WorksheetsHSS401 - Legal and Ethical Issues in HealthCare
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Law :
Set of rules to follow
Protection of the personal and public rights and properties.
To preserve smooth functionality of the society.
To set Ideals
Ethics :
Standards of behavior that reflect moral values.
Increase the standards of competence.
To set ideals and values
Set of Rules to follow
Morals :
Conceptualization of rightness and wrongness is influenced by the cultural, personal, and societal values and beliefs.
Formalize the guidance for personal conduct.
To serve as a basis for forming personal code of ethics.
Set of rules to follow and set ideals and values
The purpose of professional codes of ethics:
Healthcare organizations policy and it should be followed
To control behavior of members
To increase the level of competence and standard of care within the group
To earn more money from the patients
Define the term standard of care:
the level of performance expected of healthcare professional in carrying out his or her duties.
When it comes to the level of providing a care, it should be provided in an acceptable level to maintain the quality and the beneficence for the patient
The patient legal and ethical rights to receive all related information regarding his case
Describe informed consent:
a legal document derived from the doctor’s duty to inform the patient all needed information about his care and treatment.
It will enable him/her to make the rational decision about his condition.
The importance of confidentiality for
healthcare professionals:
Confidentiality is an ethical principle that stipulates communication between a patient and the healthcare provider must remain private
The doctor will not cause any harm if he reveals part of the patients information
Anything a patient says in a doctor visit or over the phone to a nurse cannot be discussed with a third party without express written permission with the patient
Advance directive:
Legal options that allow patients to plan their health options in advance.
Family can breach the Advance directive.
It can be used when they become unable to make their own decisions due to illness or injury.
A document provides instructions directly to physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers involved in a client’s medical treatment.
It may details circumstances which treatment should be discontinued, such as coma, brain death, or terminal condition. It may also detail which treatments or medication to suspend and which to maintain.
It may also indicate preference regarding organ donation, autopsy and alternative treatments
Informed Consent
Code of Ethics
Living will
It is when the patient gives the authority to another person to make the decisions on behalf of him if the patient is incapable of making his own health decisions.
It is not specifically a medical document, but it may serve that purpose. It confers upon the designee (someone who has been chosen) the authority to make a variety of legal decisions on behalf of the grantor (the person who gave the right or the permission). It takes effect when the grantor loses the capacity to make the decisions, through either unconsciousness or mental incompetence.
Informed consent
A durable power of attorney
Code of Ethics
The patient specifies an agent to make medical decisions for him in the event that he or she loses the ability to reason or communicate. With it, individuals specify their wishes and designate an agent to make medical decision for them in the event they lose the ability to reason and communicate.
Healthcare proxy
Durable power of attorney
Informed consent
A document that indicates client’s wish to donate organs for transplantation or medical research when patient dies.
HealthCare Proxy
Organ donor directives
Informed Consent
