Question | Answer |
What are Ethical Dilemmas? | Situations that have no clear answers of correct courses of action |
What's Euthanasia? | A medical treatment used to relieve suffering |
What's informed consent? | A procedure explained by a professional that includes possible consequences |
What's implied consent? | Consent indicated by the patient's actions. I.e, showing up for an appt. |
What's expressed consent? | Written consent |
What are two written instructions containing the patient's desires regarding their health care? And what is that called? | 1. Designation of health care surrogate
2. Living Will
It's called an Advance Directive |
Why is it becoming more acceptable to remove a patient from artificial living? | Allows death to happen anyway |
What is a placement on official list after meeting predetermined standards? | Registration |
Americans spent how much on health care in
2009? | $2.5 Trillion |
The purpose of targeted drug therapy is to? | Destroy Cancer cells |
“Chronic” describes a health condition
experienced as a result of aging. | False; – Conditions and illnesses that cannot be cured
quickly |
What is The Joint Commission? | Private, non-profit organization
– Encourages high standards
– Provides guidelines
– Performs on-site inspections
– Accreditation voluntary |
Majority of ambulatory services are performed where? | Physician's offices |
What is palliative care and support for dying patients
and their families? | Hospice |
– Palliative care provides comfort and pain relief,
but does not offer a cure. | True |
What is Wellness? | • Promotion of health through preventive
measures and practice of good habits |
What is Complementary medicine? | Used together with conventional medicine |
What is Alternative medicine? | Used instead of conventional medicine |
– A good system of ethics will provide answers to
most health care decisions. | False |
What are the personal values with ethics? | • Foundation for making decisions and guiding
behavior
• Influenced by family, religion, education, and
personal experience
• Establish priorities
• Values not necessarily right or wrong |
What are the Guiding Principles of Health Care Ethics | 1. Preserve life
2. Do good
3. Respect autonomy
4. Uphold justice
5. Be honest
6. Be discreet
7. Keep promises
8. Do no harm |
Touching or treating patients without consent? | Battery |
Threatening to touch or treat without permission? | Assault |
Holding mentally competent patients against their will? | False Imprisonment |
What MUST you report in regards to abuse? | Child abuse, elder abuse. |
What three things must you identify BEFORE you report abuse of an adult? | Knife wounds, gunshot wounds, Life threatening state |
What is the criteria of an organ transplant recipient? | 1. Will it benefit the patient
2. Urgency
3. Impact of treatment |