WGU C426 Healthcare Values and Ethics Rated A+
Normative Ethics Attempt to determine what moral standards should be followed so that human behavior and conduct may be morally right.Consequential Ethics Theory of ethics emphasizes that the morally right action is whatever action leads to the maximum balance of good over evil.
- What will be the effects of each course of action?
- Will they be positive or negative?
- Who will benefit?
- What will do the least harm?
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Utilitarian Ethics The concept that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its contribution to overall usefulness.Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Doing the right thing is good, but it might not always lead to or increase the good and right thing sought after.Nonconsequential Ethics An ethical theory that denies the consequences of an action or rule are the only criteria for determining the morality of an action or rule.
The rightness or wrongness of an action is based on properties intrinsic to the action, not on its consequences.Ethical Relativism Morality is relative to the norms of one's culture in which one lives.
Actions can be considered right or wrong depending on the accepted norms of the society in which they are practiced
- principles of ethics
- Beneficence
- Nonmaleficence
- Autonomy
- Justice
Beneficence Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action.Nonmaleficence 2 / 3
Duty to do no harm Autonomy The right of a person to make one's own decision.Justice obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks Ethics Committee Composition A multidisciplinary group of people consisting of ethicists, educators, clinicians, legal advisers, and political leaders, clergy, QI managers, and corporate leaders.Ethics Committee Function Development of policy and procedure guidelines to resolve ethical dilemmas; staff and community education; conflict resolution; case reviews, support, and consultation; and political advocacy.Laws Impact On Healthcare ...Common Law The body of principles that has evolved and expanded from judicial decisions that arise during the trial of court cases.
"Reason and justice for all" Statutory Law
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