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Ethics of Health Care - Introduction
Edge - Groves
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Undergraduate 2
01/28/2012

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Legal Requirement
Definition
The minimum of acceptability
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Professional Ethics
Definition
Typically a code of conduct which exceeds legal requirements to promote Order & Civility
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Ethical Violations
Definition
Right or Wrong. Often violate the rights of others
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Legal Violation
Definition
Legal or Illegal
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Professional Etiquette
Definition
Proper or Improper
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Nihilism
Definition
Unacceptable. Belief that all things are amoral.
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Relativism
Definition
Unacceptable. Belief that morality is relative to the society in which one is brought up. Right or wrong is impossible to determine absent a knowledge of culture.
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Hedonism
Definition
Unacceptable. Morality is dependent upon desire & Aversion.
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Standpoint Theory
Definition
Try to adopt or listen to the most marginalized or vulnerable persons involved. i.e. seats at a concert.
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Self-regulation
Definition
A requirement for healthcare to remain ethical. (Self-Policing)
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Ethical Dilemmas
Definition
Situation which forces us to break an ethical norm or value.
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Ethical Humility
Definition
Being aware of our own limits of ethical insights.
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Ethical Courage
Definition
Willing to assess fairly the ideas & beliefs of those differing from our own.
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Ethical Empathy
Definition
Attempt to understand opinions of others.
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Ethical Fair-Mindedness
Definition
Holding our own beliefs to the same standard of proof & evidence as we require of others.
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