpractice

• Justice

• Lawsuit