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RT Chapter 5
Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| advanced directives | document in which an individual specifies what medical care he or she desires to receive in the future if not able to make decision by themself |
| assault | any conduct that creates a reasonable apprehension of being touched in an injurious manner; no actual touching required to prove |
| autonomy | acknowledges patients' personal liberty and their right to decide their own course of treatment |
| axiology | study of nature of values and value judgments |
| battery | unconsented actual touching that causes injury |
| beneficence | requires health care providers go beyond doing no harm and contribute to heal and will being of patients. |
| benevolent deception | actions which truth is withheld from patient for his/her good |
| breach of contract | failure to carry out terms of legal agreement without excuse |
| compensatory justice | recovery for damages as a result of actions of others |
| confidentiality | nondisclosure of information except to other authorized person |
| consequentialism | viewpoint of which decisions are based on assessment of consequences |
| defendant | person denying party against whom relief or recovery is sought in a suit to be plaintiff. |
| distributive justice | proper allotment of benefits and burdens in society |
| double effect | both good and bad effects, or double effect |
| formalism | ethical viewpoint that relies on rules and principles |
| informal consent | health professionals have duty to disclose care |
| intuitionism | ethical viewpoint that holds certain truths |
| justice | fair and equal treatment for all |
| libel | false accusation written, printed, or typewriter. |
| living will | state patient's death |
| malpractice | negligence resulting from lack of knowledge, experience, on expression |
| negligence | ommission to do something reasonable to person |
| nonmaleficence | health care providers to avoid harming patents where possible |
| plaintiff | person who brings in action |
| res ipsa loquitur | "the thing speaks for itself" negligence inferred from fact that accident happened |
| respondeat superior | "let the master answer" master liable from wrongful acts of servant |
| rule utilitarianism | moral reasoning approach based on rule to promote greatest good |
| slander | any words spoken with malice that are untrue and prejudicial |
| strict liability | impose liability without fault |
| tort | legal wrong committed upon person or property independent of contract |
| veracity | binds health provider and patient to tell truth |
| virtue ethics | viewpoint asks what virtuous person would do in a similar circumstance |
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