PHS review: Law and Ethics

The principle of not causing harm to the patient. This is the first directive of the Hippocratic Oath.

• Non-Maleficence

• Medical Decision-Making Capacity

• Hospice Care

• Hospice Care

• Beneficence

A type of palliative care provided to patients who are terminally ill.

• Medical Decision-Making Capacity

• Beneficence

• Hospice Care

• Do Not Resuscitate Order

The principle of acting in the patient's best interest.

• Do Not Resuscitate Order

• Beneficence

• Medical Decision-Making Capacity

• Hospice Care

• Hospice Care

A patient's decision to refuse medical treatment after being informed of the risks and benefits.

• Beneficence

• Hospice Care

• Hospice Care

• Medical Decision-Making Capacity

• Informed Refusal

A type of advance directive that designates a person to make medical decisions on behalf of the patient if they are unable to make decisions themselves.

• Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care

• Hospice Care

• Beneficence

• Hospice Care

• Medical Decision-Making Capacity

Medical treatment that is unlikely to be effective and may cause harm.

• Autonomy

• Medical Futility

• Medical Ethics

• Advance Directive

• Proxy Consent

Medical care provided to patients who are nearing the end of their life.

• Medical Ethics

• Hospice Care

• Autonomy

• Proxy Consent

• Advance Directive

The process of obtaining consent from someone other than the patient when the patient is unable to provide consent.

• Medical Ethics

• Autonomy

• Advance Directive

• Proxy Consent

• Medical Futility

The level of care that a reasonable healthcare provider would provide under similar circumstances.

• Standard of Care

• Autonomy

• Proxy Consent

• Medical Futility

• Advance Directive

A document that outlines patients' rights to information, privacy, and autonomy.

• Autonomy

• Medical Ethics

• Patient's Bill of Rights

• Proxy Consent

• Medical Futility