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?

Meeting the criteria necessary to decide what is in their own best interests (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

To resolve healthcare issues by balancing these principles (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Principle of non-maleficence (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does autonomy in informed consent imply?

The patient has the capacity to make decisions. (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

To avoid doing harm. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of the principle of beneficence?

To do well and promote wellbeing. (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

The patient's autonomy and competency. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the four-principles approach in clinical bioethics?

A principle-based framework incorporating elements from consequentialist and deontological theories. (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Beauchamp and Childress (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Treating patients as less than persons (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary basis of informed consent?

Principle of autonomy or self-determination (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

To assist patients in making the best possible choice (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between informed consent and mutual respect?

Informed consent is a process of information sharing and decision making based on mutual respect (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Harm to the dignity of the patient (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

To facilitate the performance of professional tasks in a morally defensible way (D) Signup and view all the answers