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Law and Ethics 8

Chapter 2 Key Terms

TermDefinition
Autonomy The capacity to be ones own person and make ones own decisions without being manipulated by external forces.
Beneficence Refers to the acts of health care practitioners perform to help people stay healthy or recover from an illness
Categorical Imperative A rule that is considered universal law abiding on everyone and requiring action.
Confidentiality The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals
Deontological or Duty-Oriented theory Decision-making theory that states that the rightness or wrongness of the act depends on its intrinsic nature and not the outcome of the act
Fidelity Being faithful to the scope of practice for your profession, as in role fidelity
Justice What is due an individual
Needs-based motivation Human behavior is based on specific human needs that must often be met in a specific order. Abraham Maslow is best known psychologist for this theory
nonmaleficence As paraphrased from the Hippocratic oath, means the duty to" do no harm"
Principle of utility Requires that the rule used to make a decision bring about positive results when generalized to a wide variety of situations.
Teleological or consequence-oriented theory Judge the rightness of a decision based on the outcome or predicted outcome of the decision.
Utilitarianism A person makes value decisions based on results or a rule that will produce the greatest balance of good over evil, everyone considered.
Veracity Truth Telling
Virtue Ethics Focuses on the traits, characteristics, and virtues that a moral person should have
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