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Med ethics chap 1

TermDefinition
medical ethicist or bioethicist 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 A list 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 committee 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 Publications that detail a wide variety of ethical situations that professionals (in this case, health care practitioners) 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, others of their rights.
health care practitioners Those who are trained to administer medical or health care to patients.
Hippocratic oath A pledge for physicians, influenced by the practices of the Greek physician Hippocrates.
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 ethicist or bioethicist 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.
Percival's medical codes Written by English physician and philosopher Thomas Percival in 1803, became the definitive guide for physician's professional conduct. It became the AMA
Code of Hammurabi written by the Babylonians around 2250BCE. this document discussed the conduct expected of physicians at that time including fees that could be charged.
contemporary codes of ethics established by the appropriate professional organization, govern the behavior of members, increase the level of competence and standards of group, do not have legal right.
Percival's 6 Principles of Ethics Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmalfience, Justice, Fidelity, and Veracity.
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