Ethics

Which of the following is not in the 6 ethical principles present in the AHPC Code of Conduct?

• Informed consent

• Personal Integrity

• respect for patient's privacy and confidentiality

• fair and just provision of health services

"Respect your patients' choice and right to refuse or choose their treatment"

What ethical principle does this support?

• Fair and just provision of health services

• personal integrity

• beneficence

• autonomy

" Act within the limits of your knowledge, skill and experience, and if necessary, refer the matter to another professional."

Which ethical priciple may be affected if this is not observed?

• Non-maleficence

• fair and just provision of health services

• autonomy

• privacy and confidentiality of patient

"Effectively supervise tasks you have asked others to complete and undertake supervisory duties you have been assigned professionally."

Which principal in the AHPC Code of conduct does sentence support?

• Personal integrity

• Non-maleficence

• Beneficence

• autonomy

The ethical principle of autonomy means

• we must explain the purpose of a session and then obtain consent before intervention.

• We must seek permission to begin intervention

• We must force patient to exercise as long as it is good for them

• We must be professional with our patients

Beneficence means

• above all do good

• above all do no harm

• above all have personal integrity

• above all. know what you are doing

Non-Maleficence means

• Above all do no harm

• Above all do good

• Above all do what is right

• Above all do what benefits the most.

Fair and just provision of health services mean

• I should treat everyone equally

• I should provide the same professional standard of care for all clients

• I should spend the same amount of time for all patients

• All patients should be charged the same rates.

Overcharging a patient for services is an issue of...

• personal integrity

• informed consent

• autonomy

• non-maleficence

The purpose of the AHPC Code of conduct is NOT to

• set the standard of conduct and behaviours of AHPs

• To protect the health and safety of the public

• To prevent disrepute to the profession

• To protect the safety of the AHPs