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Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action.
May be unspoken or even subconscious
Underlie all moral dilemmas
Influence decisions and actions including nurses' ethical decision making |
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-Arouse conscience
-Concerned with important values and norms evoke words such as good, bad, wrong, should, and ought |
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-Statements about broad, general, philosophical concepts
-Provide the foundation for moral rules which are specific prescriptions for actions
-Useful in ethical discussions
-May be able to agree on principles that apply
-May serve as a basis for the solution to the problem |
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| "Answerable for oneself and others for one's own actions." |
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| "Specific accountability or liability associated wth the performance of duties of a particular role." |
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SELF RULE
-Right to make one's own decisions
-Inward autonomy if individuals have the ability to make choices
-Outward autonomy if choices are not limited or imposed by others. |
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-Duty to do no harm to your patients
-Harm may be intentional or nonintentional |
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| FAITHFUL TO AGREEMENTS AND PROMISES |
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| CLIENT RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES |
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-high quality care
-clean & safe environment
-involvement in your care
-to examine, question, and dispute their care or bills
-comfortable
-free of abuse, mistreatment, neglect or restraint
-confidentiality
-facility rules and relationship to education or other institutions
-participate in social, religious, community and/or support groups
-keep & use personal possessions |
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| MAGICO-RELIGIOUS HEALTH VIEW |
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-Health and illness are controlled by supernatural forces
-May believe that illness is a result of "being bad" or opposing God's will
-Getting well is also dependent on God's will
-Some cultures believe magic can cause illness |
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| SCIENTIFIC (BIOMEDICAL) HEALTH VIEW |
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-Life and life processes are controlled by physical and biomechanical processes
-Illness is cause by germs, bacteria, or a breakdown of the human machine
-Belief that pills treatments, or surgery will cure |
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-Forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony
-Human life is one aspect of nature
-When the natural balance is disturbed then illness results |
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| FREQUENT AREAS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES |
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-Family patterns
-Communication style
-Nonverbal communication
-Space orientation
-Time orientation
-Nutritional patterns |
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