PDF-(BOOK)-Medical Ethics : Applying Theories and Principles to the Patient Encounter

Health care providers and ethics committees alike are facing an increasing number of difficult medical decisions To assist them this anthology serves as a practical guide addressing such key issues as how to discuss withdrawing nutrition and hydration with a patients surrogate decisionmaker how to promote a patients dignity even when restraint must be used how to deal with an impaired colleague how to help patients and families talk about pain suffering and death how to promote a patients trust in an era of managed care and how to help parents make painful decisions for their newborns Medical Ethics provides both a theoretical and an empirical foundation for addressing such perplexing and emotionally difficult issuesFiftyfive articles are divided into eighteen sections dealing with ethical theory geriatric ethics endoflife issues informed consent pain management health law AIDS pediatric ethics transplantation managed care resource allocation substance abuse and other relevant topics This collection goes beyond all other introductory texts in medical ethics by including several of the most important empirical studies published in the past ten years and exploring such issues as Oregons assistedsuicide law the lack of pain management provided to the elderly and how the public perceives the fairness of liver allocation to children in transplant situationsThis practical guide to many of todays ethical dilemmas will be an essential tool for all health care providers. JEOPARDY. NOTABLE CASES. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. HIPPOCRATES. PATERNALISM. PRINCIPLES. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. MISC.. Paternalism’s . Introduction. The branch of philosophy concerned with principles that allow us to make decisions about what is right and wrong is called ethics or moral philosophy. . Bioethics is specifically concerned with moral principles and decisions in the context of medical practice, policy, and research.. Maggie Procunier RN BSN. Bioethics & Patient Rights. South Miami Hospital. Morals. An individual’s own code for acceptable behavior. They arise from an individual’s conscience. They act as a guide for individual behavior. in . clinical decision-making. Jill Ann Jarrell, MD, MPH. Complex Care Program, Academic General Pediatrics. Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. . Jarrell . has no . relevant conflicts of interest to disclose. Maggie Procunier RN BSN. Bioethics & Patient Rights. South Miami Hospital. Morals. An individual’s own code for acceptable behavior. They arise from an individual’s conscience. They act as a guide for individual behavior. Basic Biomedical Principles. Principle of Beneficence. Act to benefit others. Principle of Autonomy. Worth and dignity of all persons. Right to self-determination and moral obligation to protect others with impaired autonomy. MedicalEthicsisasystemofmoralthat apply valuesandjudgmentsto the practice ofmedicineAsa scholarlydiscipline medicalethicsencompassesits practicalapplicationinclinicalsettingsaswellasworkonitshistory p BY ADENIKE ADENIRAN. LEARNING OBJECTIVE. Upon completion, participants should be able to: . Have increased knowledge and competence in discussing medical ethics. . Handle challenges they may come across in the course of practicing medicine. N. Al-. Asadi. 2018-2019. Ethics and Morality. What are they?. The terms . ethics. and . morality. are often used interchangeably - indeed, they usually can mean the same thing, and in casual conversation there . R. esearch. Hippocrates was the first physician to define the . ethical principles of . research in . humans. These principles . are still valid today:. Autonomy. – to respect the autonomy of the participant or of their . Olympia Resol, RN, MPH, CRNI, CARN. Course Objectives. At the end of the course, the student should be able to:. Outline the history of the nursing code of ethics;. Identify the four (4) principles of ethics in the nursing profession;. The . term ethics derives from the Ancient Greek word . ethikos. , which derives from the word . ethos . (habit, or custom). . In other words, ethics. …. Investigates . various moral questions, such as “What is the best way for people to live?” or “What actions are right or wrong” or “What’s the proper course of action in particular circumstances?. Batch 28. What Is Medical Ethics, and Why Is It Important?. Medical ethics involves examining a specific problem, usually a clinical case, and using values, facts, and logic to decide what the best course of action should be. . May 16, 2018. Introduction. A little about me:. Over 20 years in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Started as a medical device representative-in surgery every day M-F and then moved into the pharmaceutical industry.