Ethics of allied health

Ethics

comes from the Greek ethos meaning,custom, usage or character.

Ethical Study

related to philosophy

Philosophy

the pursuit of wisdom

Moral Obligation

focuses on an individual's conscience,or on society's opinion about behavior

Legal Obligations

enforceable by the state's power without regard to an individual's conscience

Metaethics

is a branch of ethical theory that considers the origin and meaning of ethical principles

3 Theories of Normative Ethics

virtue theory, duty theory,consequentialist theory

Virtue Theory

Focuses on character and the way people practice virtues

Duty Theory

a person's obligations from the standpoint of morality

Consequentialist Theory

Asserts that the rightness of actions depends solely on their consequences.

Hippocratic Oath

An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine

AHIMA

American Health Information Management Association

AAPC

American Academy of Professional Coders

Etiquette

manners established by society

ACA

Affordable Care Act

When did the ACA go into effect?

January 1, 2014

PPACA

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed March 2010

Subsidizing

helping to pay for private insurance acquired by the very poor

Single Payer System

One government fund pays for everyone's health care.

ACP

American College of Physicians

American College of Physicians

is the 2nd largest doctors organization in the U.S.

Formulary

A list of prescription drugs covered or preferred by a managed care insurance company

Medical Tourism

The process of traveling outside the country of residence for the purpose of receiving lower cost medical care.

How many patients are waiting for organ transplants?

approximately 121,000

OPTN

Organ Procurement and Transplant Network

When was OPTN established?

1984

UNOS

United Network for Organ Sharing

Pandemic

An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population

Nuremburg Code

was drafted after WW2 and it forbids performing medical experiments on humans without their consent

EFIC

Exception for Informed Consent

The FDA adopted EFIC in

1996

Therapeutic Window

when the treatment must be given

Patient Autonomy

Ability and right of patients to make independent decisions regarding their medical care

UAGA

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

When was Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act adopted?

2000

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Eugenics

Science dealing with improving hereditary qualities

Positive Eugenics

encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits

Negative Eugenics

Discouraging the the reproduction of those with undesirable traits

Among thousands of human genetic diseases many are linked to a defect in how many genes?

a single gene

Amniocentesis

a prenatal test using a sample of amniotic fluid to check for birth defects

Quickening

the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels movements of the fetus

What year did FDA approve RU-486 Mifepristone for use in abortion?

2000

Mifepristone

a synthetic steroid that interferes with the action of progesterone

Progesterone

a hormone crucial to the early processes in pregnancy

Fetal Homicide Law

makes causing the death of a fetus

a separate and independent from any crime committed against the woman carrying the fetus

Wrongful Life

Not permitted (suit by child for failure to diagnose a defect)

Wrongful Birth

is a parent's claim against a doctor for damages caused by the birth of a child that occur when a doctor fails to detect and disclose a child's birth defects in time to permit abortion

Advance Medical Directives

are instructions people may give regarding their wishes concerning medical treatment in the event that they're unable to make those decisions for themselves

Living Will

A legal document that outlines a person's wishes for medical treatment under specific circumstances.

DNR

do not resuscitate

Do Not Resuscitate

An order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR

PSDA

Patient Self-Determination Act

Patient Self-Determination Act

designated to facilitate the knowledge and use of advance directives

Assisted Suicide

Suicide in which a physician or someone else helps a person take his or her own life

Euthanasia

The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing

As of 2014 who permits euthanasia under very narrow circumstances?

Belgium, Luxembourg,The Netherlands

DPA

Durable Power of Attorney

Proxy

(n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place