Ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice) Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: The Beers criteria are used to reduce potential inappropriate prescribing and harmful polypharmacy in the _____ population
Answer: geriatric
Flashcard 2: What type of disease prevention is identifying patients at risk of unnecessary treatment?_____
Answer: Quaternary
Flashcard 3: beneficience (bioethics)
Answer: duty to act in the best interest of the patient
Flashcard 4: respect for patient autonomy (bioethics)
Answer: obligation to respect patient preferences in medical care
Flashcard 5: Give examples of four common situations in which breaching patient confidentiality may be justified or required (state specific).
Answer: 1. Reportable disease
2. Child/elder abuse
3. Suicidal/homidical patients
4. Intoxicated driver
(Breach may be justified when patient plans to commit any dangerous crime not explicitly listed above.)
Flashcard 6: Patient has difficulty taking medications.
Answer: Provide written instructions, simplify treatment regimen, use teach-back
Flashcard 7: A drug company offers a "referral fee" for every patient a physician enrolls in the study.
Answer: Eligible patients who may benefit may be enrolled, but it is never acceptable to receive compensation from a drug company. Patients should be informed that a referral fee was offered.
Flashcard 8: You order an invasive test for the wrong patient.
Answer: No matter how serious or trivial, a physician is obligated to inform a patient that an error has been made.
Flashcard 9: Give three factors, that together, might justify a breach of patient confidentiality.
Answer: 1. patient may harm self or others
2. by breaching confidentiality, harm may be prevented or mitigated
3. no alternate means exist to warn or protect those at risk
Flashcard 10: surrogate decision maker (medical law)
Answer: one or more individuals acting on behalf of an incompetent patient who had not prepared an advanced directive
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