Healthcare Ethics: Four Principles
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What is the primary basis of informed consent and respecting confidentiality in healthcare?

  • Principle of beneficence
  • Principle of justice
  • Principle of non-maleficence
  • Principle of respect for autonomy (correct)

    • What is the core idea behind the principle of beneficence?

  • Doing good for others and promoting their interests (correct)
  • Distributive justice in allocating healthcare resources
  • Avoiding harm or doing as little harm as possible
  • Respecting patient autonomy and self-determination

    • What led to the recognition of patient autonomy and self-determination as paramount?

  • The AMA's guidelines on informed consent
  • The World Medical Association's code of ethics
  • The Nuremberg trials and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (correct)
  • The Hippocratic oath

    • What is the characteristic of a rational person in the context of informed consent?

    <p>Meeting the criteria necessary to decide what is in their own best interests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of balancing the four prima facie principles in healthcare?

    <p>To resolve healthcare issues by balancing these principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle that avoids harm or doing as little harm as possible?

    <p>Principle of non-maleficence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does autonomy in informed consent imply?

    <p>The patient has the capacity to make decisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the principle of non-maleficence in the framework of Beauchamp and Childress?

    <p>To avoid doing harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of the principle of beneficence?

    <p>To do well and promote wellbeing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a critical factor in obtaining informed consent from a patient?

    <p>The patient's autonomy and competency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the four-principles approach in clinical bioethics?

    <p>A principle-based framework incorporating elements from consequentialist and deontological theories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who introduced the principle-based framework for resolving ethical problems in healthcare practice?

    <p>Beauchamp and Childress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the consequences of not respecting a patient's autonomy?

    <p>Treating patients as less than persons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary basis of informed consent?

    <p>Principle of autonomy or self-determination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of providing information to patients in the principle of beneficence?

    <p>To assist patients in making the best possible choice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between informed consent and mutual respect?

    <p>Informed consent is a process of information sharing and decision making based on mutual respect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the consequence of not providing adequate information to patients?

    <p>Harm to the dignity of the patient</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of informed consent in facilitating professional tasks?

    <p>To facilitate the performance of professional tasks in a morally defensible way</p> Signup and view all the answers

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