Ethics and Law for Beginners

Ethics is...

• the foundation of an individual person’s ability to judge between right and wrong

• the set of standards that dictate what is right and wrong in terms of behaviour and beliefs

• a branch of philosophy, which through formal and systematic analysis, attempts to critically examine human conduct focusing on the rightness and wrongness, goodness or harm

• a set of values that are widelyshared and relatively stable within a community

"the set of standards that dictate what is right and wrong in terms of behaviour and beliefs"

This statement refers to?

• Ethics

• Law

• Value

• Moral

Values are...

• the foundation of an individual person’s ability to judge between right and wrong

• set of standards that dictate what is right and wrong in terms of behaviour and beliefs

• specific and context-driven rules that govern a person’s desire to be good

• the systematic body of rules that governs the whole society and the actions of its individual members

Honesty, compassionate, trustworthy, reliable are examples of..

• Morals

• Behaviour

• Ethics

• Values

Medical Assistants are bound to the ...

• The Code of Ethics in Nursing

• Medical Assistant Board Code of Ethics

• The Code of Ethics for Medical Assistants

• The Code of Ethics for Medical Officers

The following are the Principles of healthcare ethics EXCEPT

• Altruism

• Beneficence

• Autonomy

• Non-maleficence

To respect a person's freedom of choice is to respect their

• right for Benefit

• right for non-maleficent

• right for Autonomy

• right to Justice

Beneficence means..

• do no harm

• respect for freedom of choice

• provide equality

• doing good

"the systematic body of rules that governs the whole society and the actions of its individual members"

This statement refers to

• Value

• Law

• Ethics

• Moral

Veracity means..

• Truth-telling

• to do no harm

• to do good

• respect for confidentiality