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Intro to Health Care
Unit 1: Chap. 1-3
Question | Answer |
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What are Ethical Dilemmas? | Situations that have no clear answers of correct courses of action |
What's Euthanasia? | A medical treatment used to relieve suffering |
What's informed consent? | A procedure explained by a professional that includes possible consequences |
What's implied consent? | Consent indicated by the patient's actions. I.e, showing up for an appt. |
What's expressed consent? | Written consent |
What are two written instructions containing the patient's desires regarding their health care? And what is that called? | 1. Designation of health care surrogate 2. Living Will It's called an Advance Directive |
Why is it becoming more acceptable to remove a patient from artificial living? | Allows death to happen anyway |
What is a placement on official list after meeting predetermined standards? | Registration |
Americans spent how much on health care in 2009? | $2.5 Trillion |
The purpose of targeted drug therapy is to? | Destroy Cancer cells |
“Chronic” describes a health condition experienced as a result of aging. | False; – Conditions and illnesses that cannot be cured quickly |
What is The Joint Commission? | Private, non-profit organization – Encourages high standards – Provides guidelines – Performs on-site inspections – Accreditation voluntary |
Majority of ambulatory services are performed where? | Physician's offices |
What is palliative care and support for dying patients and their families? | Hospice |
– Palliative care provides comfort and pain relief, but does not offer a cure. | True |
What is Wellness? | • Promotion of health through preventive measures and practice of good habits |
What is Complementary medicine? | Used together with conventional medicine |
What is Alternative medicine? | Used instead of conventional medicine |
– A good system of ethics will provide answers to most health care decisions. | False |
What are the personal values with ethics? | • Foundation for making decisions and guiding behavior • Influenced by family, religion, education, and personal experience • Establish priorities • Values not necessarily right or wrong |
What are the Guiding Principles of Health Care Ethics | 1. Preserve life 2. Do good 3. Respect autonomy 4. Uphold justice 5. Be honest 6. Be discreet 7. Keep promises 8. Do no harm |
Touching or treating patients without consent? | Battery |
Threatening to touch or treat without permission? | Assault |
Holding mentally competent patients against their will? | False Imprisonment |
What MUST you report in regards to abuse? | Child abuse, elder abuse. |
What three things must you identify BEFORE you report abuse of an adult? | Knife wounds, gunshot wounds, Life threatening state |
What is the criteria of an organ transplant recipient? | 1. Will it benefit the patient 2. Urgency 3. Impact of treatment |