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| being responsible for one's actions and accepting the consequences of one's behavior |
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| actions that directly bring about the client's death with or without consent |
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| individual who pleads the cause of another or argues or plead for a cause or proposal |
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| a form of active euthanasia in which clients are given the means to kill themselves |
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| mental stance that is composed of many different beliefs; usually involving a positive or negative judgment toward a person, object, or idea |
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| interpretations or conclusions that one accepts as true |
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| the moral obligation to do good or to implement actions that benefit clients and their support persons |
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| ethical rules or principles that govern right conduct concerning life |
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| a formal statement of a group's ideals and values; a set of ethical principles shared by members of a group, reflecting their moral judgments and serving as a standard for professional actions |
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| Consequence-based (teleological) theories |
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| the ethics of judging whether an action is moral |
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| the rules or principles that govern right conduct |
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| a moral principle which obligates the individual to be faithful to agreements and responsibilities one has undertaken |
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| process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of learning what ought and ought not to be done; the pattern of change in moral behavior with age |
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| specific prescriptions for actions |
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| a doctrine or system denoting what is right and wrong in conduct, character, or attitude |
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| ethical issues that occur in nursing practice |
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| allowing a person to die by withholding or withdrawing measures to maintain life |
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| values internalized from the society or culture in which one lives |
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| Principle-based (deontological) theories |
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| emphasize individual rights, duties, and obligations |
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| values acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nursing experiences, teachers, and peers |
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| Relationships-based (caring) theories |
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| stress courage, generosity, commitment, and the need to nurture and maintain relationships |
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| the specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role or an obligation to complete a task |
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| a specific, consequence-based, ethical theory that judges as right the action that does the most good and least amount of harm for the greatest number of persons; often used in making decisions about the funding and delivery of health care |
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| the principle of utilitarianism |
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| all the values (eg, personal, professional, religous) that a person holds |
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| the organization of a person's values along a continuum of relative importance |
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| something of worth; a belief held dearly by a person |
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| a process by which individuals define their own value |
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| a moral principle that holds that one should tell the truth and not lie |
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