Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch. 2 Law and Ethics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Needs based motivation | The theory that human behavior is based on specific human needs that must often be met in a specific order |
| Teleological or consequence-oriented theory | Decision making theory that makes judges the rightness or wrongness based on the outcomes or predicted outcomes |
| Utilitarianism | A consequence oriented that states that decisions should be made by determining what results will produce the best outcome for the most people |
| Act-utilitarianism | A person makes value decisions based on results that will produce the greatest balance of good over evil, everyone considered |
| Rule-utilitarianism | A person makes value decisions based on a rule that if generally followed would produce the greatest balance of good over evil, everyone considered |
| Principal of utility | Requires that the rule used in making a decision must bring about positive results when generalized wide variety of situations |
| Deontological 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 |
| Categorical Imperative | Guiding principal for all decision making |
| Virtue Ethics | Refers to the theory that people who have moral virtues will make the right decisions |
| Virtue Ethicists | Believe that someone who has appropriate moral virtues such as practical wisdom, a sense of justice, and courage will make the right decision |
| Autonomy | The capacity to be one's own person and make one's own decisions without being manipulated by external forces |
| Beneficence | Acts performed by a health care practitioner to help people stay healthy or recover from illness |
| Nonmaleficence | The duty to do no harm |
| Justice | What is due to an individual |
| Social determinents of health | Living conditions that affect health such as shelter, food, income, education, a stable environment, sustainable resources, social justice, and equity |
| Health disparity | A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with economic, social, or environmental disadvantage |
| Health equity | Striving for the highest possible standard of health for all people and giving special attention to the needs of those at greatest risk of poor health, based on social conditions |
| Role fidelity | All health care practitioners have a specific scope of practice for which they are licensed |
| Fidelity | Being faithful to the scope of your practice |
| Veracity | Truth telling |
Created by:
sdolivier10