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MED149 Med Ethics
Ch 1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bioethicists | Specialists who consult with physicians, researchers, and others to help them make difficult ethical decisions regarding patient care. |
| Bioethics | A discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research methods and results, especially in medicine. |
| Code of Ethics | system of principles intended to govern behavior—here, the behavior of those entrusted with providing care to the sick. |
| Common Sense | Sound practical judgment. |
| compassion | The identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives. |
| courtesy | The practice of good manners. |
| critical thinking | The ability to think analytically, using fewer emotions and more rationality. |
| defendant | The person or party against whom criminal or civil charges are brought in a lawsuit. |
| ethics | Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one’s concept of right and wrong. |
| ethics committees | Committee made up of individuals who are involved in a patient’s care, including health care practitioners, family members, clergy, and others, with the purpose of reviewing ethical issues in difficult cases. |
| ethics guidelines | ublications that detail a wide variety of ethical situations that professionals might face in their work and offer principles for dealing with the situations in an ethical manner. |
| etiquette | Standards of behavior considered to be good manners among members of a profession as they function as individuals in society. |
| fraud | Dishonest or deceitful practices in depriving, or attempting to deprive, another of his or her rights. |
| healthcare practitioner | Those who are trained to administer medical or health care to patients. |
| Hippocratic oath | A pledge for physicians, developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates circa 400 B.C.E. |
| law | Rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. |
| liable | Legally responsible or obligated. |
| litigious | Prone to engage in lawsuits. |
| medical ethicists | Specialists who consult with physicians, researchers, and others to help them make difficult ethical decisions regarding patient care. |
| moral values | One’s personal concept of right and wrong, formed through the influence of the family, culture, and society. |
| plaintiff | The person bringing charges in a lawsuit. |
| precedent | Decisions made by judges in the various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by a legislature; also known as case law. |
| protocol | A code prescribing correct behavior in a specific situation, such as a situation arising in a medical office. |
| summary judgment | A decision made by a court in a lawsuit in response to a motion that pleads there is no basis for a trial. |
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