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Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare: Values, Principles, and Guidelines

Explore the world of ethics and values in healthcare, including advance directives, bioethics, and the importance of moral reasoning. Learn about values clarification and ethical principles like autonomy, beneficence, and justice. Discover how to navigate ethical dilemmas and make decisions based on moral principles and accountability.

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Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare: Values, Principles, and Guidelines

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  1. Ethics and Values - Chap 21

  2. Understanding Ethics • Advance directives • Bioethics • Durable power of attorney • Ethics • Living will • Moral or ethical principles • Moral reasoning

  3. Moral/ethical Principles • Autonomy • Beneficence • Nonmaleficence • Fidelity • Justice • Which is most important?

  4. Code of Ethics • Accountability • Responsibility • Confidentiality • Veracity

  5. What are Your Values • Values - beliefs that influence behavior • Values clarification • choosing • prizing • acting • Choose a value that guides you • Describe why you prize it • List activities that reflect this value

  6. Bioethics • Deontology • Utilitarianism/Teleology • Feminist Ethics • Ethics of Care

  7. Process of an Ethical Dilemma • Is it an ethical dilemma • Gather all information • Examine & determine your values • Verbalize the problem • Consider courses of action • Negotiate the outcome • Evaluate the action

  8. Issues in Bioethics • Quality of life • Genetic screening • Futile care • Allocation of Resources

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