Biomedical Ethics Test 1 Review

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What is a profession?

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A group of people in the same career field who abide by a set of ideals

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What makes a profession different than a job?

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A high level of education and training is required and there is a specific set of qualifications and skills shared by everyone in that field, where a job is more loose and lower level.

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Why does the public place their trust in professionals?

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Because they are meant to have skills and knowledge the general public doesn’t

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Describe three behaviors that are necessary for professionals.

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- Use good judgement when making decisions regarding their occupation
- Follow the standards and uphold the morals of that profession
- Treat others in the profession as colleagues and work together to establish and uphold obligations

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What is an ethical code?

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A set of guidelines that a group of people have all agreed to follow

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Qualities that professionals exhibit.

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- Respect: make sure that you are being respectful and appreciative of all others in the profession
- Honesty: being honest allows for you to be viewed as trustworthy and remain ethical within your profession
- Accountability: own up to your mistakes and be honest when you’ve done something
- Competency: capable of doing the task
- Self-Control

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Why do we use an ethical decision-making framework?

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To help us make the proper decisions and weigh all of the outcomes.

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Describe step one of the ethical decision-making framework.

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In step one, you figure out what the problem really is by deciding facts about the situation, asking questions about who is involved, and what place laws and rules have.

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What is step 2 of the ethical decision-making framework?

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Step 2 is identifying key facts and opinions. Facts are things that can be truly proven where opinions are based on personal beliefs and feelings.

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In step 3 of the ethical decision-making framework, what questions should you ask yourself?

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What is best for the community as a whole? What will do the most good and the least damage? What is the fairest thing to do (the thing that treats people equally)? What is most respectful of the people who are closely involved?